Stop Unwanted Phone Calls by Registering Your Preference

Are you fed up of the growing menace of unsolicited telephone calls? Now TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has recently issued some regulations for the hi-end customers with the prime objective to ensure them not to get any promotional nature of commercial communications unless they opt for receiving them. So you can block these unsolicited phone calls by registering your preference with your current service provider by sending text messages. For blocking these pesky calls, there are two choices for you – fully blocked category and partially blocked category.



If you have already registered your cell number with NDNC, you need not register your number again. You will come under fully blocked (no telemarketing calls/SMS) category. In this case, you can change your preference.
Procedure to Register/change Your Preference
You can register your preference by two ways.
Through Voice Call
If you want to register/change your preference, you can do by calling at toll free number 1909. When you dial this phone number, you will be prompted to register your preference via customer care executive or through IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System).
By Sending SMS
You can also register your preference for unsolicited calls by sending a text message to 1909. In this regard, if you are opting for fully block category, you should send SMS “START 0” to 1909. In other case, you should send message “START <option> to 1909. For e.g. if you want to receive messages from Education, then you should send your message in the format “START 3” to 1909. For multiple options, you can send message in format “START 2, 3” to 1909 if you want calls and messages from real estate and education. If you want to change your preference, you can send text message to 1909 in the format “STOP <option>” whatever your preference is. For your convenience, I have also provided list of options.
0 : Fully Blocked (No Telemarketing Call/SMS)
1 : Banking/Insurance/Financial Products/Credit Cards
2 : Real Estate
3 : Education
4 : Health
5 : Consumer goods and automobiles
6 : Communication/ Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT
7 : Tourism and Leisure

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Block Unwanted Phone Calls by Registering Your Preference

Are you fed up of the growing menace of unsolicited telephone calls? Now TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has recently issued some regulations for the hi-end customers with the prime objective to ensure them not to get any promotional nature of commercial communications unless they opt for receiving them. So you can block these unsolicited phone calls by registering your preference with your current service provider by sending text messages. For blocking these pesky calls, there are two choices for you – fully blocked category and partially blocked category.


 If you have already registered your cell number with NDNC, you need not register your number again. You will come under fully blocked (no telemarketing calls/SMS) category. In this case, you can change your preference.

Procedure to Register/change Your Preference

You can register your preference by two ways.

Through Voice Call

If you want to register/change your preference, you can do by calling at toll free number 1909. When you dial this phone number, you will be prompted to register your preference via customer care executive or through IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System).

By Sending SMS

You can also register your preference for unsolicited calls by sending a text message to 1909. In this regard, if you are opting for fully block category, you should send SMS “START 0” to 1909. In other case, you should send message “START <option> to 1909. For e.g. if you want to receive messages from Education, then you should send your message in the format “START 3” to 1909. For multiple options, you can send message in format “START 2, 3” to 1909 if you want calls and messages from real estate and education. If you want to change your preference, you can send text message to 1909 in the format “STOP <option>” whatever your preference is. For your convenience, I have also provided list of options.

0	Fully Blocked (No Telemarketing Call/SMS)
1	Banking/Insurance/Financial Products/Credit Cards
2	Real Estate
3	Education
4	Health
5	Consumer goods and automobiles
6	Communication/ Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT
7	Tourism and Leisure

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Now you can reduce your monthly phone bills up to 50%

Although Manmohan Singh has inaugurated the services of MNP (Mobile Number Portability) on 20^th Jan 2011, yet many top service providers have started advertising their ultimate plans in full swing just after the initial launch of MNP service in Haryana state. MNP is the service wherein the consumer can switch his telecom operator if he is not satisfied with the current operator’s services. Postpaid and prepaid customers (GSM & CDMA) both can avail this facility. But he has to change his operator within current service area. So with the launch of this great service, many of you get confuse to get the best service plan.  Consequently, you may be searching on Internet or telecom operator website to compare your current plan with their plans. But you are unable to get the perfect mobile plan for you.

Keeping all these constraints in the mind, Connectindia, one of the premier telecom companies of India, has come up with a new tool for its hi-end users. This MNP tool will allow you to sort out all product plans according to your mobile phone usage. By using this ultimate tool, you can not only easily save your hard-earned money on mobile bills more than 50%, but you can also get better service from service providers. This MNP tool is user-friendly as anyone can evaluate their savings on phone bill by just entering your city, local calls made, STD calls made and SMS sent daily. As the result, you will get the cheapest tariff plans as per your requirements. Thereafter, you can pick your plan according to your needs. This way, you can avail best service and tariff plans for your mobile and can reduce your mobile bill by more than 50%. 
 

