Reliance GSM free calling pack in Delhi : Customer Experience Pack

Few days back, Reliance launched its 3G service and GSM service. We also blogged about the Reliance being the very first telecom service provider to offer both GSM and CDMA service in India.

Reliance launched its customer experience pack in many states (delhi was not included). Under this pack, Reliance gave away its GSM sim at a very cheap rate (Rs20- Rs50), together with that its giving free talktime each day (Rs5- Rs10/day) and free sms. This pack initiated a war between telecom provders like Airtel, Idea, Reliance etc trying to provide cheaper rates than other.

Reliance has now started this customer experience pack to Delhi people. Lets see what does this pack for Delhi offers - :

SIM MRP - : Rs 49
Validity - Lifetime (This is quite amazing at such price)
Talktime - Rs 10

Now when you first E-recharge with Rs 51 (this makes total cost Rs100)
Talktime (88 days) - Rs 5/day (this means you get Rs 440 talktime)

Night Calling pack
MRP - Rs 15
Tariff Benefits -- 90 days

Night Calling benefit can be availed as an add-on on 15 Rs Recharge and is valid for 30 days
Night Calling Time - 11 PM - 6 AM
This talktime can be used to make all local calls and to send all local SMS to any network.
All unutilised balance given free will be forfeited at the end of the day.

Well, overall a great plan for Delhi People. I am going to buying this lifetime sim (never mind keeping one more number - say a portable number). Guys, just contact your nearest Reliance dealer about this Customer Experience Pack.

Tuitalk not working for making Free calls to India : Try this Trick

Few days back we posted about Tuitalk offering free calls to India. Tuitalk offers 10 mins/day to India and other countries in the liue of watching advertisements. It worked for many (I am included in this list) but it didn't worked for a few.

Some people wer not able to log into their account on Day 1, some were able to log in and make free calls on first day however, they were not able to log in afterwards. Some people were no able to make a call even after watching 10 advertisements.

So, if were not able to make free calls using Tuitalk, then try this trick. Using this workaround (few points), you should be able to make free calls to India. Thanks to our anonymous reader for informing it about us.

1. Visit Tuitalk. Click on forget password.
2. Fill in your email address and click send. (You will get a new password in your email account).
3. Sign in to Tuitalk Website using the password provided. Now go to your account settings and change your password.
4. Now trying sign-into Tui talker (voip Pc application) using the your new changed password. I guess you should be ale to login now, and make free calls to India.

If you still face any problems, then do post them in comment section. We will together try to solve all problems and make free international voip phone calls..!!

Another Setback to Indian Voip : DOT blocks 39 Voip Providers

Voip in India is not even properly launched, and DOT(Department of Telecom) has ordered ISP (internet servie providers) in India to block about 39 Internatonal Voip provider websites.

According to DOT, these 39 voip providers are breaking the rules set in regard to voip in India. These voip providers are therefore charged for illegal voip activities. Indian laws permit only licensed operators to offer Net telephony services.

These unlicensed voip provider offer cheap price to Indian customers and naturally more and more people were associating with them. This in turn led to loss to Indian government who themselves are in process of launching their voip service. Such voip services also pose a security threat.

As we all know, voip calls can be made via PC to PC calls, Pc to Mobile calls and Mobile to Mobile calls using Voip. However all these three modes of Voip calls are not allowed in India. Voip providers (India) are provided license for placing a Pc to Pc call and Pc to Mobile/Landline (only international) calls.

Foreign net service providers, which have been blacklisted includes voiptalk.org, sipgate.co.uk, voiplus.net, and deltathree.com

Should we consider it as another setback to Indian Voip ? Will it make any harm in the launch of voip in India ? Will it affect the Intenational calling rates to and from India (which decreased to due to Voip). Well these are some of the unanswered question, which only time will tell us.

TrapCall Reveal Caller ID : Unmask Blocked Calls

Are you tired of getting those anonymous calls. You don't want anymore of those no caller ID displayed, unkown number or blocked calls. This anonymity comes with the use of voip and many voip services offer you call spoofing. But hey we have found a Unmasking voip service for you.

