Hi,
While referring to Jaadu, I am not talking about any Magic nor does I am referring to alien from Koi Mil gaya (Hrithik Roshan film - our Indian readers must be familiar). I am talking about the newly launched India’s first 3G service in Delhi - MTNL Jaadu.
MTNL has launched its 3G service in Delhi and has named it Jaadu. With the launch it has become the first telecom operator in the country to launch third generation (3G) mobile services. But the service is on the expensive side as mobile users in Delhi will have to pay a one-time fee of Rs 500 as activation charges and a monthly rental of Rs 599.
Apart from this monthly rental, mobile users would have to pay for their phone calls.
For Voice calls -
From MTNL mobile to other network - Rs 1/min.
From MTNL network to MTNL network - Rs .60/min.
For video calls -: MTNL charges vary between Rs 3 and Rs 1.80 a minute.
Customers can also get video streaming applications such as “Live TV”, movie downloads on their mobile handsets. Subscribers will have to pay Rs 5 for each MB download. For using 3G service in your mobile, you only require a 3G enabled handset. (I guess many of you must be having it).
Now talking about the Voip part in the launched 3G service. One will be able to use voip for making cheap international phone calls. MTNL is charging Rs 3/minute from mobiles to more than 100 countries including Europe, the US and Canada. In comparison, international calls on private operators’ network costs about Rs 6 a minute. MTNL is able to offer lower tariffs because it routes the call through the Internet network.
Well the calling rates for both video calls, and international phone calls using voip ae not at all cheap. We have blogged about so many voip providers offering free calls to those 100 countries including Europe, the US and Canada.
I guess at present, if you are willing to spend this much money then you can opt fo MTNL 3G service but if you can wait for sometime then you would be getting much cheaper services. (When more 3G providers comes to market). Till then better make use of our Free PC to Phone calling ways to free international phone calls.
Please post your queries about 3G service or any other, we will be more willing to answer all your problems.
Here is the original:
MTNL Launches JAADU : India’s first 3G service in Delhi
February 8th, 2009
Hi,
This valentine’s you can talk to your loved one at a very cheap price. If you are living in USA away from your spouse who is in India, then need not to worry this valentine because Youtring has got a special valentine deal for you.
Apart from usual cheap calling, Youtring is offering some additional free calling minutes in each of its plan. We have already blogger about many different plans Youtring offers. It has Tring Pakistan, Tring Asia, Tring America, Tring India plans in which it is offering very cheap Pc to Phone calling rates.
Under Tring India plans, PC to Phone calls to India can be made at just 1.9 cents per minutes. However, here is the best part as a valentine day offer if you buy $25 credit under tring India plan, you will get 131 minutes free therby making your effective calling rate just 1.7 cents/min.
The above rate of 1.7 cents/min to India makes Youtring even cheaper than Mediaringtalk.
Similarly for calling Pakistan, Youtring can be a great option. As we all know, calling Pakisan ain’t any cheap but Youtring is offering price of just 5.6 cents/min (under Tring Pakistan Valentine day plan).
Youtring not only provides cheap Pc to Phone calls but it is actually a social networking website with lot many features like (groups, radio, photos, videos, blogs, free phone calling, scraps, profiles and much more). I am sure you will like Youtring but only when you join it. (Hey joining Youtring is free, won’t cost you a single penny).
Cheers.
Excerpt from:
Youtring Valentine’s Day Offer : Free calling minutes
February 6th, 2009
Hi,
Skype has a big market in this voip industry, and every other voip providers tries to provide better deals than skype in order to get the skype user back to them.
I must say a lot of voip providers have succeded in this and have time to time provided much btter deals than skype. Recently, Raketu (a voip provider offering Pc to Phone, click to call service) sent a update (email) comparing their service with Skype.
Raketu has compared its rates and calling plans to skype. And the conclusion was quite clear, Raketu rates are much, much cheaper than Skype’s. You can save a lot of money if you switch to Raketu from skype.
Check the comparison below.
1) Calling to UK mobile: Raketu call saves you $1 over Skype on a 10 minute call
Skype: 29.1 cents per minute + 4.5 cent connection fee
Raketu: 18.9 cents per minute, no connection fee
- 10 minute call to UK mobile:
- Skype: $2.91 + $.045 = $2.955
- Raketu: $1.89 = $1.89
Imagine saving over $6 on a single 60 minute call!
2) Calling to the US: Raketu call saves you $.185 or 65% over Skype on a 10 minute call
Skype: 2.4 cents per minute + 4.5 cent connection fee
Raketu: 1.0 cents per minute, no connection fee
- 10 minute call to the US:
- Skype: $.24 + $.045 = $.285
- Raketu: $.10 = $.10
Imagine saving over $1 on a single 60 minute call!
Raketu also has unlimited calling plans, that allow you to call to locations in 46 countries around the world (Raketu free zones):
- $2.95 for 1000 minutes calling
- $4.45 for 1500 minutes calling
- $9.95 for unlimited calling
Apart from these unlimited free calling plans, few months back Raketu launched click to call me feature. I guess as they say, it has been very successgul with people putting the click to call me button in their email signature, forums, etc.
Raketu has a update on Click to call me service.
The current click-to-callme allows computer-to-phone calls from a single click on any browser on any computer - without a download. Well, Raketu has just added the ability for phone-to-phone calls also! This allows people to enter their phone number, click the callme button, and their phone will ring and be connected to your phone - all anonymously. So, if someone does not have a headset, they can still use click-to-callme feature. Great..!!
Raketu or Skype comparison Rates and Calling Plans
February 5th, 2009
Hi,
There is one more addition to the list of Betamax voip providers. Smartvoip is the recently launched voip service by Betamax voip company. Smart voip rightly says that voip being the smart way to make phone calls and save on your phone bills.
Much similar to other betamax providers, smartvoip offers free calls to many destinations. I guess calls to USA, Canada, China, Singapore,Taiwan, Russia etc are free subject to a maximum of 5000 minutes. Actually, this is not at all any big deal as many other voip providers are offering the same deal (free calls to these destinations).
Smartvoip is at present offering calls to India at 1.9 cents/min (Landline) and 2.6 cents/min (mobile). Well the rates are comparable to Nymgo and Mediaringtalk. I have never ben in favour of Betamax companies, so I won’t suggest you smartvoip (over Nymgo/Mediaringtalk).
However, Betamax companies offer SIP services,Pc to Phone calls and Phone to Phone calls to. Voice quality is also good. For this reason people may try smartvoip as Nymgo and Mediaringtalk offer only Pc to Phone calls.
Below are the SIP settings for Smartvoip. Configure your voip SIP adapter and make free phone to phone calls.
SIP port : 5060
Registrar : sip.smartvoip.com
Proxy server : sip.smartvoip.com
Outbound proxy server : leave empty
Account name : your SmartVoip username
Password : your SmartVoip password
Display name/number : your SmartVoip username or voipnumber
Stunserver (option) : stun.smartvoip.com
Codecs
G.711 (64 kbps)
G.726 (32 kbps)
G.729 (8 kbps)
G.723 (5.3 & 6.3 kbps)
GSMFR (13.2 kbps)
If you have audio problems:
Use a STUN server (e.g. stun.smartvoip.com) with port 3478 (if supported by your device)
Use the G.711 codec
Overall, a nice voip calling options. I request my blog readers to post their comments if they liked Smartvoip service.
Cheers.
Originally posted here:
SmartVoip : Betamax Provider offer Free International Calls (Cheap calls to India)
February 4th, 2009
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