India now has more than 500 million telecom customers
Indian market continues to grow at an amazing rate when it comes to telecom and mobile services.
The country now has 500 million customers of landline and mobile services.
India reached this milestone in September this year.
At the end of September month, India had 509 million telephone subscribers. [...]
MTNL 3G connection in Mumbai for Rs. 109 online!
Indian government owned telecom giant Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited has announced that they are going to offer new 3G mobile connections for just Rs. 109 in Mumbai region.
These connections would be prepaid in nature.
The company said that these connections would come with affordable service [...]
Airtel Freedom Plan: Per second billing for mobile users
Airtel has become the latest mobile service provider in India to launch per second billing plan.
This was first introduced in the market by Tata DOCOMO and has proved to be extremely popular.
The company has launched their Airtel Freedom mobile plan.
It is available to all existing and new [...]
India bans pre-paid mobile phones in Kashmir
Indian government has now banned the sale and usage of pre-paid mobile connections in Kashmir region.
Sources say that this ban was implemented to stop the usage of these mobile devices for terrorist activities.
Prepaid phones are easier to get compared to postpaid ones and this is a preventive measure.
Government [...]
Airtel Television Ad Promoting Twitter on SMS
Indian telecom giant recently collaborated with Twitter to launch SMS service for Twitter connectivity in India.
The deal is currently exclusive and Airtel aims to make the most of it.
Here is a television ad being shown on Indian television promoting this service.
It is pretty nicely done.
3G auction in India now set for January
Indian government has announced that they would launch the much delayed 3G spectrum auction in January 2010.
This auction would be open to interested companies in India and abroad.
India has one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world and 3G is likely to become the next [...]
TRAI considering making per second billing mandatory for all mobile service providers
CNBC has reported that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is now considering making it mandatory for all mobile service providers in the country to offer per second billing.
Tata DOCOMO started this trend in India by letting customers pay per second of mobile [...]
Department of Telecom could fail to meet the latest 3G auction deadline
Economic Times has reported that the Indian Department of Telecom might fail to meet the latest deadline to auction the 3G spectrum.
The report said that the DoT has still started work on preparing for the auction in December this year.
It was expected [...]
Tata DOCOMO to offer Comix On The Go
GSM service provider Tata DOCOMO would soon offer comics on mobile devices.
The company is all set to launch a new service named Comix On The Go.
For this venture, they have collaborated with ACK Media and Walt Disney Animation Studios who would be providing the content.
Some [...]
Tata Teleservices to use BSNL towers!
Tata Teleservices has announced a deal with state owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.
This deal would allow Tata to use BSNL mobile towers for their own services.
This deal would last for a period of 15 years.
The company said that as part of this deal, TTSL [...]
