Things are now changing in India, Pay per seconds for voice calls and now pay per character for SMS and its from TATA DOCOMO. TATA DOCOMO has launched services in eight telecom Circles in just two months, and the countrywide rollout of its GSM services is expected to be completed by this year.

Diet-sms service is for message upto 15 characters. Competition is always better for consumers. I am sure, other operators will come up with similar packages soon, so don’t worry, continue with your existing operator.
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MTNL was the first to launch 3G services in India, and BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) is the first to launch in Chennai. This is a good news for BSNL users in Chennai. The 3G service will enable data speed of 2 Mbps against 144 Kbps available now over the GPRS and EDGE enabled mobile networks. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr M. Karunanidhi, launched the 3G service with an inaugural call to the Union Minister for Communication and IT, Mr A. Raja.

3G is the next generation of mobile communications systems. It enhances the services such as multimedia, high speed mobile broadband, internet access with the ability to view video footage on your mobile handset. With a 3G phone and access to the 3G network you can make video calls, watch live TV, access the high speed internet, receive emails and download music tracks, as well as the usual voice call and messaging services found on a mobile phone, like person to person video, live streaming, downloadable video of entertainment, news, current affairs and sport content and video messaging

Some Cons When you get a 3G connection -Your number will be changed, which means that you cannot activate 3G service for your existing number, but in a later stage it will be possible to upgrade your existing connection to 3G. When you take a 3G connection your SIM will be replaced by USIM. You can find the BSNL 3G Tariff details here.

Virgin Mobile is an international brand, running business in different sectors like mobile telephony, transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. In India, the mobile service is offered by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin Mobile.

Virgin mobile has simple are clear plans and they offer, prepaid as well as post paid connections. Recently they have announced the cheapest STD calls in India. You can call anywhere in India to any operator for just 50 Paise per minute. It has one of the worlds best network coverage and in India, almost every state is covered. The network coverage is provided by TATA Teleservices and uses the CDMA technology.

Get Paid for incoming Calls

You get paid 1paise for every 6 seconds of a call you receive and you get these credits to your Virgin Mobile account. This is something unique in India. This credit will never expire, so you can use it anytime.

Wataniya telecoms is another mobile service provider in Maldives. Wataniya has recently introduced a new service called wChat. With this service, Wataniya users can chat on a one-to-one basis or one-to-many in 6 different ‘chat rooms’. Registered wChat users can chat with anyone else in the chatting community at anytime, using their handset. Chat rooms cover a variety of different subjects from friends, jokes, and sport to movies, allowing customers to express their views or share thoughts on common areas of interest.

With the wChat service Wataniya customers can search for and make new friends, choosing whether to chat privately or join in a conversation with a group of other mobile users. A simple SMS of F send to 4141 will give a return SMS showing the wChat customer all his or her online contacts.