Archive for the 'Network Operators' Category

AT&T Free WiFi Hotspot Access Offer Confuses iPhone 3G Owners Again

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

The iPhone may be the hottest topic this season, but iPhone users have been tricked again by the on and off saga of free AT&T WiFi Hotspot access.
AT&T had offered free Wi Fi at 17,000 nationwide AT&T hotspots, a few months ago; however the page went offline without a warning, disrupting the services.
The […]

Blackberry users can now use mobile banking services from Verizon

Friday, July 18th, 2008

With the help of Verizon’s Mobile Banking Service, Blackberry users (8830 World Edition and Curve 8330 and Pearl 8130) can now use their addictive smartphones to avail of banking services that let them connect to their personal monetary information while they are away.
The application lets users view the last five transactions successfully completed on their […]

T-Mobile lets you customize your own Sidekick 2008/Gekko shells

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Giving users the opportunity to custom design their own sidekick Shell, T-mobile is reportedly working on a Sidekick 2008. Highly anticipated by Sidekick Gekko/ Aspen/ 2008 lovers, T-mobile will offer user-swappable face-plates /shells where the users create their own original designs.
With the sidekick customiser webpage still under construction, the HipTop should supposedly comprise of features […]

Sprint is now live with Qchat across 14 new markets

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

Benefiting many more customers, Sprint expands the availability of its newly launched push to talk system Qchat across 14 additional US markets extending the total area coverage of the Sprint Qchat system to 54 markets.

The four Nextel Direct connect phones that are synonymous to the Qchat system, namely PRO-200 and PRO-700 by Sanyo, LX400 by […]

Bangladesh mobile phone users cross 1.66 million

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Emulating mobile expenses and low priced handsets is making Bangladesh the fastest growing cellular market in Asia. Telecom regulator data revealed the signing up of more than 1.6 million new subscribers in June by Bangladesh’s top six mobile phone operators raising the user base to 43.70 million.
A rise of more than 21 percent January onwards, […]

Virgin Mobile intranetwork calls at 10 paise per minute for Rs 28

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Utilizing their competency, Virgin Mobile, a leading national youth centric mobile service branded by Tata Teleservices continues to fascinate youngsters by servicing, designing and marketing products that keep in mind the demands of the cosmopolitan youth. At a minimal monthly commitment of Rs 28, Virgin Mobile offers their users intranetwork calls, that is, Virgin Mobile […]

Airtel lowers local calling rates to 50 paise in Delhi and NCR circle

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Airtel has good news for all its customers in Delhi and in the NCR circle. It has reduced its local calling rates which includes both landline and mobile phone on any other network to 50 paisa.
All the Airtel prepaid customers can enjoy this tariff of fifty paise local calling by recharging with just Rs. […]

Hutchison Telecom via its 3 network releases iPhone 3G Plan rates

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

We can’t get our ears and eyes off the new iPhone 3G as the D- Day is approaching. Well, Hutchison Telecom will be offering the iPhone in Hong Kong and Macau through its branded 3 wireless network. It has finally made the announcement of its pricing details.
Hutchison Telecom will be starting the iPhone rate plans […]

Helio acquired by Virgin Mobile for $39M

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Virgin Mobile USA is said to acquire Helio. Virgin Mobile is reported to be buying it for $39 million.
Virgin Mobile can thus diversify and cater to a larger segment of customers with the acquisition of Helio which is a premium post-paid service that specially targets all the excessive data users.
While trying to […]

T-Mobile launches a sim-only deal

Friday, June 27th, 2008

T-Mobile UK has come up with a new offer for its Solo and Combi services. T-Mobile introduces a £30/ month deal which entitles the Solo customers for 1,400 minutes and unlimited texts and the Combi users get 700 minutes and unlimited texts.
T-Mobile claims that the introduction of this new scheme will definitely increase […]