Airtel RCV’s Rs 80 & Rs 14 for prepaid Keralites

Bharti Airtel facilitates the Kerala prepaid subscribers to avail local intranet calls on a recharge for Rs 80 and Rs 14. Kerala subscribers can enjoy the local intranet calls at just 10p per minute and 30p per minute.
The recharge voucher Rs 80 is valid for 30 days and the subscribers can enjoy the local A2A calls at just 10p per minute. Similary recharge voucher Rs 14 offers a local own net calls at 30p per minute.

July Systems MiX platform for DLF IPL 2010 league

July Systems,a global leader in mobile internet publishing and monetization with some of the biggest media, entertainment and sports leagues brings IPL on the mobile internet through MiX (Mobile internet eXperience) platform.
July systems has bundled some unique features for the Indian grounds, they are like unique ‘Call to Experience’ and ‘Video Scorecard’ features and enabling ‘Freemium’ model by immersive mobile advertising.
This MiX will reach over 120 million mobile internet subscribers across device types and networks. Freemium is a combination of free and premium content based pricing makes the service affordable to all users. The important part of IPL service includes free video content- subsidized by advertising and certain premium sections at nominal fee.

Mix is certainly a real-time user interface which facilitates almost every Indian with an internet enabled mobile phone, across income groups, educational back grounds, handset types or networks, will for the first time have access to ball-by-ball video updates, action replays, video score cards and much more.
July System MiX platform aims to catalyze the mobile internet ecosystem by bringing together and dlivering value to its key stake holders- consumers, advertisers, media publishers, operators and handset OEMs.
Users can access this service from their mobile phone by calling the MiX toll free number 08 123 123 123 or log on to m.iplt20.com.

Airtel Launches Unlimited SMS Packs for All Circles

Airtel, country’s largest mobile operator introduces unlimited sms pack for all circles, for prepaid and postpaid subscribers. With Airtel you can enjoy unlimited SMSing anytime and anywhere in India from your home circle. But there is a Fair Usage Policy(FUP) of 500 local and national sms per day. In some circles Airtel is offering upto 750 sms per day at a nominal cost.

PostPaid users can enjoy unlimited National & Local SMS (upto 500 SMS* per day) at a monthly rental of Rs. 99. To activate sms pack, sms UNLIMITED to 121.

Prepaid users have to visit your nearest Airtel retailer & ask for Unlimited SMS Pack Recharge.The cost of these SMS Packs is different in all the circles. We have summed up the details of SMS Packs. Have a look to circle specific Prepaid Unlimited SMS packs of Airtel here-:


Circle Cost (Rs) Offer (for 30 days)
Andhra Pradesh 77
10000 National & Local SMS Free
Assam 33
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
Bihar 21
200 National & Local SMS Free per day
Chennai & Tamilnadu 60
750 National & Local SMS Free per day
Delhi 88
700 National & Local SMS Free per day
Gujarat 102
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
with first sms @ Re.1
Haryana 74
10000 National & Local SMS Free
Himachal Pradesh 75
10000 National & Local SMS Free
Jammu & Kashmir 75
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
Karnataka 52
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
Kerala 44
4400 National & Local SMS Free
Kolkata 80
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
Maharashtra 67
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
Madhya Pradesh 50
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
Mumbai 95
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
North East 33
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
Orissa 33
15000 National & Local SMS Free
Punjab 75
10000 National & Local SMS Free
Rajasthan 63
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
UP (West) 103
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
UP (East) 103
300 National & Local SMS Free per day
West Bengal 47
500 National & Local SMS Free per day
Note that on SMS Blackout days, these free sms will not be applicable and these days local & national sms will be charged at Re1 and Rs 1.50 respectively.Though this is Airtel’s answer to SMS tariff war started by Reliance Communications, still Airtel’s sms pack can’t beat Reliance’s SMS packs – which offers pan India 500 SMS/day at just Rs 25 for 30 days and applicable in home and roaming.

Telcordia gets DoT license for MNP execution

Telcordia, US based fixed, mobile, and broadband communications software and service provider gets approval from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to implement the mobile number portability (MNP) service in India. This announcement comes after the application filed by Telcordia, and received the final clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), Government of India
Now the country has two licensed companies to implement MNP-MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions India Pvt Ltd – a joint venture between Telcordia and India’s Deepak Talwar Consultants Pvt Ltd. Earlier Telcordia got license for implementing MNP in mobile number portability in Zone 2, i.e. south and east India and decided to roll out number portability in Karnataka in the six months from the date of license signing.
Telcordia’s proposal for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) had also been cleared by the Government of India. However, in a communication to the finance ministry, the home ministry also set some riders that mandated Telcordia USA to furnish credible information about its exact role in Pakistan.

Uninor free emergency calling service for Maha Kumbh Mela

Uninor the new entrant in telecom space are intended to provide a free emergency calling and maps of the area for the benefit of visitiors of Maha Kumbh Mela. It is the largest gathering of people for a religious purpose in the world.
In order to provide an emergency assistance Uninor install Emergency Assistance Booths to provide free mobile phone services to the visitors of Maha Kumbh Mela for making emergency calls.Uninor committed itself to provide more retail points in the Kumbh Mela area.
According to astrologers, the ‘Kumbh Fair’ takes place when the planet Jupiter enters Aquarius and the Sun enters Aries. The pilgrimage occurs four times every twelve years, once at each of the four locations.

Each twelve-year cycle includes the Maha (great) Kumbha Mela at Prayag, attended by millions of people, making it the largest pilgrimage gathering around the world.