Bharti Airtel Bill Pay via SMS

Bharti Airtel has introduced a new feature that will let a subscriber pay his mobile bills by means of SMS. So where will they Debit a subscriber account ? To avail this service you must be registered with Bharti Airtel using your VISA Credit Card. [Mastercard will follow soon]. Once…

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Sify Anywhere + Classifieds Deal – Desperate Move to Mature

NASDAQ listed Sify has taken two major decisions in a desperate move to mature and survive the point of inflection. It announced the launch of Sify Anywhere, which will allow Sify users access to the Net from anywhere. Sify broadband subscribers will now be able to access their accounts from…

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Reliance and Tata Press for Number Portability

CDMA Operators – Tata Indicom and Reliance Communications are pressing the Government of India to introduce Mobile Number Portability in a phased manner as soon as possible. These Telcos believe that their is a big chunk of unsatisfied customers in the GSM Space – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Hutch-Essar, BSNL, Idea Cellular…

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ISP License and Entry Fees – A Step Backwards

The Government of India wanted to cleanup non functional ISPs, but the consequence of the policy towards this exercise is a burden on existing ISPs which are likely to pass it on to their subscribers – a hefty 6% revenue share clause. The Government under DoT recommendations have imposed a…

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MTNL Triband VoIP based ISD Calling

MTNL’s Triband Broadband customers in Mumbai and Delhi will be able to make VoIP based ISD calls at just Rs 1 / Minute. The good news is that you can do this using your regular MTNL Phone. However, you will need to have an Analog Telephone Adaptor which will cost…

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Indians are Cell Phone Banking Savvy

In a survey conducted by Sybase 365, it is found that citizens of the emerging economy are mobile savvy for Banking. Here is the outcome of the survey. 81% of the respondents are aware of Mobile Banking service offered by Indian Banks 49% of the respondents have used mobile banking…

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Deploy your own Social Network on KickApps

You feel that you have a great Web 2.0 Idea but no money or Web Development experience ? Don’t worry, now you can just deploy any Web 2.0 Applications such as Blog, Photos , Networking Tools, Video, Audio, etc using KickApps. KickApps, a NY based company is precisely providing all…

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Social Networking Sites, List

Here is an exhaustive list of Social networking sites operating in the context of India or Indian Diaspora – popularly known as Desis. Orkut – Very popular in India. My 9 year old nephew is on Orkut and sometimes the community spam on Orkut scares the hell out of me….

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