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Is Airtel becoming the at&t of India?
+ 3G = ? I have always been a big fan (and advocate) of Airtel. Whether it was their mobile service, broadband or DTH, I always recommended Airtel to my friends and family members. And this was not because of some brand love that I had for the company. It was because Airtel had always…
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MTNL launches 10Gbps fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband service in Mumbai
State owned Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited has announced the launch of high speed FTTH (Fiber To The Home) broadband service in the Mumbai circle with the Delhi circle launch to follow on 1st May 2011. The service will enable consumers to enjoy high speed broadband (up to 10Gbps) over a self healing network of fiber…
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Airtel’s 3G services now available in Hyderabad
Airtel has finally launched their 3G services in the cyber city of Hyderabad in India. This launch was much anticipated as Hyderabad is one of the biggest IT hubs in the country and has the potential of being one of the largest 3G subscriber base in India. So far, we are getting mixed reactions for…
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Airtel launches another useless service – Broadband TV
Airtel has an unprecedented record of offering totally useless and crappy “value added” services to users. Continuing with this tradition, they have recently launched “broadband TV” – a service that lets you watch live TV over your broadband connection. No, this is NOT their IPTV service. In IPTV, you need a special set top box…
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Airtel 3G offering amazing speed in Delhi/NCR
Ever since I got my number ported to Airtel and got 3G activated for my iPhone 4, I have been trying to measure speed that I can get over the network. Some of my initial analysis can be found in this article. Here, I am going to post some more results at other times of…
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iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3 working with Airtel 3G in India
As soon as Airtel launched their 3G services in Delhi/NCR, I got my number ported from MTNL to Airtel and got the 3G services activated. Since the iPhone 4 is not officially launched in India, it is still not in Airtel’s supported handset list for 3G in India. So, when I tried to activate 3G…
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MNP in India FTW
I just got my number ported from MTNL to Airtel. The process is smoother than one can expect given the situation of customer service in mobile space in India. I must say that I am extremely happy with the process and can confidently say that this is the result of extensive thought process coupled with…
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Hong Kong Gets 1Gbps Internet At $26
So you’ve been jealous of your friends in US and Europe who get over 20Mbps connections at affordable rate? Here is something that will make you cry. HKBN, a new and popular broadband provider in Hong Kong, has started a 1Gbps (Yep 1000 Mbps!) broadband connection at $26 (~ 1200 INR). I checked the website…
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What is Aircel WiFi?
Every time I see the new Aircel WiFi ad (see ahead), I’m so lost in the song that I ignore whatever they are saying. But this time I decided to actually find out what is it and is it any good?
