This is another example of foreign imperialism. Slowly we ought to get used to the limey lingo and their products. Vodafone in India (albeit by backdoor) is a perfect example of how sovereignity of my motherland is being butchered by the bastards.
I remain opposed to foreign interests in a vital sector like telecom and there is no way I can ever endorse the idea that they should remain in this nation. Having a pug as your mascot only means that this company has gone to the dogs.
It was stupid of them to launch an advertising blitzkreig to change everything to pink. And now everything to be changed to Vodafone. Oh boy! They surely have a lot of money to burn. Incidentally, their website is full of coding errors and cannot even render itself properly across a standard compliant browser like Opera.
I dont think that Vodafone would be able to really shake up the telecom industry. They would remain behind Airtel for times to come unless they consolidate and dish out something worthwhile. Maybe unlimited GPRS or something exciting in their portal. At times I wonder as to how a company can make oodles of money selling caller tunes. Or something like an exclusive deal for Apple iPhone. I am sure there are many to sink in their money for that overpriced gadget.
Yeah true….and we sell our soul…again!!!
No way they’re catching up with Airtel!!
Yeah true….and we sell our soul…again!!!
No way they’re catching up with Airtel!!
mobile companies in india make money off caller tunes by implenting them on the caller’s phone without informing them and taking the fee for it. most people don’t even realize it. i am supposed to get the airtel bill this month with 30 rupees for the caller tune. and i dont even use the telephone connection. i use it for broadband.
mobile companies in india make money off caller tunes by implenting them on the caller’s phone without informing them and taking the fee for it. most people don’t even realize it. i am supposed to get the airtel bill this month with 30 rupees for the caller tune. and i dont even use the telephone connection. i use it for broadband.
Well said on the Opera Non-compliance front… Just knocked their doors with Mozilla and it is damn frustrating…
Well said on the Opera Non-compliance front… Just knocked their doors with Mozilla and it is damn frustrating…
Foreign imperialism? What foreign imperialism?
Hutch used to be Hutchison Essar, which started out as the Indian version of the British cellphone provider Orange UK and was owned by Orange, before Orange went defunct and turned into the Hutch we’ve known all this while.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutch_(Indian_cellular_company)#Previous_Brands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_SA#Use_of_the_Orange_brand_by_other_companies
I hate being spammed more than a Hotmail account every ten minutes on my Airtel cell number, which I never had to deal with when I had Hutch. Airtel’s broadband is easily the best bang for your buck, though, so I do like them.
But anyway let me get this straight: You’re upset that a British company is buying out another originally British company and using a lot of pink advertising?
Foreign imperialism? What foreign imperialism?
Hutch used to be Hutchison Essar, which started out as the Indian version of the British cellphone provider Orange UK and was owned by Orange, before Orange went defunct and turned into the Hutch we’ve known all this while.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutch_(Indian_cellular_company)#Previous_Brands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_SA#Use_of_the_Orange_brand_by_other_companies
I hate being spammed more than a Hotmail account every ten minutes on my Airtel cell number, which I never had to deal with when I had Hutch. Airtel’s broadband is easily the best bang for your buck, though, so I do like them.
But anyway let me get this straight: You’re upset that a British company is buying out another originally British company and using a lot of pink advertising?
Marcus, Orange was the brand name followed in Mumbai when they integrated the whole operation under Hutch brand name.
I have been opposed to the telecom companies for the foreign ownership. Infact, Eygptian telecom company Orascom also holds some stake in Hutch (and now Vodafone) through some very complex financial jugglery which I am not able to understand. It does not violate the licence norms but nevertheless, there is a lot of hedge money (or hot money as it is called) in the Indian telecom networks. Primarily, for that reason, I am not happy about the whole issue.
Read carefully in the link you posted…
I have written extensively about the mess in the telecom sector earlier on and this was a reflection of the angst…
Marcus, Orange was the brand name followed in Mumbai when they integrated the whole operation under Hutch brand name.
I have been opposed to the telecom companies for the foreign ownership. Infact, Eygptian telecom company Orascom also holds some stake in Hutch (and now Vodafone) through some very complex financial jugglery which I am not able to understand. It does not violate the licence norms but nevertheless, there is a lot of hedge money (or hot money as it is called) in the Indian telecom networks. Primarily, for that reason, I am not happy about the whole issue.
Read carefully in the link you posted…
I have written extensively about the mess in the telecom sector earlier on and this was a reflection of the angst…
yeah..this is cool.and hope it will satisfy customer better than ……..
yeah..this is cool.and hope it will satisfy customer better than ……..
Hey Abhishek, If you want I can prove Vodafone as the best and airtel as the worst. I have so much of information about the both.
If you have enough of information about vodafone and airtel, then only do this kind of non-sense postings. Just by reading at one or two blogs dont ever mislead others.
Hey Abhishek, If you want I can prove Vodafone as the best and airtel as the worst. I have so much of information about the both.
If you have enough of information about vodafone and airtel, then only do this kind of non-sense postings. Just by reading at one or two blogs dont ever mislead others.