Check CBSE class X results on mobile

Students who have appeared for their class X examination can get information about their result through IVR (interactive voice response) and SMS.

Every year during the month of May and June when the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declares the results of class 10 and 12 examinations, parents and students spend anxious moments checking different websites for results.

These results are declared in phases according to the various regions of CBSE, i.e. Delhi, Guwahati, Allahabad, Chennai, Ajmer and Panchkula. Class XII results were released recently and those of class X are expected any time now.

Happy to have iPhone 4: Paoli Dam

Paoli Dam, Bengali actress who was recently in the news for flaunting a skimpy bikini and hot, revealing costumes, was quite excited about getting the latest Apple device — the iPhone 4 — on Friday from Airtel.

Paoli Dam, a Bengali actress who was recently in the news for flaunting herself in a skimpy bikini and hot, revealing costumes, was quite excited about getting the latest Apple device — the iPhone 4 — on Friday. The device was presented to her during the launch of the product in West Bengal by P D Sharma, chief executive officer of mobile services in Kolkata, West Bengal and Odisha at Bharti Airtel.

Top five 3G service providers in India

Although the race is far from over, current subscriber numbers indicate close competition among 3G service providers. Current standings are: BSNL, Airtel, Reliance, Docomo and Idea, in that order.

It has been just six months since 3G services were launched by private players in the country and the installation process is not even complete with many major towns yet to be covered by 3G networks. Yet, subscriber numbers already show decent uptake with more than 13 million people already using third generation telephony services. 

Public sector units like BSNL and MTNL, which got 3G spectrum licenses a year ahead of private players and have been offering services for as long, failed to get many takers, which raised doubts as to whether 3G would be accepted by the masses. 

iPhone 4 Indian Launch On 27th May At An Unbelievably Low Price ?

As cellular providers – Aircel & Airtel already confirmed the launch of iPhone in India very soon, we are still predicting about the launch date which could match with these words. Some of the solid sources have already inquired us that the iPhone 4 will land in India at an unbelievably low price. Does that mean sub 30k ? We already know that iPhone 3G S and 3G hit the Indian market with a price tag of above 30k and people really astonished when it crossed their expectations due to low prices in US. However, the doubts were cleared after the concept of contract from AT&T came into existence. 

11.1 mn new GSM subscribers added in April

Idea cellular was the biggest gainer adding 2.45 mn users into its kitty followed by Airtel with 2.41 mn additions.

Indian GSM telecom operators added 11.1 million subscribers to their kitty in April, according to the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI). 

However, the figure is lower than the March figure, when 14.49 million subscribers were added by the operators. With this, the total GSM subscriber base in the country has now climbed to 580.66 million. 

Mobile TV services in India

MTNL has recently launched a new mobile TV service that will be available along with its already existing service. We compare this new offer with others in the industry.

State-run MTNL, which provides mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai, has launched a MobileTV service in partnership with DigiVive. The service, called NexGTv, offers over 50 live channels ranging from entertainment, reality, news, religious to popular regional channels.

"The new service will also offer video-on-demand content, including clips from mythological TV shows like Mahabharat; and Hindi movies in 15 minute capsule form, or mobisodes. This service is available for both 2G as well as 3G users with compatible handsets," DigiVive said in a press statement. 

iPhone4 coming to India courtesy Airtel, Aircel

Last month Airtel and Aircel announced that they will launch iPhone4 in India, and now they have started a registration process for the consumers.

Aircel and Airtel will be the first operators to bring the Apple iPhone4 to India, who have started the registration process through their respective websites to keep potential buyers informed about the arrival of the handset.

However, no launch date or special pack has been announced for this launch yet. iPhone 4 is the latest version of Apple iPhone and comes with features like Apple's stunning Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into a phone and FaceTime for video calling. It was launched in the USA in June last year.

Bharti adds 2.4 mln Indian mobile subscribers in April-industry body

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile carrier, added 2.41 million mobile subscribers in April, taking its total to 164.6 million, data from an industry body showed on Wednesday. 

Third-ranked Vodafone Essar, controlled by Vodafone, added 2.41 million mobile subscribers in April to have a total of about 137 million, the Cellular Operators Association of India said. 

Idea Cellular signed up 2.45 million mobile subscribers in April to have a total of about 92 million, while Telenor's India unit gained 1.45 million in April, boosting its total to 24.2 million.

Sponsor for Indian GP as new row emerges

Telecoms brand Airtel is set to become first Indian GP title sponsor - but the locals aren't happy.

The inaugural Indian Grand Prix appears to have attracted its first major sponsor, despite suggestions that the event could be heading for a new problem with the local population.

According to SportsPro, telecom giant Airtel has signed a five-year agreement, worth some US$13.2m a year, to become title sponsor of the latest addition to the F1 calendar, and would represent a first foray into the Indian market for Formula One Management and sister company Allsport Management, which arranges the sport's trackside advertising and hospitality packages.