Trapcall, is a new service which offers to reveal Caller ID from those anonymous blocked calls or restricted calls. Not many people have experienced the caller spoofing (blocked calls) and the "Who you are" (unmasking blocked calls) has already come to the market.

However Trapcall is available only to people of USA. I am sure such a thing will soon come to the international maket.

How Does Trapcall work ?
1. After you register, you’ll simply key in a few numbers into your phone.
2. When you receive a blocked or restricted call, reject it. You don’t want to answer an unknown number anyway right? In a matter of seconds, the blocked call is sent to Trapcall servers, where it is instantly unmasked and sent back to your phone! All the while the caller hears a normal ring tone, oblivious to the fact that you know exactly who they are.
3. Now if you don't want to pick up his call (no anonymity anymore) then reject it for second time.

Some other features of Trapcall -:

Unblocks blocked and restricted calls.
Trapcall works with any cell phone.
No need to change your current number
Different plans for different folks

Well the best part is that you can try Trapcall for free.

Guys if you are looking for making absolutely free calls to India, then read our post on Tuitalk (offering free calls to India).

Absolutely free calls to India : Tuitalk

Indian voip is surely growing. In past few months, we have seen the call rates to India dropping to a great extent. A lot many voip providers like Nymgo, mediaringtalk are now offering very cheap calls to India (in range of 1-2 cents/min).

I have been receiving lot of mails from people asking about free calls to India. Guys yes, now you don't even have to pay a penny for making calls to India. You can make Free Pc to Phone calls to anywhere in India.

Many of you must be aware of Tuitalk, an advertisement based voip provider offering free calls to many destinations. Now Tuitalk has included India (landlines + mobile) in their free calling list.

We have seen that people prefer Ad based voip system. Tuitalk is another such voip provider offering totally free international calls in lieu of Advertisement. Once you download the Tuitalk softphone and make calls, first advertisement will be shown on your softphone which actually pays for your call. Tuitalk asks for your personal interest, geographical profiles while registration, based on which ads are shown. Tuitalk system has grown big and lot many advertisers are supporting their network.

With Tuitalk, You can make free international calls to over 40 countries. And yes India is included in this list. Tuitalk offers about 10 minutes of free calls each day (trick being to register with your extended profile).

Each day Tuitalk gives its users 10 min of free calls. Yes you can make free calls to India worth 10 minutes every day. Your account is automatically credited with 10 min every day.


With the launch of free calls to India, Tuitalk is sure to receive lot of new subscribers. Voice quality of Tuitalk is also good (but yes with increasing load on thier network, you may get some disturbance in your call).

Now lets see how you can use Tuitalk to make free calls to India.

1. Register at Tuitalk.
2. Activate your account and remember to fill your extended profile.
3. Now download Tuitalk voip softphone. (Latest version direct link).
4. Login into voip softphone. You will see the free minutes.
5. To make calls to India dial (00+country code+number)
eg 0091989XXXXXXX.
6. You will be shown a small advertisement, then your call will be connected.
6. One more thing, the calling minutes are not even rounded off (no one minute rounding). So you get full 10 minutes talktime. Its actually very good..!!

Tuitalk is a very nice and decent calling service, so please don't abuse the system. If you face any problem do post your comments.

I hope now you will be able to make free calls to India and save big bucks.

Mediaringtalk 1.7 Cents/min to India : Reduced prices

Mediaringtalk, the market leader in Pc to Phone calls has further reduced their calling rates to India. Now using Mediaringtalk, you can call India at just 1.7 cents/minutes.

This calling rate is for calling both Landline and mobile phones in India. Mediaringtalk was earlier offering the calls to India at 1.9 cents but I guess this competition has made the voip company reduce their calling rate.

I remember, only few months back calls to India were costing about 5-6 cents/min but now this competition among voip providers has led to reduction of voip calling rates to India.

Apart from Mediaringtalk, other cheap Pc to Phone calling option is Nymgo. Nymgo offers very cheap calls to India ( 2 cents in Pay as you go plan and more cheap in unlimited plans).

