CDMA service provider, Tata
Indicom has announced the launch of a new plan for its postpaid customers in
Delhi. Named as the Unlimited 1299, the new postpaid plan offers unlimited
benefits to its customers allowing them to make unlimited local and national calls
on any mobile/ fixed line network across India along with 3000 SMS and
unlimited roaming benefits within home network circles only. The pack also
comes with bundles Internet data access as well with up to 3 GB of free usage.
Post 3 GB, data will be charged at 30 paisa per MB to the users of the Plan
1299. Also post the limit of 3000 messages, users will be charged at Rs 1 for
local and Rs 1.50 for national SMS, while international SMSes will be charged
at Rs 5.00. Commenting on this product offer, Ajit Chaturvedi, hub head, Tata
Indicom (Delhi), said, "The move comes from a strategic intent of making
the brand relevant for the high value customers. Tata Indicom in continuance
with offering value for money offers and distinct approach has liberated the
consumer from the conditions that used to limit an unlimited plan." This
is a plan application only for new customers only and older users cannot
migrate to this plan.
Also , in Indian carrier news , Country's
third largest telecom operator Reliance Communications today slashed 3G charges
by more than 50 per cent to bring them at par with 2G mobile Internet prices in
13 circles, including Delhi and Mumbai. RCom slashed 3G prices for all kind of
connections - pre-paid, post-paid, new and old -- across 13 circles where its
third-generation services are available. "Only one-fourth of people who
own 3G phones truly use for 3G services. There is huge barrier to
affordability. We are cutting the 3G prices down to the 2G data rates,"
Rcom President and CEO for Wireless, Gurdeep Singh, said here.
"Fundamentally, it is Rs 123 to a GB of 3G which is equivalent to 2G
price," he added. At present, 2G Internet for 1 GB usage costs Rs 125 on
the company's network. RCom also reduced prices for 2GB and 4GB pack on 3G
network to Rs 246 and Rs 492 respectively, which is around 35 to 45 per cent
lower than its competitors'. After exhausting the usage limit, RCom customers
will be charge 3 paise for every 10kb of data."In 1GB people can watch 3
full length Hindi feature film if file size is around 300 MB, can listen to 250
songs with each song being around 4 MB," Singh said. Last month Airtel,
Idea, Vodafone and Tata Teleservices slashed their 3G and 2G data rates by up
to 90 per cent in select circles. However these reductions were for usage after
exhausting limit provided in Internet package. Singh said that company is
looking to attract 40 per cent smartphone users in the country. "Future
belong to those who have largest share of smartphones on their network or
within smartphone those who have largest screen size. We are looking to 40 per
cent smartphone users to come on our network by 2015. At present we have over
14 per cent smartphone user of 66 million in the country," Singh said. Reliance Communication, which has slashed its 3G prices , is looking to offer bundled smartphones
from its preferred partners (handset players) with its SIM and exclusive data plans. Gurdeep Singh, president and
chief executive officer, wireless RCom said to The Mobile Indian, "Smartphone s are future and to increase data consumption
on them we have slashed our 3G data prices and to make it even better in coming
days we will be launching handsets from HTC, Micromax and Lenovo bundled with
our SIM and exclusive 3G data plans." He further added that the bundled
handsets they plan to launch will not be SIM locked. He didn't share
information about whether the handsets will be offered at subsidized rates or
will there be a reverse bundling. RCom has set a target of getting more than 40
per cent of Indian smartphone users on its network. Gurdeep also added that he
is looking forward to the launch of next version of iPhone so that RCom can
come out with unique data plans for it also similar to what they have done for
iPhone 5.
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