Karthik R 246 Report post Posted June 13, 2011 Tata Indicom has announced the availability of a new special ‘SMS Express’ offer for new pre-paid customers, as well as the launch of a new messaging-oriented handset, the Alcatel OT-255C. Pan India CDMA Mobile Service operator, Tata Indicom, today announced the launch of a special ‘SMS Express’ offer for its new prepaid customers across circles. Under this offer, when one purchases the SMS Express (Alcatel OT-255C) handset and recharges with First Recharge Voucher (FRC) of Rs.55, customers will get free 100 national SMSes every day for the next 60 days. Additionally, they will also get talk time worth Rs.29. Post exhausting the free SMSes, customers will be charged 50 paisa per SMS for all SMSes and all national calls will be charged at 1 paisa /second. A FREE starter kit will be available on the purchase of each Alcatel SMS Express handset along with which the benefits of FRC 55 can be utilized. “We at Tata Indicom understand that our customers want to constantly stay connected with their peers and are always looking for best value deals,” said Mr. S Ramakrishna, regional head for Tata Teleservices, said. The low cost Tata Indicom SMS Express handset is loaded with various special features such as Group SMS, Quick SMS Key, Qwerty Input, FM radio, storage capacity up to 500 SMS with 500 phone-book contacts, etc. “With the perfect blend of style, substance and additional value, I am sure that our latest offer will provide cost-effective and hassle-free mobility experience to all our new pre-paid customers,” concluded Ramakrishna. This QWERTY keypad handset has a Quick SMS side-key wherein customers can launch a SMS composer screen to compose long SMSes upto 1024 characters at a time. The handset is currently available in Titanium Grey and Cherry Red color scheme and is priced reasonably at Rs. 1149. via : Telecom talk, softpedia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmkarthikeyhan 2 Report post Posted June 14, 2011 but messages goes in splitted... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalnirvana 646 Report post Posted June 15, 2011 but messages goes in splitted... That is CDMA limitation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sougatadc 358 Report post Posted June 15, 2011 ^^^ Then sending of long messages would be a difficulty. I've seen split portions of a long message not reaching the destination. And sometimes it gets difficult to make up the actual message from the concatenated parts of it. Often portions don't get delivered in proper sequence of splitting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalnirvana 646 Report post Posted June 15, 2011 ^ True which is why I do not see this phone's USP. LMS is good for GSM but CDMA can only handle SMS upto 160 characters in length. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gmkarthikeyhan 2 Report post Posted June 15, 2011 So this phone is useless for it special feature (LMS) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted June 16, 2011 Always DON'T doubt Tata... Their (esp network locked) CDMA handsets are always useless... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted June 16, 2011 @ Sougata You said it! I am facing an additional issue, at times, of same text messages getting repeatedly delivered to the recipient. About this device, let's not generalise or draw conclusions till someone actually tests the feature Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
