BSNL Introduces 3 New Special Recharge Vouchers for Voice Calls

State run Pan India 3G Mobile Service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) announced the launch of 3 new Special Recharge Vouchers (Voice) at Rs. 77, Rs. 111, Rs. 222 for its 2G and 3G prepaid GSM Mobile subscribers in Tamilnadu telecom circle.

The new Prepaid SRVs provides full talk time which can be used for voice calls to any network and 10,15 and 30 days validity respectively. Full talk value is allowed for the voice calls only in these SRVs with limited validity and will not add to the main account. Hence un-utilized talk time of this SRV will not be carried over to the main account.

These Special Recharge Vouchers (Voice) are allowed for the customers of all plans within the validity available through C Top-up only.The promotional offer will be available up to 31st March 2011.

Nokia Launches Ovi Store With Integrated Billing on Reliance Mobile In India

Nokia and Reliance Communications, today announced the launch of the India chapter of Ovi Store, Nokia’s immensely popular mobile application store.

Reliance Communications (Rcom) will be the first service provider  to offer integrated operator billing for their consumers in India enabling access to a host of paid for content on the Ovi Store.

The amount will be either included in subscribers monthly mobile phone bills or deducted from the pre-paid account balance, per their data plans. The detail of mobile apps will be available in Hindi and English both language.

The Ovi Store is a one-stop-shop for mobile content to help consumers personalize their Nokia devices. It supports the widest range of content and file types including applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services and much more.

Launched in 2009, the Ovi Store has 4 million downloads per day globally, a milestone spurred by overall global demand and a recent update that gives users a friendlier look and feel as well as more popular apps and games. India currently sees more than 4.5 million downloads a week.

Commenting on this alliance, Prashant Gokarn – 3G Head, Reliance Communications, said, “Nokia and RCOM relationship brings exclusive apps through Ovi Store coupled with a convenient purchase process. This service will usher in significant growth in adoption and usage of apps in India. This service is a big step in a series of innovation led products from RCOM.”

V Ramnath, Director – Operator Channels, Nokia India, said, “Our partnership with Reliance Communications is a big step towards providing Indian consumers easy and simplified access to Ovi Store content through operator billing. The response from consumers in India has already exceeded our expectations, with the number of weekly downloads crossing 4.5 million. We believe our partnership will help accelerate this further.

Airtel introduces ‘ One Number One Voice’ service

Airtel in its endeavor to offer value added services in more simplistic manner with adequate ease of use has partnered with Nuance Communications to launch ‘One Number, One Voice’ service.  Airtel customers can now  dial a  single number 54321 to access a range of value added services.  Services like  Hello Tunes, airtel Radio, News, Sports, and Jokes etc will now be available with a single number taking away the inconvenience of remembering and dialling different numbers for different services.

‘One Number, One Voice’ is available for airtel customers across Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Kerala, Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh. The service has been designed to make it intuitive  to distinguish between regular callers and first-time callers, offering a customized caller experience wherein new callers get more hand-holding whereas frequent callers are offered short-cuts. Customers will be charged Rs 2 per minute for accessing VAS on this number. The service currently supports English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam and will be rolled out in other languages subsequently.

“As we join hands with Nuance Communications for the launch of our ‘One Number, One Voice’ service. We look forward to leveraging their expertise towards delivering an improved ‘search and discover content’ experience for airtel mobile customers across India,” Chief Marketing Officer at Bharti airtel Shireesh Joshi said.

Uninor brings Prepaid Balance Transfer Facility

GSM operator Uninor in one of its breakthrough step has launched special Talk Time Transfer facility for its customers in Karnataka circle. Using this facility Uninor pre-paid subscribers can now  borrow or transfer talk time from family and friends . It happens many times that prepaid balance gets exhausted and there are no options for recharge nearby and with this unique facility friends and family can help each other by sharing talk time especially in emergency .  Uninor mobile users  can transfer balance amounts ranging from a minimum of Rs 5 and a maximum of Rs 50 at one go; on any given day a maximum of 7 such transactions are allowed. This offer is applicable for Uninor Karnataka circle only.

To request for balance transfer subscribers need to dial *201*<10digit Mobile Number>* <Amount in Rs># and to initiate the transfer subscribers need to dial *202*<10digit Mobile Number>* <Amount in Rs>#.RS 2/- will be deducted as processing fee from the amount transferred.

Talk Time Transfer Process

• To request for Balance Transfer – Dial 201 followed by 10 digit mobile number and the amount in Rs
• To initiate transfer – Dial 202 followed by the 10 digit mobile number and the amount to be transferred in Rs
• A nominal transaction fee of Rs 2 will be deducted from the amount transferred

Mr. Frode Haugen, Executive Vice President, Uninor Karnataka circle, said, “We at Uninor have constantly devised innovative plans to come up with customer friendly and value for money products and services that make sense to our customers. Talktime Transfer is another initiative from Uninor to support our customers so that they can stay connected with family and friends at all times. We are quite confident that this service will be extremely useful to subscribers and will help them stay in touch even with minimal balance.”

MTS Online Recharge offers deals & discounts

MTS telecom service brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (SSTL) has announced launch of an exciting initiative for its pre-paid voice and data customers. The MTS initiative will bring exclusive deals and discounts which customers can avail by recharging through the MTS website. Customers can avail discount ranging from 20% to 40% on items like mobiles, gadgets etc. 

Customers can recharge by following three simple stesp, in just three clicks. MTS customers can recharge their mobile phone or mobile broadband service and avail great deals and discounts.