Airtel's new service offers free Facebook

Airtel mobile customers can now update their Facebook status for free and enjoy additional activities for only 1 rupee per day without activating data services.

To cash in on the popularity of Facebook, Bharti airtel has announced that starting from May 17, its customers in India can simply dial *325# (and "*fbk#" for non-qwerty mobile handsets) to access Facebook, without even subscribing to data plans.

While Airtel customers can update their Facebook status through this service free of cost, Rs 1 per day will be applicable for accessing the full feature application that includes viewing news feeds, commenting on or liking news feed stories, posting on friends' walls, confirming friend requests, viewing notifications, and finding as well as adding friends.

Airtel Money now in Chennai

Chennai becomes the second city in India to launch Airtel Money, which is a unique mCommerce offering enabling customers to pay cashless with their smartphones.

Bharti airtel has launched its mCommerce service in Chennai, which became the second city to get the services after Gurgaon (NCR). Airtel Money, as the service is known, enables users to make cashless payments using their mobile phones.

The company has struck partnership with 750 merchants across the city for the services.

Users can use the service by loading cash on their mobile phones on an Airtel retail outlet. They can use it to pay bills, recharges, shopping and make payments. 

Sriram Jagannathan, chief executive officer, mCommerce, Bharti Airtel, said "While India has traditionally relied on cash transactions, with time - we have seen a changing trend with the adoption of credit and debit cards." 

State Wise 3G Licenses in India

India is now 3G..Switch to 3G..get Super-fast Speed, Be Super, Start 3G Life and Many more are now each home via digital Media as print and News media are full of 3G Buzz now days to attract customers to own network and subscribe for 3G Services. But before getting 3G Services lets explore the 3G World that what are possibilities of 3G services with your operators and where they offer services as none of them have 3G Licenses to more than 13 except BSNL. 3G GSM Service licence bid touches Rs. 16,751 crore which ensures the Government of India a revenue of Rs. 67,719 crore. No single bidder bid for a pan-India 3G license so state operator BSNL would be remain the biggest 3G operator in India. Here are state wise operators having 3G Licenses in India.

BSNL slaps Rs 2.6 cr penalty on Airtel for ‘misusing’ its network

Bhopal: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has slapped a Rs-2.6-crore-penalty on Bharti Airtel for 'misuing' its numbers before the mobile number portability (MNP) was launched on January 20 this year.

What is the issue

Before MNP became operational, Airtel is said to have transferred its calls to BSNL network as a result of which several of the state-owned telecom's subscribers began receiving calls from Airtel. These calls requested BSNL subscribers to switch to Airtel.

The issue was flagged off to the Telecom Department's Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM) Cell.

Nokia, Airtel redefines internet experience through C1-01

Nokia and Airtel have joined hands to provide free content download upto 50 MB on a new Nokia C1-01.

To attract entry level handset users towards using services like internet and messaging, Nokia and Airtel have joined hands to provide free content download upto 50 MB on a new Nokia C1-01.

Nokia C1-01 is priced at Rs 2,789 and the new offer, apart from internet usage, will also allow customers to download for free over 35 videos of Bollywood hit songs, over 20 cricket games, over 20 wallpapers and animations. This offer will be valid for the first month of purchase and after that it will available for Rs 30 per month.

According to Viral Oza, head marketing Nokia India, "Nokia is focusing on the democratisation and massification of internet, especially in affordable devices tailored for customers in emerging markets. We are excited to introduce a unique offer for our entry consumers, enhancing their experience and helping them do more with their phones."

Nokia C1-01 is an entry level phone with focus on messaging and Internet. It features a 128 x 160 pixels TFT colour screen, a 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, SMS, flashlight, and up to six weeks of stand-by time.

Airtel network faces outage, everything under control now

Some 8 million subscribers of Airtel in Delhi had to face network outage last evening, when Airtel's network crashed. But the company has now assured that everything is under control.

Around eight million customers of Bharti airtel in Delhi had a hard time on Thursday evening, when their mobile phones services were disrupted due network malfunctioning. As a result Airtel subscribers across Delhi were not capable of making or receiving calls on their cellular phones.

Airtel spokesperson confirmed this saying, "An unforeseen technical outage affected services in some of our circuits. As a result, some of Airtel Delhi mobile subscribers have experienced connectivity issues. We deeply regret the inconvenience."

She assured that problem has been rectified, though she did not disclose the exact nature of the problem.

During the outage, even customer care numbers where unreachable, causing much confusion. Personally, I thought my handset had conked off, as anyways it was giving me trouble with its touch screen not working properly.

It was only in the morning that I realized when I read in Twitter that everybody faced a similar problem.

Africa operations brings down Bharti airtel profits

Telecom major Bharti airtel, whose profit has come under severe pressure in the fourth quarter of 2010-11 due to higher cost of African operations, on Thursday said it is expecting the African arm to post a much better performance this year.

