Airtel slashes roaming rates by 60%

India's largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has reduced roaming charges by up to 60 % for its subscribers across India. Under its new plan 'Airtel Turbo', users on roaming will be charged 60 p/min on all incoming calls. The 60 paise rate will also apply to outgoing calls within its own network. For outgoing STD calls to other networks, roaming charges will be 80 p/min.

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Mercedes takes over Brawn GP

Mercedes-Benz, the German carmaker has announced on monday that it has taken over 75.1% stake in Brawn GP. The Brawn GP team will be rebranded as Mercedes GP from next season. As a part of deal Dailmer AG, the parent company of Mercedes has given up its 40% stake in McLaren but it will continue to supply engines to McLaren atleast until 2015. The team is yet to announce its drivers' line-up but it is believed that they've signed Nico Rosberg as one of the drivers. 2009 Champion Jenson Button is yet to sign a contract. Rumors are doing rounds that Button is likely to join Lewis Hamilton at McLaren.

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Uninor to launch its operations soon

Uninor, the Unitech wireless brand which is a joint venture between Indian real estate major Unitech Ltd. and Norway based Telenor group will launch its GSM mobile service in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, UP(E) and UP(W) circles in few days. The company has Pan India licence and has spectrum for 21 out of 22 telecom circles. For more details visit their official website uninor.in

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Tata DoCoMo now in UP(East) and UP(West)

Tata Docomo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited has launched its operations in Uttar Pradesh(East) and Uttar Pradesh(west) telecom circles. The company is now operational in 14 of 22 telecom services in India. Tata Docomo also introduced "Pay-for-What-You-Use" model which offers all local and STD calls @ 1p/s. The tariff details are same as in other circles.

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Simply Reliance - Pay per Second, Pay Per Minute, Pay Per Call plans detail

Plan Name             Pay Per Second*         Pay Per Minute*         Pay Per Call*


MRP                          RS.61                        RS.51                      RS.41


Validity                     1 year                        Lifetime                 Lifetime


TalkValue                  RS.10                           -                          RS.10


Call Rates
(All local,STD           1p/sec                       50p/min                   RS.1/3min
and Roaming)


SMS (local &            50p/sms                     50p/sms                   50p/sms
National)


* - All these tariff for new customers

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TATA DOCOMO now in Bihar

Tata Docomo, India's fastest growing GSM service provider has launched its operations in Bihar. The company has introduced its famous "Pay For What You Use" concept model to its customers in Bihar. With this plan all local and STD (first 450 mins) calls will be charged @ 1p/s.

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Aircel's new postpaid plans for J&K subscribers

Aircel has launched 2 new postpaid plan for its customers in J&K telecom circle. With Plan 99, calls to local Aircel and other networks can be made @ just 1p/s.  Also first 10000 seconds of STD calls will be charged @ 1p/s every month and thereafter 2p/s. This plan also provides 3000 of secs free local and STD calls. With Plan 149,  all local calls will be charged @ 1p/s and first 10000 secs of STD calls @ 1p/s every month(thereafter 2p/s). This plan offers 6000 secs of free local and STD calls and 200 free local and STD SMSes. 

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Cilic,Wawrinka to play in Chennai Open

It has been confirmed that defending champion and world number 13,  Marin Cilic of Croatia and World number 21, Stanislas Wawrinka will participate in Aircel Chennai Open that is to be held from Jan 4 to Jan10,2010.
Confirming his participation,Cilic said: "Aircel Chennai Open is gaining in stature in ATP World Tour and I expect a very strong line-up in the event. It will be interesting to test my hard court skills against some top players of the world. It will be fantastic to defend my title."

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Airtel's public notice to Tamil Nadu subscribers

India's leading telecom giant Airtel has issued a public notice to its prepaid mobile subscribers in Tamil Nadu. Airtel has warned its customers that it will deactivate all prepaid numbers which have not been used in last 6 months continuously. Customers who have such numbers should contact 121 within 10 days from the data of issue of notice to avoid deactivation of such numbers. However such deactivation is not applicable to lifetime subscribers.

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You Gotta See This

Hi friends.. Are you thinking about your vacation plans?? Planning to purchase a camcorder? Here is a great chance for you to win prize money of $5,000. Oh yeah 5000 Dollars. 
Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), a global leader in laser video correction has recently launched "You Gotta See This" Video Contest. To participate in iLASIK Video Contest you have to create a video on any one of the topic listed below and submit it on their website. The video should be related to the role of better vision in people's lives. Some of the great videos on boxing, swimming and original music have already been submitted.
One of the best video will win Grand Prize of $5,000. And thats not all. You can also win 
Prizes like HDTV Package worth $2,500 and Flip UltraHD camcorder worth $199.99.
Your videos must fall in one of the following three categories.

• "My contacts are getting in the way of my good time"
• "My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision"
• "You should see life after iLASIK Procedure"

So what are you waiting for? Create a video now and submit it at www.gottaseethisnow.com.
Inform your friends to vote on the video you have created. Note that votes are one of the key
factors in determining which videos win a prize. You can also mail this post to your friends and 
suggest them to participate in the contest by creating and submitting a video so that 
they can win prizes too. Hope you will win the prize. All the Best..

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