Tag Archives: Mobiles

Vodafone India: Fight against the suckers

They have not been able to provide me the connectivity I deserve. Their complaint resolution sucks. I have emailed them twice in the past 5 days without any reply from their headquarters. So far, they have been taking me for … Continue reading

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Mobiles: Not happening

The entry of retail chains in selling mobiles has not helped to lower the prices. No one is content to play the volumes game as yet. There is a huge untapped market.

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Mobile phones to become costlier

Another watered down budget; Manmoron and his team of financial advisors are clearly at a loss for ideas. There is a crying need to reduce the indirect taxes on the products that is consumed by one and all. This would … Continue reading

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Airtel Broadband: Ineffective marketing?

Ever since it has introduced the new 512k unlimited plans (much to my delight), I was struck by the stupidity of the dimwits that Airtel has hired. Airtel has a fantastic infrastructure because it was not weighed in by the … Continue reading

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Indian Mobiles: Why not unlimited pricing?

Verizon has introduced unlimited plans which was matched by rivals within 5 hours of it’s launch. For about $100 greenbucks, it makes no difference whether you call local or across the states. Reliance had offered “death for distance” but somewhere … Continue reading

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Mobile Internet

This is indeed the “future”; even though I don’t suck up to the idea of wireless. Wireless cannot support the applications; much like the streaming video. BSNL’s EVDO was launched recently and there were couple of first hand reviews from … Continue reading

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Mobiles: Value added services

Shyam Somanadh has an interesting take on the value added services being offered by the various companies. Here is his write up. I liked the last para and merits an addition here: Going forward, a smaller percentage of that 20% … Continue reading

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