Week Round up

MTNL’s giveaway of free SIM cards to existing MTNL customers has
turned out to be a huge success for the company. Initially the
registrations were required to be done from their website but now are accepting registrations via SMS too. This move will give a spurt in the demand as many users are plain lazy or not that net savvy.

A major announcement this week was the introduction of Apple iPhone
2.0. Though many countries will be getting this masterpiece on July 11,
unfortunately India is not one of them. Our major operators have announced their intentions that it will land in India later this year.

We have featured
a new Vodafone plan for the corporates valuing Rs. 299 per month. This
is not a full value plan but the free calls are enough for an average
user. Next is the BPL Mobile’s 199 Full Value plan which is definitely better than the existing Full Value plans we have seen.

Finally, MTNL will be unveiling a Rs. 49 pack for its post paid users. This will enable the users to make local calls for just 50 paise.

Trump to go the 50paise way

MTNL’s Mumbai network Trump is about to launch a flat 50paise calling rate for its users. The recharge called as Trump Magic would be launched in a couple of days. The recharge would be worth Rs.49 and would have a validity of a month. All local calls would be charged at 50paise post activation.

The offering, which provides users to call at such a low cost is available only in postpaid plans and thus after the launch of Trump Magic, MTNL would become the cheapest among the lot. At least that is what the operator’s PR is boasting about. We see that MTNL is raising the bar and thus trying to woo users to changeover to Trump.