The telecom price war saw Reliance Infocomm cut tariffs for its
post-paid customers by up to 60 per cent, while Hutch brought call charges in Delhi at par with its other circles.
Tariffs for
intra-circle calls to Reliance phones — Reliance India Mobiles (RIM) and Reliance
fixed wireless phones and terminals — have been reduced to 40 paise a minute under the Joy 399 plan.
Earlier, subscribers had to pay Re 1 per minute for RIM to RIM calls. With the new tariff plans, Hutch
post-paid subscribers in Delhi can make local calls to any mobile network at 99 paise a minute and long distance calls to any network at Rs 2.25 a minute.
They, however, will have to pay an additional Rs 25 each for availing the new local and
long distance tariff packages.
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When Aussie Dave Steel heard his Kiwi friend scream down the phone line that a fire had broken out in her home, he didn’t hesitate to leap into action.
Despite being more than 2400km away, the New South Wales man raised the alarm with his local Albury Fire Station.
Officers there contacted the NSW communications centre which in turn alerted emergency services in Wellington.
Fire communicators in New Zealand began a series of phone traces with the assistance of police to track the blaze to a Papakura address in south Auckland.
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(Bloomberg) — Lani Montano, a
department-store saleswoman in the Philippines who earns 1,500 pesos ($27) a week, doesn’t worry about running out of
mobile-phone minutes in the middle of a conversation.
A year-old service from Smart Communications Inc., the Philippines’ biggest mobile-phone company, lets her add as little as 30 pesos ($0.54) of calling time to her phone electronically. Previously, the company sold prepaid airtime only in increments of 100 pesos or more.
``There were times that I let my service expire because I didn’t have enough money,’’ said Montano, 26, who works in Batangas, outside Manila. ``Now I don’t have to wait for every payday to add minutes to my phone. The out-of-pocket cost isn’t as high.’’
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Agence
France-Presse MANILA, Manila Metropolitan Area, Philippines -- An Indian woman has been arrested for allegedly leading a gang that hacked into the Philippines telecommunications system to make unauthorized long-distance calls, officials said Thursday.
Pooja Khemlani was arrested in her Manila apartment earlier this week after her husband, also an Indian citizen, reported her to the police, the immigration bureau said in a statement.
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Posted by: Melissa Ersing, Producer
The families of local soldiers serving in Iraq need your help so their loved ones can call home.
«Operation Soldier Phone Home» is now underway. The goal is to raise enough money to provide every soldier deploying from the Connecticut Street Armory in Buffalo with international calling cards.
Organizer Ellen Woodworth says «the ability to call home and speak with your family is critical to the morale of our soldiers and for the families left behind.»
Donations to «Operation Soldier Phone Home» can be mailed to:
M&T Bank
One M&T Plaza
Buffalo, New York 14203
Donations can also be dropped off at the Connecticut Street Armory, attention Brigade Family Support.
