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Bharti Airtel to (Finally) launch 3G services in India next week
The country’s biggest private cellular operator, Airtel has announced that they are going to launch their 3G services in a week’s time. This announcement follows the government’s nod to allow 3G video calls which were previously absurdly prevented from being launched. “We will make the announcement for the commercial launch of our 3G service in…
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DoT approves 3G video calling (3G is coming)
3G is coming. As per the latest news, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has given a go ahead the operators to launch 3G video calling services in India with an undertaking from every operator that they will provide necessary options to the government to intercept 3G video calls. A few weeks back, when all the…
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3G launch in India might be delayed (yet again) [WTF]
Just when Indians were looking forward to finally be able to justify the 3G enabled handsets they have been buying since the last 5 years, Indian government has poked their nose again at the 11th hour restricting the launch of 3G service by cellular operators in the name of “security”. Yeah, the same “security” thing…
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Airtel goes for rebranding, unveils a new logo
Bharti is is all set to re-brand itself. They have put in 300 crores for a makeover all over the world. The re-branding was done by JWT and is believed to be launched next week. For the first time in over 15 years they are going to get a completely new logo. The logo is a stylized character…
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Tata Docomo becomes the first private operator in India to offer 3G services
Seriously. Airtel, Vodafone and Idea should go drown themselves in a cup of water. A network much younger to them has beaten them in launching 3G services in the fastest growing telecom market in the world. It seems like yesterday that Tata Docomo launched in India with their awesome ad campaign and the amazing jingle…
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Airtel gearing up to launch 3G services in India; iPhone 4 and iPad in handset list
One of the preferred wireless carrier in India, Bharti Airtel is gearing up to roll out its 3G services across their circles in India. Airtel has launched a micro site dedicated to providing information on their 3G services in India. Airtel had previously announced their 3G data cards in India signaling the proposed launch of…
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Airtel Broadband disconnection woes
Everyone knows that it’s a major trouble to disconnect a service from any provider in the Indian telecom industry. They will plead, offer discounts and try everything till you get pissed, leave it as is and stop paying the bills. And then they sue you for not paying the bills. Since I was aware of…
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Airtel launches micro SIM cards in India; Launch of iPhone 4 imminent
The iPhone 4 & iPad accept micro SIM cards only. Although we have been cropping the mini SIM cards in India and using them with iPad and iPhone 4, many people are still hesitant to do that and are waiting for an official solution. Today, Airtel has launched micro SIM cards in India, clearly indicating…
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Airtel launches 3G data modems in India
Bharti Airtel is all set to enter the 3G data business. It has been only a day since the government allocated the 3G spectrum to operators and Airtel has already launched 3G data modems in India. Although, you will not be able to use them until 3G services are started.
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Tata Teleservices launches India’s first Mobile broadband Wi-Fi solution
Tata Teleservices has launched India’s first Wi-Fi based mobile broadband solution called TATA Photon Wi-Fi at a price tag of INR 4999. The pocket sized device lets multiple devices like laptop, smartphones or tablets connect to the Internet using Wi-Fi. The device itself connects to Tata’s network over the carrier’s CDMA network (similar to its…