To sum up, Connectindia MNP tool will not only save your money on your mobile bill, but also it will save your time too on browsing various websites for the selection of best plan.
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UPC (Unique porting Code) is Mandatory for MNP Process

In across the country, the service of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has started from 20th Jan 2011. If you want get benefit from this great service, you must have to get firstly the Unique Porting Code (UPC).  To get this unique number, just send one simple text message from your mobile writing PORT (Your Cell Number) at 1900. When you send SMS to that number, you will immediately receive your UPC from 1901 number.
Basically, UPC (Unique Porting Code) consists of eight characters wherein first two characters specify the name and service area code of the service provider. For e.g. if the first two characters of the code is RD then it specifies a Reliance (R), Delhi (D) number and besides, the remaining six characters will be 1 to 9, A-N & P-Z only and small letters. Moreover, the alphabet ‘O’ will never be permitted in the Unique Porting Code.
There is the list of Operator Service codes as will be given in the first alphabet in UPC number:

List of Codes of Service providers
Bharti Airtel	A
BSNL	B
Datacom Solutions	C
Aircel	D
Reliance Telecom	E
HFCL Infotel	H
Idea Cellular	I
Loop Mobile	L
MTNL	M
Spice Communications	P
Reliance Communications	R
S Tel	S
TATA	T
Uninor	U
Vodafone	V
Etisalat DB Telecom (Cheers Mobile)	W
MTS	Y

Here is again list of Operator Service codes as the second alphabet in UPC:

List of Service Codes for Service Area
Andhra Pradesh	A
Bihar	B
Delhi	D
UP-East	E
Gujarat	G
Haryana	H
Himachal Pradesh	I
Jammu & Kashmir	J
Kolkata	K
Kerala	L
Mumbai	M
North East	N
Orissa	O
Punjab	P
Rajasthan	R
Assam	S
Tamil Nadu including Chennai	T
West Bengal	V
UP-West	W
Karnataka	X
Madhya Pradesh	Y
Maharashtra	Z

Please remember, the Unique Porting Code will be valid for 15 days period only from the date of request for all services areas apart from Assam, Jammu & Kashmir and North East licensed areas. In these areas, the Unique Porting Code validity will allocate to a subscriber for a period of 30 days from the date of request, the sms. Please note one thing that the word ‘PORT’ followed by a space followed by the ten digit mobile number which is to be ported should be case insensitive. For instance, you can’t write port for Port in the message. Furthermore, if the Subscriber’s Caller Line Identification does not match with the ten digit mobile number, no Unique Porting Code will be allotted to the customer. However, he will get a message on the mobile that the Caller Line Identification (CLI) does not match with his cell number.
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Connectindia: What is Third generation Internet or 3G in Data Cards

Now-a-days, there are many different types of Internet connection available. 3G data card is the best pick for those individuals who frequently on the go. 3G or third generation Internet is also known as mobile broadband that provides us flexibility and convenience both. In India, there are two types of data cards available – high speed data card and low speed data card. In the category of high speed data card, the cards come under wireless cards like Reliance data card, Tata Photon plus, BSNL EVDO data card etc. On the contrary, low speed data cards are all 1x data cards that will give you speed ranges from 144 kbps to 250 kbps. Top service providers of wireless internet connection in India are Reliance, Tata Indicom, BSNL, Idea, Airtel and so forth. These days, Reliance and Tata Indicom also have come up with 3G data card giving us freedom from the usage of messy wires. They also provide us excellent speed to connect with the whole world. These wireless data cards come two types i.e. USB type and Express/PCMCIA. There are so many benefits too for using these high speed data cards.

By owning a 3G data card, an individual can access Internet instantly from anywhere and whenever you want. The only requirement is to just plug-in this little device into your laptop or notebook. Now, you need not to worry about Internet connection availability whenever you go from one place to another. 3G data card will allow to stay connected with the whole world while moving from one place to another. These hi-tech wireless Internet cards have become the first choice amongst the people as they come with economically priced option. They also come up with postpaid and prepaid national roaming absolutely. There is immense competition in today’s market segment. That’s why, many telecom companies have reduced their prices. So before purchasing any 3G data card, you should compare all data card plans and then choose the best one for you.

