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DOCOMO revises STV tariff benefits to customers

    Inline with the other major operators, TATA Docomo has revised its STV tariffs for Kerala Circle.
Here is the details of their tariff revision.

All the changes are applicable wef 24th December.

Recharge Value	Current Tariff	Revised Tariff	Customer Impact
36	All Local/STD Calls @1p/2Sec. First Min of the Day @1.5p/Sec. Validity 30 Days	All Local/STD Mobile Calls @ 1.2p/2sec; All LL @ 1.5p/sec, First Min of the day @ 1.5p/sec. Validity 30 Days.	1p/2 sec has been revised to 1.2p/2 Sec. Impact is 6paise per minute
28	Local Onnet @ 1p/6 Sec, Local Offnet @1p/2Sec. First Local Min of the day @1.2p/Sec. Validity 90 Days	All Local TATA Calls @ 1.2p/6sec. All other Local Calls @ 1.2p/2sec. STD @ 1.2p/sec; LL @ 1.5p/sec, First Min(Local Onnet ) of the day @ 1.2p/sec. Validity 90 days.	1p/6 sec and 1p/2 sec have been revised to 1.2p/6 sec and 1.2p/2 Sec respectively. Impact is 2paise and 6paise per minute respectively
21	All Local Calls @1p/2 Sec. STD @1.2p/Sec. First Local min of the Day @1.5p/Sec. Validity 90 Days	All Local Calls @ 1p/2sec. Validity 30 days.	Impact is 6paise per minute, Validity reduced to 30 days

Telecom Operators Eyeing to make blackout days applicable on Voice Calls also

 Operators are planning to make the base tariff rates applicable on Voice calls also on selected festival days during a year. Earlier it was applicable only for SMS that operators will charge base tariff rate of Rs.1/2/3 during the blackout days. Now they are eyeing to include voice calls also to this blackout list so that they can make more revenue during this period.

Some of the Airtel and Idea circles have already made decision on this and Aitel website is already updated with this. Vodafone is yet to make decision on this.

TATA Docomo has come up with Always Plus Portfolio for all existing and new customers

TATA Docomo, the operator came up with many of the new initiatives including the seconds billing has come up with a new Idea of "Always Plus".

This is a new corporate philosophy which means -

1. Always plus on products (launch superior products compared to competition)
2. Always plus for Consumer (customer satisfaction)
3. Always plus for Retailers (The Trade)
4. Always plus on Service (offer superior and uninterruptable service to customers)

Good initiative : TATA Docomo Dual recharge coupons

Good news for TATA docomo CDMA customer, not to all, but to some of the customers it was difficult for them to find the recharge outlet when their balance is exhausted. Docomo has come out with a solution for this issue. From now customers can use Docomo reharge coupons for both GSM and CDMA and various denominations recharges have already hit the market. For easy identification it is written "GSM/CDMA" on the both sides of the coupon. Any how customers in the rural area may have to wait for some time as the retailer in those areas have to sell off their existing stocks.

TATA Docomo Revises GPRS Benefits with immediate effect

TATA Docomo, one of the operator providing cheapest and quality GPRS service has today announced revision in their various GPRS packs. This move is as part of tariff revision foray which all operators are undergoing after the 2G auction. All operators are now trying to increase their revenues by cutting down the extra benefits they were offering to customers as part of competition. Now the competition has come down and now everyone into increasing tariffs and cutting down various customer offers.

These are the revised tariff details of TATA docomo GPRS.

OLD OFFER			NEW OFFER ( REVISED OFFER)			APPLICABILITY
MRP	DATA	VALIDITY	MRP	DATA	VALIDITY
49	500 MB	21 Days	56	500 MB	21 Days	On EVD/Paper/SMS/USSD Mode of recharge
70	1.5 GB	30 Days	70	1 GB	30 Days	On EVD/SMS/USSD Mode of recharge
98	2.5 GB	30 Days	98	1.5 GB	30 Days	On EVD/SMS/USSD Mode of recharge

Vodafone opened up Sabarimala portal for Devotees

 

Vodafone India has announced the launch of various portals for Sabarimala devotees. Through this portal, customers can gather information on the historical background of Sabarimala, routes to the shrine, Temple opening and closing dates and times and many more.