MTS Online Recharge

Step 1. Log on to www.mtsindia.in

Step 2. Click the recharge option tab

Step 3. Recharge with a denomination of choice and accordingly avail great deals and discounts

These deals and discounts have been made available on a variety of products and services ranging from Consumer Electronics, Travel packages, Beauty services, Restaurants to Apparels and Accessories and much more. Customers recharging with higher denomination, are entitled for a higher discount. Some discounts offered on recharges result in savings even higher than the actual recharge denomination. The customers thus get great value for the money spent on their recharge.

MTS Deal Redemption Process

To redeem the deal, MTS customers to pay in advance via internet and the product will be delivered at the specified address.

Reliance Mobile introduces ‘ Cheer India’ caller tune contest

A string of value added services are being introduced by telecom operators around Cricket World Cup and they are being promoted with introduction of contests and promotions. Reliance Mobile has come up with “Cheering India” callertune contest for its customers where they get an opportunity to win 2 ICC final tickets , world cup T-shirts, cricket bats, and tons of other goodies. Under Cheer India campaign Reliance mobile users can update  Facebook and Twitter accounts  in their  own voice via IVR number 56694400 without any internet connection and create their  own special tune and set it as  caller tune at 50% discount, i.e. just Rs 5/ month.

Recently Aircel and Vodafone have started Facebook on voice service and now Reliance Mobile customers have similar service to enjoy.  To create any caller tune Reliance Mobile has introduced a service called ‘Tune Maker’ which allows users to record their own composition, make it as their caller tune and  get friends to make it their caller tune. They will be charged Rs.5 for uploading a caller tune along with the normal monthly subscription charges of Rs.30 per month

How to get it Dial 56694400 @ Rs1/min Visit webpage: Cheer India Pricing: New customer CRBT subscription: Rs.30/ month Tune charges: Rs 5 / month Tune renewal charges: Rs.5/tune per month For existing subscriber : IVR dialing charges: Re. 1/ minute CRBT subscription: No subscription charges  applicable as already subscribed. Tune charges: Rs 5/ month Tune renewal charges: Rs.5/tune per month

Aircel launches its 3G Services

After Tata Docomo, Reliance and Airtel , GSM operators Aircel has started its 3G journey with the launch of 3G services in Chennai circle. Aircel has won licenses for 13 circles of the country. Aircel had recently mentioned that it will launch its 3G services around ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Aircel will offer bouquet of services under 3G such as video calling, high speed mobile broadband, live video streaming, high definition gaming and much more.  In order to give its customers feel and  experience of 3G servics it has come up with an introductory offer till 27^th Feb where it will offer 250 MB free data usage and 50 minutes of video calling. Customers can  avail FREE Aircel 3G Offer by sending SMS   “START 3G” to 121 or “TRY 3G” to 121.

Aircel data and video call rates

Aircel has kept base data  rate at  3 paise/ 10KB  which is quite attractive as other private operator have 10p/10KB as base data tariff. BSNL has recently increased its 3G data rates from 1p/10KB to 2p/10KB while MTNL continues to offer data rates at 1p/10KB.  Aircel has priced Video calling rates  at 5p/sec.

There are dynamic bundled plans for the students, executives, and heavy users addressing all their needs enabling them with Voice, SMS as well as 3G data on Aircel. At an all inclusive price of Rs.132, Rs. 252, Rs. 502 & Rs.802 the consumers can enjoy 75MB, 150MB, 350MB & 1024MB data respectively for a month with inbuilt voice & SMS. In addition to this, we have attractive data plans which ensure high speed experience at Rs. 92 for 100 MB. Then there are attractive Aircel 3G Dongle plans for you to stay connected on the move and get the best of high speed surfing.

Aircel is the fastest growing telecom service provider having rolled out 2G services in the shortest time frame in recent times. Aircel has recorded the fastest growth in revenue.In year 2010 revenue grew by 44% over 2009 and the incremental revenue market share grew by 19% in year 2010.

Data has been at the core of Aircel‘s strategy, built on its astute PocketInternet™ positioning which captured the imagination of the youth, resonating almost instantly.  Aircel represents the modern face of India’s contemporary youth market, championing the future of telephony  in India around the growing potential of the multi-functionality of the ubiquitous mobile terminal device and ‘the world of possibilities’ it will unleash across multiple segments, with the inclusion of underserved geographies.

Aircel 3G Experience Zones

Customers can explore 3G at any of the following Aircel 3G Zones at Aircel stores in coming days.

• Chennai: Spencer Mall, Citi Centre Mall, Express Avenue Mall-Fun City, COCO – PH Road
• Hyderabad : Inorbit Mall, Prasads Imax Mall, GVK One Mall, COCO – Paradise Road
• Cochin : Oberon Mall, Bay Pride Mall, COCO – Vytella,
• Coimbatore : KG Theatre Complex, COCO – RS Puram
• Bangalore : Garuda Mall, Forum Mall, Mantri Mall, COCO – Indranagar

Aircel Pocket Internet 3G

With Aircel Pocket Internet you can access on-demand music, video, and other Aircel services such as apps, games, chat, social networking, news, sports and a lot more.

How to  access Pocket Internet 3G

1. SMS “3G” to 5800000
2. You will get a welcome message with the url: http://3g.pocketinternet.in message
3. Open this URL through GPRS.
4. Click on the category that interests you.
5. In each category, you will find content which you can either download to your handset or stream.