Recharge Codes of all operators

It is a major issue now a days as the operators reduced the size of recharge coupon and the wording printed on it are very tiny and unable to read. Many of the customers had to call customer care for getting the respective recharges codes to prefix before the secret number.

So here is the recharges codes of all major operators.

Airtel introduced two new ISD packs - Enable lower call tariffs

Airtel Kerala introduced two new ISD tariffs which will allow customers to connect with their family or relatives with comparatively lower tariff.

For getting this benefit customers has to recharge with Rs.55 or with Rs.7 which will give a validity of 30 days from the date of recharge.

With Rs.55 recharge customers can talk to US, Canada and UK (landline) for 1 paise per second which is lower than the current local mobile tariffs.

With Rs.7 recharge customers can make calls to UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia on Fridays at 10 paise per second.

Alternatively customers can activate this pack by dialing *333*5# from their mobile phones.

TATA Docomo 666 unlimited calling benefits reduced w.e.f 25.01.2013

Tata docomo today has revised its most famous 666 plan benefits in line with the recent tariff hikes by major operators. Earlier it was unlimited calling to any local network including landline within the circle, now it has been capped to 4000 minutes within the validity.

Earlier on 7th of this month they reduced the validity of this product to 28 days from 30 days. Still for a high user, it looks most economical as the per minute charging is only 17 paise as compared to 2 rupees for Airtel and 1.20 for idea.

VAS Statement : Another industry first service from TATA Docomo

TATA Docomo today announced the launch of it's VAS statement service for all customers across the country. This service will give more reliability to customers especially in postpaid platform. This service will allow customers to download the statement of VAS services, their particulars and charges for the last 7 days.

For getting the statement customer has to send "VAS" to 121 and from the reply message customer can choose various services like

1. Start service
2. Stop service
3. List of active services
4. VAS statement of last 7 days.

Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular increase base tariffs

Idea cellular and Bharti Airtel have increased their base tariff almost double. Airtel's base tariff has been increased from Rs.1 to Rs.2 and Idea's tariff increase from 1.2 paise to 2 paise per second (effectively 72 paise per minute to 1.20 rupees per minute). As per the reports Vodafone also going to do the similar changes inline with Bharti and Idea. Over and above this they have reduced their FRC tariff validity from current 90 days to 30 days. Also there is a 100 percentage hike on their on net tariffs (airtel to airtel and idea to idea). Earlier 1 paise per 6 seconds has been increased to 1 paise per 3 seconds.

Top 3 operators increase SMS tariff drastically

Operator	STV MRP	Earlier Benefit	Current Benefit
Airtel	44	3000 SMS 30 days validity	Rs.44 : 600 SMS 15 days Rs.74 : 1000 SMS for 30 days Rs.151 : 2000 SMS for 30 days
VODA	47	3000 SMS 30 days validity	Rs.77 : 1000 SMS for 30 days Rs.147 : 2000 SMS for 30 days
IDEA	44	3000 SMS 30 days validity	Rs.76 : 1000 SMS for 30 days Rs.153 : 2000 SMS for 30 days

SMS and SMS restrictions were the hot news in the industry for quite some time after TRAI implemented 100 SMS per day, the same withdrawn and reinitiated after some time.

Now even if TRAI allows also we cannot send too many SMSs as we were doing earlier. Short messaging becomes very costlier from the beginning of the year 2013

It is noticed that top 3 operators increasing their SMS tariffs very drastically, about 400% hike in many of the SMS STVs. It is true that operators implemented SMS termination charges, earlier it was applicable only for Voice calls. This much increase is clearly as part of their combined move to increase revenue share.

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea raises GPRS Tariffs

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea raised their GPRS tariff in many circles. In the beginning of 2012 we have seen 3G services is getting popularized among the youths because of the fancy of its speed. Still many of them are not using it because of the high tariff and GPRS is available with lesser price though they have to compromise on speed.

Now as part of promoting 3G services, operators started increasing the GPRS tariffs, and now with this latest increase GPRS becomes almost as much expensive as 3G.

BSNL has still not raised their tariff but based on the previous experiences we can assume that they will also raise the tariff in couple of day's time. Now TATA Docomo, Reliance and MTS have become the cheapest GPRS providers, but we have to compromise on coverage as they don't have coverage especially in many of the rural areas but they offer superior speed wherever they have coverage.

Here is the latest tariff board of these operators (this may differ from circle to circle, so please check with your call center or retailer before doing the recharge)

Operator	IDEA		VODAFONE		AIRTEL		TATA DOCOMO
Validity in Days	Old Benefits	New Benefits	Old Benefits	New Benefits	Old Benefits	New Benefits	New Benefits
1	Rs.5 - 50 MB	Rs.5 - 30 MB	Rs.4 - 40 MB	Rs.4 - 40 MB	Rs.5 - 50 MB		Rs.5 - 50 MB
2	Rs. 15 - 150 MB	Rs.15 - 75 MB	Rs.15 - 150 MB	Rs.15 - 150 MB
3					Rs.18 - 180 MB	Rs.18 - 120MB	Rs.20 - 300 MB
4	Rs 20 - 200 MB	Rs.20 - 100 MB	Rs.20 - 200 MB	Rs.20 - 200 MB
5					Rs.15 - 500 MB (RCV - Limited Stock)
7			Rs.32 - 320 MB	Rs.32 - 320 MB	Rs.25 - 250 MB (500 MB through CC)	Rs.25 - 150MB ( 500MB through CC)
15	Rs. 45 - 1 GB (512MB Day + 512 MB Night) RCV	Rs. 45 - 1 GB (512MB Day + 512 MB Night) RCV
21		Rs.97 - 650MB		Rs.95 - 650MB		Rs.98 - 650 MB	Rs.56 - 500 MB
30	Rs. 97 - 1 GB	Rs.124 - 1GB	Rs.95 - 1 GB	Rs.124 - 1GB	Rs.98 - 1 GB	Rs.126 - 1GB	Rs.70 - 1GB
30	Rs.154 - 4 GB (2GB Day + 2GB Night)	Rs.154 - 1200 MB	Rs.149 - 2 GB	Rs.149 - 1.25 GB	Rs.149 - 4 GB (2GB Day + 2GB Night)	Rs.149 - 1.2GB	Rs.96 - 1.5 GB
30						Rs.201- Unlimited (Speed Throttle)	Rs.148 - 8 GB
90			Rs. 250 - 3 GB	Rs. 250 - 3 GB

As per the available data TATA Docomo is providing the highest benefits to customers and in many of the recharges the benefit is double compared to top 3 operators.

Happy New Year 2013