 

Customers can access this portal by dialing 5670309 for Rs.30 per month. Alternatively it can be activated through sending sms to 144 in the specified format SMS ACT SAB or dialing *567*946#. This pack is available in both prepaid and postpaid. This pack is only valid till 15th January 2013 and will get deactivated automatically with effect from 16th January 2013.

 

Also a list of ayyappa divotional songs are available in caller tunes. Customer can directly access this by dialing 543213 at a cost of Rs.30 per month and Rs.15 additionally for every song change.

 



Huge dip in new activations after the stringent activation policy in place

 

Various sources reports that there is a huge dip in gross activations after the new acquisition policy came in place.

 

New acquisition policy which came in place on 9th of Nov is very stringent, though it is good for national security and avoids fraudulent acquisitons to a large extent. Due to this all operator acquisitions are reduced to more than 70% compared to an average of last six months of their acquisitions. Policy is in place and large operators are still working hard to streamline the process of acquistions to avoid possible delay in acquisitions. As of now in urban areas connections are getting activated in 3 working days and in rurel it is 7 days on an average. But still there are some cases not activated evenafter 10 days of submition of documents to retail partners.

As per the process for a new connection customers has to approach retail dealer first and submit all the relevant documents. After varifying the documents retailer will issue sim card of his/her choice but connection will not get activated at that time. As per the process retailer has to send SMS in a specific format mentioning the details of the new connection. After getting the SMS a pickup boy from the nearest distributor point will come and collect the varified and sealed document by retailer. Again distributor will check, varify and seal the documents. Post that a company representative will come and collect the documents and enter the details to an online portal. On successful completion of this customer has to dial to a specific number and furnish the name and address details as he mentioned in the documents at the time of purchase. This is to ensure the same doument owner is using the connection. Post successful completion of address varification the connection will be activated from the backend. For outstation customers, the process is little more complicated that he has to submit one local contact details along with his address proffs. His connection will get activated only after varifying both local contact and his own connection.

On the other side the new process will improve the quality of acquistion. Earlier customer used to purchase new connection only for initial talk time and after consuming that they through off the connection. This lead many operators to number constrain and lack of new numbers.

Idea launches unlimited calling plans in postpaid

Now Postpay and DATA are the key focus of operators and now Idea also came in to the array of unlimited calling in postpaid by launching three unlimited calling plans in order to attract their prospective postpaid customers having more than 1000 rupees monthly usage. Now the situation has come to this stage that it is evitable to provide unlimited calling offers in postpaid to attract customers whoever having high monthly bills.

Earlier TATA docomo introduced this unlimited plan in postpaid and later Reliance communications joined them by launching the same plans (with FUP). Now idea is the third operator launching this same plans. Still TATA docomo's plans are more attractive because they are offering unlimited calling and data usage without any limit but other operators unlimited usage is based on a Fare usage policy (FUP).

 Here are the new plans launched by idea.

Airtel likely to raise call tariff in two - three months time

Finally Bharti Airtel also to join the tariff hike rally along with Idea and Vodafone. Airtel CEO Mr. Sanjay Kapoor hinted this during the inauguration of their new network experience center in Manesar. He mentioned that the current tariff is unstable for any telecom operator to sustain and thus a tariff hike is required at this point of time. He added, the tariff hikes are expected to happen post spectrum auction.

We believe there are couple of reasons for Bharti Airtel to raise tariffs-

1. Tariff hike is indispensable as a result of the high base price of spectrum (post auction all tariffs are expected to raise by 30-40%)

2. The intense competition has come down from new operators, as Uninor scale down operations in many circles and Aircel & MTS is going to do the same for many of their circles.

3. All their nearest competitors have already increased tariffs.

4. Marginal dip in Net revenue and ARPU is coming down.

Anyway in order to take the advantage of Aircel and MTS scaling down their operations in some of their circles, Airtel might not think of a sudden tariff hike rather they prefer a gradual increase in two to three months time. 

