abc123 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2006 Airtel has merged the Mumbai- Maharasthra circle and now offers single tarrif for entire circlem without roaming charges........ and will be treated as a single circle http://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/may/03airtel.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingofKalyan 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2006 Airtel has merged the Mumbai- Maharasthra circle and now offers single tarrif for entire circlem without roaming charges........ and will be treated as a single circlehttp://ia.rediff.com/money/2006/may/03airtel.htm Good for Gsm users Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted May 8, 2006 does this mean I can carry an Airtel phone anywhere in Maharashtra and not pay the roaming rental of Rs.50? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ani_meher 42 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 About time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 people tell me the consequences of this! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abc123 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 does this mean I can carry an Airtel phone anywhere in Maharashtra and not pay the roaming rental of Rs.50? Yes Sir..... now if ur are Airtel Mumbai sub. then u carry ur mobbile to Maharashtra wo paying roaming rental and also kame calls at home tarrif just like reliance.................. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitstg 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 hope it will merge the up (west+east) too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siva1983in 1 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 Very very slow merger.. TN-Chennai circles was merged long back.. to be exact- on may 25th 2005.. the same day calls between paired circles became local, similiar merger took place.. Wonder why it took 1 full yr to do the same in mah-mumbai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puneet 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2006 Not slow actually. It is an operator initiative. what happened in TN-Chennai was a mandated by the government. The government had vide its notification 842-503/2005-VAS/5 merged the two circles to one. While TN-Chennai is now a single license area, MH-Mumbai are still two distinct license areas. No mobile company can charge roaming rental for TN-Chennai if it holds the license for the combined circle, however, in case of MH-Mumbai though the calls between/to mobile were made local and incoming calls while roaming were made free the circles were still kept distinct. Hence, romaing still remains a VAS, and operators can charge rental for that. What Airtel has done now is what Reliance and BSNL have been practising since the beginning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2006 when will hutch do this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhay 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2006 when will hutch do this? i think hutch already has it in place !! roaming is free in maha / mumbai << not sure though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linuxguy 0 Report post Posted May 12, 2006 no...i can receive free incoming on BPL network while roaming in Mah / Goa. But I cant make calls. For that i need to pay them a rent of Rs.50 :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rakesh5295 0 Report post Posted June 5, 2006 It has merged only for prepaid customers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vmsanghrajka 0 Report post Posted June 6, 2006 no...i can receive free incoming on BPL network while roaming in Mah / Goa. But I cant make calls. For that i need to pay them a rent of Rs.50 :/ Excatly, its the same for all GSM operators including hutch.. This 'One Maharashtra' scheme is actually nothing great..u jus save on rentals thts it.. and anyways these rentals on daily basis, so if u outta mumbai for 3 days.u ll b charged rental only for 3 days (there in airtel postpaid).. CHeers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
