TATA Entering to 4G with Reliance Infotel

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India’s leading telecommunication company Tata Communications is also looking to enter 4G space . Tata Communications took part in the BWA auction but left with no win.

In 2G & 3G space Tata comm is not even in top 3 slots, but India’s iconic business group cannot ignore the potential of 4^th generation wireless broadband services in India and targets an entry into 4G segment.

Reports indicates Tata may enter into a tie up with Reliance Infotel, country’s only pan India 4G spectrum winner.

It should be noted that Tata Communications owns prominent tower company Viom Networks (earlier known as Tata-Quippo). So Tata Communications can offer towers, optical fiber network & international gateway to Reliance Infotel. Similar prospectus also comes from Reliace Communication, owned by Anil Ambani.

Tata Communications is also looking to enter 4G directly by buying Qualcomm’s asset of four circles’ BWA spectrum as hinted by NDTV. But as Qualcomm is messed up with the four companies for four circles and one ISP license the buy-out will be delayed for months.

Qualcomm entered the BWA auction to ensure LTE roll out and also announced that eventually they will leave the Indian ISP market. Industry rumor is Airtel is keen to buy Qualcomm’s wireless broadband business as Qualcomm holds lucrative circles like Delhi & Mumbai.

Mumbai and Maharastra are like den of Tata Communications, where they have great base. It is expected that Tata Comm will try their best to buy out atleast Mumbai’s 4G license from Qualcomm.

BSNL Launched new SMS Pack Offer

India’s National Telecom Backbone and Pan India 3G Mobile Service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the new ‘attractive’ SMS Packs for its prepaid mobile subscribers (2G and 3G) across all circles.

BSNL has withdrawn its existing SMS pack of Rs. 53 Rs. 32 and introduced NEW attractive SMS packs at Rs. 36, Rs. 46 and Rs. 56 with more free sms and longer validity period.

All SMS Packs are applicable while in HOME LSA as well as National Roaming across India. The SMS STVs under 2G & 3G Prepaid mobile services will not be applicable on “Blackout days”. Normal SMS charges as per plan will be applicable on “Blackout Days.

Reliance 3G Data Plan - Launched New Triple Dhamaka Offers

After a long wait, finally Reliance Communication has revised its 3G Data Plans with many new 3G packs and at much lower cost. Reliance is offering 3G services at most of the circles of country and soon will cover whole India. Reliance's recent 3G plan change indicates that it is in serious mood of taking out competition. So Reliance announced the launch of Pan India Triple Dhamak 3G Data Offer.

This new Triple Dhamaka 3G Data Plan offer will allow Reliance 3G (Mobile Broadband) customers to download three times more than the existing download limit without any extra charges. It means the 3G Data plan becomes 3 times cheaper than before and its big relief to the 3G consumers.

Apart from this Pan India 3G Plan, Reliance also launched some new Longer Validity 3G Data Plans like 6 GB for 90 days and 18 GB for 180 days in Bihar and Jharkhand telecom circle. This longer Validity Plans may extend to the other circle soon.

The limited period Triple Dhamaka offer is available to both prepaid and postpaid customers and valid till 31st Oct 2011.

Detail of 3G Triple Dhamaka is listed below.

Volume (GB) Based Plan	MRP	3G Data Usage	Validity	Valid in Circles
3G Weekly Pack	Rs.65	195 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	3 days	Delhi
3G Weekly Pack	Rs. 96	375 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	7 days	Pan India/All
3G Plans 100 MB	Rs. 97	300 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	30 days	Pan India
3G Plans 250 MB	Rs. 198	750 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	30 days	Pan India/All
3G Plans 1.5 GB	Rs. 397	1.5 GB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	30 days	Pan India/All
3G Pack 1 GB	Rs. 649	1 GB	30 days	Pan India/All
3G Pack 2 GB	Rs. 749	2 GB	30 days	Pan India/ All
3G Pack 3 GB	Rs. 899	3 GB	30 days	Only West Bengal & Kolkatta
3G Pack 5 GB	Rs. 1199	5 GB	30 days	Pan India /All
3G Pack 10 GB	Rs. 848	10 GB (3.6 Mbps)	30 days	Pan India / All
3G Pack 10 GB	Rs.1499	10 GB	30 days	Pan India / All
3G Pack 15 GB	Rs.1799	10 GB	30 days	Pan India / All
3G Pack 21 GB	Rs.2100	21 GB	30 days	Pan India / All
Daily / Weekly Plan
Plan	Charges	3G Data Usage (Normal Free Quota 25 MB)	Validity	Circle	How To Activate
3G Day Plan	Rs.20	75 MB (With Triple Dhamaka Offer)	Till midnight	All	Dial *565*020#
3G Week Plan	Rs.96	375 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	7 days	All	Dial *565*096#
3G 100 Plan	Rs. 100	300 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer)	30 Days	All	Dial *565*100#
3G 250 Plan	Rs. 199	750 MB (Triple Dhamaka Offer	30 Days	All	or Dial *565*199#

How to Check BSNL 3G Data Balance or Usage through SMS

BSNL 3G customer always wonders how to check 3G Data usage in their data cards or in IPAD. In order to provide better quality service to its consumers BSNL has recently started USSD based service to check the 3G data usage/balance directly from their IPAD or from their 3G Data cards.

Also customers can know the data balance of any BSNL sim card being used in the IPAD or Data cards through other operators mobile connection by paying a small amount of money charged by the respective operators for standard SMS services.

This service has been started in the Chennai and RoTN Circle only and expected to expand to other part of the country very soon.

How to check BSNL 3G Data Balance.

In Data Cards --

• In data card dailer interface, their is a place for USSD service. Just go their and type *124*1# and hit to send button, within few seconds the updated balance will be available on the screen.
• You can also dial *123*10# in USSD interface to know the Data Balance from 3G Data Cards.
• You can also send SMS directly through the Data cards via Text massage interface given in the data card dailer software. Just type DATA3G and send to 53733 and get your current Data balace on the screen in the form of SMS.

In IPAD --

• Process is same as of the Data cards. Just type *124*1# and press Enter button, Balance will be shown on the screen.
• Balance can also be known by sending SMS DATA3G to 53733. Balance will be received in the form of SMS.

From BSNL mobile numbers

• Know the Data usage or balance of your data card from any other BSNL mobile. Just send a SMS in the following format. DATA3Gmobile number of the DATA CARD/ iPAD in 10 digit and send to 53733

From mobile numbers of any other operator

• Send SMS in the format of - DATA3Gmobile number of the DATA CARD/ iPAD in 10 digit and send to 9442253733. SMS will charged as per the customer’s plan with his operator.

It should be noted that this service is currently applicable only for Chennai & RoTN Circle so there is no guarantee that it will work in other circle or not. You can use the *123*10# in the USSD interface to know the Data balance. This number was mainly used for checking data balance for 2G GPRS/EDGE services but also works for 3G Data service in some of the circle. So you should make a try to check the balance from this number.

Further you can contact Customer care at 121 to check any similar service is available in your circle or not.