Aircel to scale down operations in Selected Circles

In continuation with the latest news came on all major dailies stating that Aircel is going to slow down operations in 5 Circles - Madhyapradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Panjab and Rajastan, they are also going to slow down operations in Kerala and Karnataka Circles, said a top official working with Aircel.

With this they will gradually stop all ICR tie ups with other operators as well as to stop supply in ICR towns. They will stop all paper coupon billing and discontinue all STVs and GPRS services from these circles. There won't be any kind of promotional activities including telecalling and product upsell from next month. Also they will stop all support to distributor including BDO and SPOC.

MTS Decides not to bid in the coming Spectrum Auction

Now it is almost clear that, the CDMA operator MTS with more than 16 million active customers has decided not to bid in the coming Spectrum auction. Also news are spreading that they have cut down their infra structure in many of the circles. As per the court order all 122 licenses will get cancelled with effect from January 2013. On the other side high speculations are there that MTS is in talks with Aircel to buy their foreign share of 74% from Malaysian operator MAX telecom.

Whatever the case, once this news spread across to the trade as well as to the customers; they will be in great dilemma whether to sell this product / whether to buy this product. MTS is got 1.7 million data customers out of this total of 16 million. Their Data product is well acceptable among customers because of their product quality and good services.

BSNL Plan Voucher details

Here is the updated plan voucher details of BSNL telecom Kerala Circle. Also you can find varies freebies offered by BSNL like Onnet minutes, Offnet minutes, Video call, SMS and Validity details attached to the respective plan vouchers.

How to reduce my Docomo call rates? Special recharges to reduce Docomo call rates

Here is some shortcuts to get attractive call rates from TATA Docomo. This can be obtained using the special recharges mentioned below. Unlike other operators Docomo is providing their customer unlimited calling to own network and providing a call rate as low as 20 paise per minute, that too in second pulse. Also they have got a bouquet of unlimited calling offer including 666 which is giving unlimited local calling across all networks.

Other than this they are giving more than full talk time offers starting from Rs.180 which gives Rs.190 talk time. Their recently launched 250 recharge gives 250 talktime along with 1GB unlimited browsing in 3G speed.

Please go through the below table for more details about their stunning recharges bouquets.

Docomo's 250 recharge is getting Popular

We earlier reported the launch of Tata Docomo 250 recharge across India. Now as per the recent reports its clearly showing that the product is getting popular among the youths of India as it gives full talk time along with 1GB usage. After the consumption of 1GB customers can enjoy unlimited 2G data for one month.

Very decent deal for the Month. No other operators has such a rewarding product portfolio as like Tata Docomo's 250 recharge that too with no validity for talk time.

Never Before Offer from Tata Docomo : Get Unlimited 3G and Full Talk Time with Rs.250 Recharge

Tata Docomo has annouced the launch of its Unlimited 3G + FTT offer priced at only Rs.250. With this recharge customers will get unlimited 3G for one month and 250 rupees talk time in their main account. There is no time limit for using this talk time and it is getting credited to customer core account which they can use with any mix of  STVs or tariff cutters.

This offer is extended to existing as well as new customers of TATA docomo.

How to reduce BSNL Call Rates - Special Recharges for tariff change

Your BSNL call rates can be reduced using the special recharges below. Some of you might be aware about this but most of us are not known about this special benefits offered by BSNL and continues to be on 60 paise plan. Actually BSNL to BSNL local and STD tariff can be reduced as low as 5paise per minute and all local calls at 30 paise per minute using some of the lowest denomination recharges per month.

Here is the details of those special recharges.

12th BSNL Day Celebrations : Additional Benefits to Customers

State Run BSNL is celebrating its 12th Birthday today. On this special occasion BSNL has decided to offer couple of offers like - Extra talk time, Special discount on data devices, Discount on Data products and some Local and STD calling offers. Offers are available from 1st Oct to 7th Oct.

