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Government exempts 200 SMS per day limit
013 days
by Kamal Bhatt
in General
You heard it right, The government of India has planned to waive the 200 SMS per day per SIM limit. All mobile subscribers can now send unlimited number of messages to any mobile phone. Till now subscribers were to send only 200 SMSes per day . As this SMS limit gave birth to the different new ways of sending SMS through Internet making serious security concerns TRAI now has waived all the mobile phone users from previous SMS limit.
TRAI has exempted machine-to-machine and person-to-machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM.
Although the telecom regulator, while issuing orders for exemption such SMSes has clarified that the mobile phones would be excluded from the definition of “machine” and such SMSes thus sent would not require manual intervention, market watchers said commercial SMS senders may take advantage of the situation. (more…)
Now prepaid Users can also ask for Bill within 50 Rs
430 days
by Kamal Bhatt
in General
TRAI has announced that prepaid subscribers can now demand for itemised bill from telecom operators. Not more than Rs 50 should be charged for the bill. It is mandatory for telecom operators to provide the bill within 30 days of the customer’s request. Subscribers can also get detailed history of the tariff plans, available credit balance and details of any activated VAS on his number anytime free of cost.
TRAI has also said that specific plan voucher shall be used for enrolling the subscriber into a tariff plan. Every voucher shall have only the price in rupees and price should be without any validity restrictions. A different color band will be used in the back of evry voucher. As of now there are 96% prepaid users and no bill is given for the usage and charged amount. (more…)
Social Networking Sites ordered to remove objectionable content by Feb 6
243 days
by Kamal Bhatt
in General
Delhi court has asked major social networking Web sites to remove objectionable content in the form of photographs, videos or text that might hurt religious sentiments.
The court has directed the socal media sites like Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove all the anti-social and anti-religious content in the form of photographs, videos or text which might hurt religious thoughts by February 6. 22 websites are on the list which were given the same order. Websites have to submit a compliance report to the court by February 6 detailing what action they have taken to remove the objectionable content. (more…)
Grab Apple iPhone for Rs 3,000
250 days
You can get an iPhone for as low as free! No, this isn’t a scam thats abound on the Internet. We are talking about the new schemes that are being launched by telecom companies to push up smartphone usage. More importantly, these will help you get phones like iphone in India for around half its price, or even free.
There are various other phones that can be taken up at high discounts, like Huawei’s ID 280, which is being offered by Idea at half of its price, while MTS is giving the HTC Pulse for virtually nothing.
The catch is that you have to stay with the telecom network for a fixed period of time. Such schemes are referred to as reverse subsidy options.
This new business model is the exact opposite of the one in the West, where carriers offer subsidised handsets to customers, along with specific plans, for an extended period of up to three years. Some carriers also charge a hefty fee if these contracts are cancelled before the due date. (more…)
BOLT Browser to discontinue its services; closure on 14 Dec
857 days
Bolt Browser, One of the popular mobile browser with some unique features is now only 1 day away to complete closure of its services. As par information on their website, Company is discontinuing the free bolt mobile service due to economic circumstances. 14 December 2011 will be the last day of their services.
If you use bolt browser then you can notice this Notice saying:
“Dear Bolt User, the BOLT mobile browsing service will be discontinued starting Dec-14 2011. Unfortunately, the economic circumstances prevent us from running a free service going forward. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your loyalty and support.”
Bolt was one of the browser to grab considerable chaos and big fan list within no time. Bolt mobile browser was the only java browser to have Direct Youtube Streaming, Adobe Flash support and Complete Javascript support. But unfortunately these features will going to stop with closure of their services. (more…)
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