 

3G data card also allows you to surf the Internet at the high speed even if you are going out for business purpose. However, the speed of internet depends on the network area. So whenever you purchase any data card, you should ensure about the network areas. To sum up, 3G data cards empower its hi-end users with high speed internet connectivity from anywhere anytime.

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Data Cards brings High Level of Efficacy to Laptop

Data cards — which deliver broadband wireless potential to laptops and other computing devices — currently offered by Telecom service operators like Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Airtel, among others, are empowering the mobile professional to access the internet anytime, anywhere. Indian economy rushes towards increasing productivity per employee, IT and communication products enabling wireless connectivity are rapidly deluging the marketplace.

Lately, a leading MNC in Bangalore sited an immensity order for data cards with a telecom operator that would enable its employees to log on to the internet in a wireless environment. This move is a step towards cutting office infrastructure costs and cuts down on time lost in traveling. In addition, data cards also bring in high levels of efficiency into the laptop user’s operations, assert manufacturers.

Reliance Infocom was the first to offer India’s wireless data card on its pan-India network. The data card was introduced by Reliance as part of its Reliance Connect Internet service. With the pan-India CDMA2000 1x network, Reliance NetConnect Data Card enables instant internet connectivity for laptops and other computing devices anytime, anywhere. The ready-to-use card was initially launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Primary addicts for these data cards are business travelers who need constant connectivity to the internet.

With competition, the cards also arrive in feature-rich formats that help them meet ‘complete connectivity requirements’ of the user — the VData card for instance, allows user to make and receive voice calls, exchange SMS and avail value added services like caller ID service. For instance, Tata Indicom’s recently launched VData Card that fits into the standard type II PCMCIA card slot in notebook PCs, offers data transfer speeds ranging from 40 Kbps upto 153 Kbps.

The Indian Mobile Telecom market has become a high probable zone for global service providers. A market that adjoins more than nine million subscribers per month and where mobile services revenues are projected to cross $37 billion by 2012, growing at a CAGR of 18%, is indeed an attractive proposition. However, it does seem that global players are seriously considering entering the Indian market.

Although, Data Card get cheaper in this year 2008, this year's budget speech announced by India's Ex. finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram has given away barely any sops to the technology consumers of the nation. So, if you are planning to log on to the net through a wireless datacard -- well that turn cheaper for sure from 1 April 2008. For, the finance minister has reduced the excise duty on wireless datacards from 16 percent to nil. You read right -- absolutely zero! Increase demand, decreased rates makes Data cards affordable for every one. Anyone, anywhere, anytime- policy of Reliance Data Cards.

Comparison between Tata Sky Plus and Airtel Digital TV

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In India, there are many Top Satellite Television providers like Dish TV, Airtel Digital TV, Tata sky, Big TV, Videocon D2H etc. Amongst them, Airtel Digital TV and Tata Sky are well-known in the DTH industry. Today, consumers are searching the service provider offering best service at best price. Therefore, there are some reviews for these customers that will help them to choose the best one from the DTH market.

Tata sky is amongst the renowned DTH service provider that has begun its service in 2006 with more than 160 channels plus great features. Using INSAT 4A, it uses MPEG-2 technology for transmitting the signals. On the other hand, Airtel has started its DTH services later with 175 channels. This DTH service is based upon MPEG4 standard along with DVB S2 technology along with HD ready. It means that the user can have a great viewing experience on Airtel Digital TV as compared to other TV DTH service providers. Most of set-up boxes don’t work in bad weathers such as storm, rainy days. But you can continue your favorite shows even in bad weather. Furthermore, you can also book cinema tickets of your favorite movie, make tele-shopping, browse and travel holiday packages, watch on-screen watch details and much more.

If you’re tech savvy, you should go forTata Sky plus because it will provide you online recharge facility and great network with more transponders. But it takes 1 to 2 seconds in channel change. Moreover, Channel packages offered by Tata sky are very expensive. Besides, there is no professional installation. On the contrary, Airtel Digital TV provides an excellent professional installation with 90% strength signal showing. These professional install the DTH by using compass, satellite finder etc. The set top box of this digital TV is jazzy and very fashionable. Furthermore, you never face any difficult at the time of channel change. Besides, the price of subscription package is worthy. So you can enjoy your favorite TV serial without any hassle.
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