Extra talk time denominations are : 200, 500,1000 and 6000. Customers will get extra talk time on doing these recharges on the offer period. Talk time value varies from circle to circle.

20% discount of Data devices and 10% to 20% discount on data products.

Over and above this offers there are some circle specific STD and local offers also announced by BSNL.

Customers are requested to check the details with circle call centers before doing any recharge.


 

How to reduce my Idea Call rates? Special recharges to reduce call rates

What an Idea Sirji?

Idea customers can talk onnet as low as 10 paisa per minute and offnet local at 30 paisa per minute and Any STD at 25 paisa per minute.

It is not a dream. These call rates are possible using the special recharge vouchers mentioned below. Though the rate of recharge is high compared to other operators, considering the Volume of customers using Idea connection in Kerala, this onnet recharges are beneficial.

Reliance My College Plan

Reliance has announced My college plan to attract all youth in India. This plan is open to all telecom circle of Reliance communications. This is a really beneficial plan as the call and SMS rates are as low as 5 paisa per minute to talk with your friends with in the same college. Other call rates are as applicable based on your base tariff plan.

 

Over and above this, all Facebook and Whatsapp browsing is completely free. But browsing external links from FB will be chargeable as per the basis data browsing charges applicable for your circle.

Group SMSing is also possible in this plan. You can send SMS to all whoever is subscribed to this by texting your message to 51112 at just Rs.3.

How to reduce my Airtel Call rates? Recharges to reduce my Airtel Call rate

Are you an Airtel Customer? Are you still paying 60paise per minute for all STD and Local Calls? 

 

That time is gone, now for all STD and local calls you need not pay 60 paise, its only 30 paise per minute and if you subscribe for second pulse that is 1 paise for 2 seconds it is more economical. Studies says that second pulse will fetch you 17% reduction in your call rates.

 

Select an appropriate pack from the below list and save 50% of your call rates.

 

One more question - Is Most of your calls are onnet (Airtel to Airtel)? the you can reduce your call rates even more. You need not pay even 30 paise for these calls its only 10 paise per minute.

BSNL Extends Full Talk Time offers to Kerala Telecom Circle

BSNL extends the early announced full talk time offers starting from Rs.110 to Kerala telecom circle also. This offer is available in Kerala till 17-12-2012 for a trail period of 90 days. This was earlier announced in different circles as part of Eid and Indipendance offers. As per the reports the full talk time offers are widly acceptable and now this reopens considering the forthcoming festivals like Durga pooja and Deepavali etc..

Full talk time offer is opened in the following recharges strarting from Rs.110, Rs.220, Rs.440 and Rs.550.

BSNL launches attractive Data pack for a trial period of 90 days

BSNL AP has announced two attractive Data packs for a trail period of 90 days. This initiative is in order to take the advantage of 3G data getting popular among youth.

The packs announced by BSNL today are : STV 80 and STV 599. The Benefits are

STV	Validity	Data Benefit
80	1 Day	1 GB
599	30 Days	3GB day + 4GB Night**

How to transfer balance from One mobile account to another

This is always a trouble that balance is not available while we urgently want to make a call or an urgent SMS and there are not retailers around to do a recharge. Some of you might have faced this problem in your daily life atleast once.

Here is the remedy for this issue. Now we can borrow money from our friends or family while we face such an issue through these simple steps.

Most of the operators are providing this service to their customers and here are the short codes.

MTS Mblaze expands coverage in Kerala

MTS Mblaze today announced its coverage expansion in Kerala. Mblaze is the high speed mobile broad band services of MTS.

Newly added towns are - Valappad, Pappinisseri, Vadakkancheri, Perinjanam, Thiruvalla, Cherpu and Kodungallur. With this 7 towns adds, MTS Mblaze is got 65 towns coverage across Kerala.

No more Extra Charging for SMS / Calls on Blackout Days

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued directive to all telecom operators of India to stop charging extra on Blackout days for SMS and calls. It is now a practice that operators are charging more on SMS and calls on festival days which is announced as Blackout days.

