VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Keeping into consideration the increasing Facebook population in the country, Reliance Communications  has launched their first-of-its-kind prepaid plan  “Facebook Messenger Plan”  for all Reliance GSM subscribers.  Reliance GSM customers  can now enjoy unlimited usage of Facebook messenger across the country at a nominal fee of Rs.16 per month only without paying any extra data consumption charges.  “Facebook Messenger Plan” offers unlimited access of Facebook to all prepaid Reliance GSM customers in the country for just Rs.16 per month without paying any extra data consumption charges. The “Facebook Messenger Plan” is available with a validity period of 30 Days from the date of recharge and the plan is auto-renewed every 30 days unless unsubscribed..... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   Reliance Communications  has announced their exclusive partnership with  WhatsApp  in India. Through this partnership Reliance Communications has launched first of its kind prepaid plan ‘WhatsApp Plan’ for all Reliance GSM subscribers and ‘ My College Plan ’ for students across the country.  Reliance GSM customers can now enjoy unlimited usage of WhatsApp and Facebook across the country at a nominal fee of Rs. 16 per month only without paying any extra data consumption charges... See More

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to Fitch Ratings, India's new spectrum pricing will drive consolidation in the telecom sector and lead to higher industry tariffs. The agency continues to have a Negative Outlook on the sector, due to ongoing regulatory uncertainty. India's Union Cabinet last week decided to set the reserve prices for 5Mhz of second-generation GSM and CDMA spectrum at USD2.5bn and USD3.2bn, respectively. The 2G spectrum is offered at a nominal price, or with no upfront-fees on a "first come first served" basis, by Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and South Korea. We expect that many of the telcos whose licences were cancelled by India's Supreme Court in February 2012 will not participate in the re-auction, as most telcos have a stretched balance sheet. Furthermore, the cabinet decision did not provide any relief on spectrum usage charges (SUC), which were left unchanged at the existing levels of 3%-8% of ad...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   ZTE has bagged India’s largest GSM deal from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL). ZTE will now support 10.15 million BSNL’s GSM lines across the country and thereby help increase its subscriber base.  Under this partnership, ZTE will be involved in planning, financing, engineering, supply, installation and testing, commissioning and annual maintenance of the GSM lines. The procurement of these lines for expansion of 2G and 3G services will cover all BSNL telecom circles in the Northern and Southern zones Cui Liangjun, Chief Executive Officer, ZTE India, said, “We are excited to partner with BSNL to support their ambitious growth plans in North and South India. We are confident that this association will help BSNL to offer competitive mobile communications that can meet the present and future telecommunication needs, and help ZTE boost its business in the Indian subcontinent.”  For More Details See www.varindia.com ...