Well these rates clearly show that people show switch to voip for making phone calls. Even people in India can too use voip for making STd calls in India.

Cheers...!!

MoCall : February promotion Free calling credit upto $100

Hi,

Mobile voip is big and if you use voip in your mobile then let me assure you, you are saving big bucks. Mo-call recently started their February promotion. Thanks to our regular reader Mr. Vijay Chand for informing us about the new Mo-call promotion.

All MO-Call customers will receive 20% free credit on their next MO-Call purchase of $20 and over. The best part is this offer is valid for old customers. So, if you top up your account by $50, you get additional $10 free. If you top up by $500 then you will get additional $100 free credit.

If you are a customer of Mo-call and have not top up your account, then this is the right time to top up your Mo-call account and get free credit.

MO-Call call rates are really affordable (competitive to others) and will enable to you connect with your friends living anywhere in the world.


Enjoy Cheap calls with Mo-call.

Jaxtr expands FreeConnect : Free calls to Non Members

Hi,

Jaxtr keeps bringing new offers for voip users. Jaxtr is the most innovative voip provider and that is the reason investors don't hesitate to invest in Jaxtr.

Few months back, Jaxtr launched its Freeconnect which allowed its members to talk unlimited without paying a penny. Freeconnect was a big success as it allowed free voip international calls to many countries.

Jaxtr has now expanded its Freeconnect service to include free out-of-network and non-member calling to mobile phones in more than 50 countries. Now even non Jaxtr members can make free unlimited calls to friends and family around the globe. Neither party is required to be jaxtr member. You don't even pay a penny nor use your jaxtr credit to make these freeconnect free calls in the listed 50 destinations.

The list of freeconnect countries can be checked on Jaxtr website. To my surprise, Jaxtr has included some costly calling destinations like Pakistan. Yes you can now use Jaxtr Freeconnect to make free calls to Pakistan.

To use Jaxtr Freeconnect service, you have to enter your own number and the number of the person you wish to call at Jaxtr. Jaxtr will then give you a local number to reach that person. Once the you (caller) dials that number, jaxtr notifies the person you are calling with a local number to call and get connected. You both can then talk for as long as they like, free of any charge from jaxtr. These assigned local phone numbers can also be used again on an ongoing basis.

This way one can easily make unlimited free calling to 50 destinations including Pakistan. A good innovative method of free calling by Jaxtr.

Dabous offering Cheap Phone to Phone calls

Hi,

Voip is growing and it is quite evident from the increasing number of voip providers. Another entry in voip market is of Dabous.

Dabous is offering cheap phone to phone calls using access numbers. You can use Dabous to call India from your regular phone (mobile or landline) at just 4cents/min. Well the rate is not much considering it is phone to phone calling service and not PC to Phone.

However, Dabous is only available for people of USA. Dabous only provides USA access number.

Some other features of Dabous are -:
Use your existing phone number
View your calls any time
Add up to 5 phone numbers (Cell, Home, Office, etc..)
No contract, No hassle, Pay as you go
1 Minute rounding, no tricks

At this point of time, Dabous is currently offering phone to phone service, but I read in one of the forums that Dabous is testing its SIP service, and soon you will be able to use Dabous via SIP.
We will post Dabous SIP settings as soon as we came to know about it.

For now to make cheap phone calls using Dabous voip -
Sign up and Register up to 5 PINless phone numbers
Call access Number 1-317-682-1667, and Dabous will prompt you for your desitnation number, if you call from unrecognized number, Dabous will prompt you for a PIN Number, which is available in "My Account" Page.
Dial the International destionation number in this format: 011 + Country Code + Number + #
View your call history any time with the exact cost of the call.

Overall, Dabous service seems good (I guess voice quality is also good, read in one of their reviews) but only concern are their calling rates. With many other cheap and good voip services around, Dabous needs to bring some different features or plans to attract customers.

Cheers to growth of Voip.

MTNL Launches JAADU : India's first 3G service in Delhi

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.