But as per the directive of TRAI, it is mentioned that Operators should not charge more Tariff for Calls and SMS which is more than the base tariff of the customer under any circumstances. This will give more trasparency of billing especially on the black out days.

New Face of Kerala Police : Nano Patrol

 

This is the new face of Kerala police. It is named as Police Nano Patrol and this will enable police to enhance patrolling even during rainy seasons instead of Bike patrolling.

 

This Nano car was donated to City police force by Rotary Club of Cochin Downtown on 29th of August.

 



 

 

How to check my Mobile Account Balance - Here is the short codes

Here is the short codes to check your mobile account balance.

DOCOMO *111#, Detailed *111*1#, *111*2#

AIRTEL *123#, Detailed information *123*1-11#

RIM *367#

TATA Indicom 12525

IDEA *111# / *130#

AIRCEL *125# *126*1# *126*2#

BSNL *123#

VODAFONE *145#

MTS 155

Uninor *222*2#

And these are further more detailed way to check your balance.

Exclusive: Tata Docomo Introduces Double Data Benefits on 3G Postpaid

       Tata Docomo 3G announced a double data benefit for their prospective 3G customers in Kerala for the first 3 months of activation. This plan is applicable only to postpaid customers. This is a great plan getting launched to attract high data usage customers who are consuming more than 5GB data usage per month. Post 3 months of Double data benefit customers enrolled in this plan will be moved to normal plan which will 6GB per month.

The plan details are:

Plan Name	Revised Data Benefit	Plan Rental	BVD (Bill Value Discount)	Effective Monthly Rental
1000_3G unlimited Plan	12 GB per month	1000	150	850

 3G device cost of Rs.1800 will be paid back to the customers as bill discount of Rs.150 for the first 12 months of activation. So effectively customer pays only 850 rupees for getting 12GB for first 3months and thereafter 6GB per month.

BSNL to re-open various full talk time offers across India

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited today decided to re-open their various full talk time which was earlier introduced in the time of Independence Day and Ramzan.

This new decision is considering the forthcoming festival like Dussehra, Bakri-Eid, Diwali, Christmas and New Year. BSNL customers across India would get the benefit of this offer and it is decided to open the offer from September 19th till further notice.

Full talk time offer will start from the lowest denomination of Rs. 110. The next denominations are 220, 440 and 550.

Kerala Telecom reports a record de-growth on SIM Card Activations for the month of August'2012

In spite of Onam hype, Kerala telecom operators report's a record de-growth of 25% on SIM card sales compared to July'2012. Numbers never dropped to this much in the history of last 3 years. All major operators de-grown numbers even though there was huge MNP port-ins from Uninor, as most of the operators got this benefit in the month of August (on 24th July, Uninor announced their scaling down of operations in Kerala including other 4 circles).

Operators reported a 5% growth over previous month in 2011 Onam season.

Excellent Initiative from BSNL : To give coverage in 37000 remote villages

Mobile technology is very much advanced and major operators are giving coverage in almost all major towns and villages and the coverage width is still expanding.

Even though we have 37000 remote villages which is not covered by any of the operators in India. In order to give coverage in these villages, National telecom operator BSNL is adopting a new technology called DSPT (digital satellite phone terminal).

Center for development of Telematics (CDOT) had done a survey to identify the uncovered villages in the country and found 37000 villages were still not covered.

Aircel Announces new 3G packs - PocketBuddies

Aircel today announces a variety of 3G and SMS bundled products across India named as Aircel Pocket Buddies - Surf & Text, specially designed to attract people who are keen on Data and SMS.

With this special pack, customers will get both high speed data and SMS for the period as mentioned in the table below. Variety of products starts from Rs.22 to Rs.198. The main attractive is, you will get unlimited 2G data for the validity period mentioned below post the usage consumptio of 3G Data.

Price (Rs.)	22	88	128	198
2G Data	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
3G Data	100 MB	250 MB	500 MB	1 GB
High Speed Up to	Up to 3.6Mbps
SMS Local/National	600	3000	6000	6000
Validity (Days)	3	15	30	30