Blackberry Storm now on EMI by Vodafone

Vodafone is working hard to sell the new BlackBerry Storm, the next best thing after the iPhone. It is presently priced at Rs.27,990 and might turn out to be quite expensive, which is why the Vodafone now gives prospective buyers an EMI option.



Some of the options are:

* 6 months: Rs. 4,665 - 4,913
* 12 months: Rs. 2,333 - 2,566

The EMI is different as it is currently being offered by 4 banks viz. Axis, Barclays, Citibank and HSBC. For more specifics and break-up of the EMI’s, just click here.

Tata Telecom ties up Polish Telecom "Play"

Tata Telecommunication stated its tie up with a Poland situated telecom firm ‘Play’. This tie up will foster Tata Telecom’s plans to route all its international call traffic through Play.

Play will implement Tata’s voice termination product ‘VTS Prime Solution’ to manage Tata Tele’s customer call quality. VTS Prime will allow Tata Tele to pass on the entire burden of ensuring high quality international calls to Play.


“We chose to work with Tata Communications because of their extensive network backbone and experience, which was well positioned to fully manage and support issues our company was facing as a start-up operator”, Play’s Carrier Relations director Piotr Kuriata said in a statement.

This merger would enable Tata Telecommunication to go global. Previously they linked up with DoCoMo and now this venture with Play will definitely give Tata’s an edge in the CDMA category.

Vodafone has Amar Chitra Katha now!

Vodafone has launched a whole new line of ACK stuff, which includes wallpapers, jokes, screensavers, comics and games from the ACK series. Users will now be able to relive those moments through their phone.

Here are some specifications of the service:



* Subscription: Rs.30/month
* If you call 567607 and listen in, you will be charged 30p/min as usage charge.
* Callertunes: Rs.15/month
* Picture quiz: Rs 5 / story
* Trivia: Rs 10 for a bank of 10 trivia
* Quotes: Rs 10 for a bank of 10 quotes
* Rich Alerts: Rs 30 / month
* Comic subscription: Rs 30 / month
* Wallpapers: Rs 10
* Themes: Rs 15
* Videos: Rs 5 / download
* Ringtones: Rs 15, Rs 20 and Rs 25
* Games: Rs 50 and Rs 99



Though the service is quite appealing to people who would like to experience the whole feel of ACK on their mobile using Vodafone, all of the options on offer are overpriced. It might be only worth one download or view.

BlackBerry Personal Mail service plan by Airtel

Specifically for India, Airtel and Blackberry makers, RIM have announced a new plan. The plan known as BlackBerry Personal Mail service plan offers Airtel Blackberry users unlimited email and instant messaging services for just Rs. 499.

Anyhow, before getting into any conclusions, lets get it clear again – its “Unlimited email and instant messaging”. In other words, you don’t have unlimited internet browsing but only IM and push email service.



Features:

Users can configure up to 10 POP/IMAP email accounts including free services like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc.
There is no quota on BlackBerry Personal Mail. All emails are automatically deleted after 30 days (that’s from the Blackberry servers).
IM services include Yahoo!, Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger

Blackberry is all about push emails and I think if the user is looking for emails on the go, this is the thing to go for.

Flexi 224 CUG by Airtel

Airtel prepaid users can change their own number to postpaid connection without paying any service charges. There are many schemes available in Airtel postpaid options.

The best plan is flexi 224 CUG. It can be availed by paying a rental of RS.199 monthly. The features of the above mentioned plan is that 300 local mobile calls are free for every month and 200 SMS per month is also free.



Frequent users needn't worry and just have to recharge with 60RS booster and
enjoy sending 22,000 local SMS per month. One can form as a new network and enjoy talking with same plan users free of cost . If you are interested in this plan just contact Airtel they will tell you the details to join this plan.

SMS Dhamaka by Airtel

Airtel has yet again cheered the subscribers in Delhi & NCR region. They have announced an SMS Dhamaka pack for the prepaid users that helps them to reduce their monthly SMS tariff. There are basically five options starting with just Rs. 13 and going up to Rs. 112.

Packs:
Rs. 13 - 30 SMS free (Local)
Rs. 42 - 100 SMS free (Local & National)
Rs. 46 - 200 SMS free (Local)
Rs. 94 - 250 SMS free (Local & National)
Rs. 112 - 1112 SMS free (Local)

All the packs come with a validity of 30 days and are applicable to lifetime as well as non-lifetime customers. Enjoy with Airtel!

3G jadoo service launched by MTNL

MTNL finally becomes the first operator in India to launch commercial 3G services in the Delhi region. Anyhow, having the first provider advantage, MTNL is trying to cash in by setting the price a bit higher which would deprive many from enjoying the 3G advantages. Remember, 3G network operates on a totally different band and provides faster data speeds as well as a good voice quality.



Tariff:
Activation charge: Rs.500 + service tax
Fixed charges: Rs.599/- per month
Voice call to own network: Rs.0.60 per minute
Calls to other network: Rs. 1.00 per minute
Video call own network: Rs.1.80 per minute
Video call other network: Rs. 3.00 per minute
STD/ISD: As per Budget pln
STD video call: Rs.3.75 per minute
ISD video call: Rs. 30/- per minute
Local/STD/ISD SMS: As per Budget plan
Data @ GPRS/3G/UMTS/HSDPA usage rate: Rs.5/- per MB
Data @ HSDPA monthly service charges: Rs.149/-
MMS: Rs.3/-
HSDPA card (Optional): Rs.5000/-