Youtring Valentine's Day Offer : Free calling minutes

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.

Raketu or Skype comparison Rates and Calling Plans

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..!!

SmartVoip : Betamax Provider offer Free International Calls (Cheap calls to India)

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.

Cheaper ISD Calls (from India) coming soon..

Hi,

All of you must be already knowing that voip has already been legally launched in India. If you surf the net (or this blog itself) you will find many voip providers offering their services in India. (By this I mean voip adapters, and cheap calls from India).

The impact of Voip is clearly shown. Calling cost for making ISD and local calls is expected to reduce by 30-50% (ideally this reduction will be very high).

Yesterday many local newspapers in Delhi covered an article on voip and ISD and STD prices slash. International long distance (ILD) telephone service providers such as AT&T, BT, Cable & Wireless and Verizon will soon be allowed to sell calling cards to consumers for making international calls. This will increase competition and may lead to a fall in the prices of international calls.

This may result in a price drop of up to 30 per cent. Some newsapers claimed this reduction to be around (70%), that is actually very high.

If you look at the present price rates, apart from sify offering Rs 3 call to USA, rest telecom provider offers Rs 5 per minute to USA. Now if you look at the voip market, their are many voip providers offering free calls to USA and at maximum this price is (1-1.5 cents/min) to call USA.
With ILD allowed in India, and other voip providers launching their services, one will be able to call USA at just Rs .5/min (a 10 times reduction).

Sometime back, we covered a post on "Is is right time to use Voip for making STD calls in India" where we discussed that making std calls using voip will help you save a lot of money. Simple calculations showed that you will be able to reduce your phone bills by 3 times. And yes that too at this point of time.

Currently, ILD operators are not allowed to sell their voice services directly to end consumers. As a result, a consumer does not have the choice of selecting an ILD operator. Once ILD operators are allowed to sell calling cards directly to customers, all the existing operators will sell their cards aggressively to attract subscribers of other operators.

I guess people should atleast start using voip for their business calls (this will help them save lot of money).

Anyways the day seems no far when India will be a free voip country. And local, STD, ISD calls will be absolutely free.

Cheers to VOIP.

Rebtel reduces rates, first call free, six second billing

Hi,

Rebtel has always been a hot topic among bloggers and one of the favorite voip providers for users. Rebtel has always provided the cheap competitive rates, time to time come up with some great offers ( Free one hour calls, double your money promotion etc).

From past many months, Rebtel was running double your money promotion. However the promotion ended on 25th January. It does not mean that Rebtel rates are high now and one should avoid using it. Instead as I said, Rebtel keeps bringing new promotions.

This time Rebtel has reduced its calling rates to many destinations, and for one of the hot calling destination that is India, Rebtel is offering 4.9 cents/min calls. (Though not the cheapest but one can go for it, I will let you know why).

Apart from recduction in calling rates, Rebtel is offering first call free. Yes first call is free to any country in world. (You can make free trial test call to Pakistan, Cuba, India, Bangladesh, USA or any other country). They have not mentioned about the limit or call duration, it would be great if any our reader enlighten us on this.

One more change, I noticed on Rebtel website is that they now charge six seconds billing.
Pay only for the time you talk - Six second billing after the first minute, no contract, no hidden fees.

Now coming back to point, that if they are no the cheapest why should one go for Rebtel.
1. Nymgo, Mediaringtalk though are cheap but offer Pc to Phone calls. Many of us prefer Phone to Phone calls as voice quality is good and yes Rebtel voice quality is good.
2. Apart from good voice quality, calls can be connected from any phone. (Most of destination in world). You enter your number and number you want to call. Rebtel will give you a local access number, dialing which your call will b directly connected to your destination.
3. Nice customer support. Few days back, someone posted about customer support problem with Mediaringtalk.
4. Price is actually not high compared to what other calling cards and voip providers are offering (compring with Phone to Phone services or calling card services).

You first atleast test the service by Rebtel as the first call is free (free calls to India...) and if you like them, then you may continue with them.

Cheers...!!
Enjoy cheap calling and save money at this time of recession.