“Africa is a very competitive market and it’s been only nine months since we have acquired Zain’s African operations. The costs are very high in that region, but now we have a good presence there,” airtel Africa CEO and joint managing director Mr Manoj Kumar Kohli told reporters.

Last year, the company had completed the acquisition of Zain’s African operations in 16 countries for an enterprise value of $10.7 billion.

For FY’12, airtel Africa will make a capital expenditure in the range of $1—1.2 billion. The Government regulations are stringent but are now going down, the company said.

Mr Kohli admitted that the company is having supply constraints in Africa but assures that it will be taken care of. He added that the company expected operating margins of the African arm to increase in the coming quarters.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2011, airtel incurred a capital expenditure of $382 million on its African arm.

The group company Bharti airtel today reported 31 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit at Rs 1,400.7 crore during fourth quarter ending March 31, mainly due to high cost of African operations, re—branding expenses and high spectrum charges.

“The acquisition in Africa has turned airtel into the fifth largest company in the world in terms of customers,” Bharti airtel’s parent Bharti Enterprises deputy group CEO Akhil Gupta said adding that the revenue share in Africa is going up.

During the quarter ended March 31, airtel Africa had a loss of Rs 87.8 crore, while revenues stood at Rs 4,181.5 crore during the period. It has over 44 million customers across 16 African countries with average revenue per user at $7.2 per month.

Bharti airtel network collapses

Thousands of Bharti airtel subscribers in the city faced disruption in services in several areas, especially Central and East Delhi, on Thursday.

airtel subscribers across the city were not able to make or receive calls on their handsets due to network failure in the evening.

No official comments were available from the company and hence the reason for the network failure could not be ascertained. Customer helpline numbers also failed to elicit any response.

Bharti Airtel had 7.98 million in Delhi at the end of March 31, 2011, according to telecom regulator TRAI data.  

Airtel 3G plans

Airtel had five lakh 3G mobile subscribers within seven days of launching 3G services, that too from just five cities. What makes it click with users? Here is an analysis of Airtel's 3G tariff plans.

Bharti airtel had five lakh 3G mobile subscribers within seven days of launching third generation telephony services(3G), and that too in just five cities. Now it has over two million 3G subscribers (as of April 6) in 34 cities and towns across India including Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mysore, Manipal, Udupi, Jaipur, Delhi NCR, Hubli, Patna, Hyderabad, Agra, Dehradun, Meerut and West Bengal.

What makes it click with users? Here is an analysis of the operator's 3G tariff plans:

Airtel has a range of tariff plans for 3G customers, starting with a Rs 11 plan which gives 10 MB of usage for a day. The plans go up to Rs 750 for 2 GB data over 30 days.

But the sad part is that there are no real unlimited plans to choose from. As an alternative, the teleco is offering a Rs 675 plan, in which you get 1.25 GB data at full 3G speed, consumable over 30 days. Once you have consumed that, your access speed will drop to 20 Kbps and you will be charged 1 paisa for every 100KB till you reach a bill of Rs 2,000.

India has only 500 mn mobile users, not 800 mn

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The number of real, active mobile users in India has just crossed 500 million, according to a analysis of statistics released by telecom regulator TRAI along with industry data and inputs. This is much lower than the 811.59 million that is projected as the official number of mobile subscribers in March 2011, says a study.

According to Voice&Data, the Indian telecom Industry journal from South Asia’s largest specialty publisher, CyberMedia, the actual numbers are much below this projection. The study is based on the April 6 release of TRAI, which gave details about the cellphone connections in the country in February 2011.

A footnote tells the actual story

Voice&Data said a footnote in the April 6 release provides the first caveat: “Active wireless subscribers in VLR in February 2011 are 563 million”, pointing to the fact that the actual number of mobile users in India is below the 810 million or even the 791 million mark.

The VLR, or Visitor Location Register, is a database of the subscribers who have roamed into the jurisdiction of the mobile switching center (MSC) which it serves. Each base station in the network is served by only one VLR, hence a subscriber cannot be present in more than one VLR at a time.

3G Launch in India – Analysis of Services Rollout and Key Players Strategies

3G services have been launched by all the carriers (except STel) in India with multiple services and various sachet & usage-based tariff plans, with varying uptake. Globally, 3G services have been available for a long time (almost ten years in Japan). Carriers in various international markets have adopted different strategies while launching 3G services. While carriers in developed markets primarily focused on enterprise customers, carriers in developing markets (launching 3G relatively later) targeted retail consumers and offered the high speed wireless technology as a potential broadband option to the consumers.

Indian carriers (especially incumbent carriers) currently face multiple structural challenges such as congested networks and limited available spectrum (5MHz) to offer 3G enabled data optimized services at launch. Also, carriers’ “walled garden” approach to value added services and prevalent piracy and Indian consumers’ lack of willingness to pay for such services pose a huge challenge for immediate uptake of 3G services. However, once the 3G device prices decrease and the tariffs stabilize in the first two years, Knowledgefaber believes that the 3G uptake will rise in 2013 and reach over 90 million by March 2014.