Reliance phones: more useful information

[son of the soil]

I AM JUST GIVING MY FRIEND\'S VIEWS FOR U.
Reliance Mobile scheme

Pay and use is called Prepaid.
Use and Pay is called Postpaid.
But Pay and WAIT is called Reliance !
( mere papa ka sapna-public ka maal apna ? )

Rs.18000/- as access charges for 36 months @ Rs.500/-pm(breakup is Rs.320/- as rental and Rs.180/-as airtime)
Rs. 3000/- as Club Fees (Reliance)
Rs. 1000/- as deposit for local call facility OR
Rs. 2000/- as deposit for STD Call facility OR
Rs. 3000/- as deposit for ISD Call facility

So actually to start of you got to shell out minimum Rs.22,000/- and stay stuck with Reliance infocom for 3 years-You got no options here.

Instrument (N620 Samsung CDMA is free of cost as inaugural offer.(LG/Samsung CDMA)

Add Rs.15000/- for the flip top colour instrument like True I Rainbow(CDMA-LG/Samsung)

What you get is 500 mins per month outgoing free at 15 seconds pulse rate.
and incoming free for 3 years.
All Reliance to Reliance Calls anywhere in the country at Local Call Rate (this is a revelation)
Free SMS for 1 years (Now thats the attractive juicy part)
Calling Line Identification free.
Voice Mail free.
38kbps to 44kbps data throughput possible.(means access to Net)
Includes Monthly rental Charges for 3 years.

Don’t expect any discounts or kickbacks because the dealers/retailers or their so called DAEs( thats ’Dhirubhai Ambani Entrepreneur’ for you) are making just Rs.100/- for their hardwork and sales pitch per connection.

Also, they have a hire purchase scheme or an instalment scheme wherein you dish out 12 postdated cheques of Rs.1800/- each for 3 months usage @ Rs.600/-p.m. for the 3 years access charges and the Rs.3000/- as club fees and the Security deposit of either one/two or three thousand for the local/STD or ISD/ILD (International Long Distance)

At least in this second scheme you get to try out their service for 3 months before you actually pay but your club fees and deposits get forfeited if you don’t.

Their USP is the Rs.1.20 per 3 minutes or 0.40 per min. or 10 paise for 15 seconds-is the buzz word.

Free SMS is the other very attractive carrot and bound to get the yuppies in hordes.

For the business folk its the Reliance to Reliance at Local Call rate anywhere in the country which will be the PLUS Point and have them talking to their heart’s content.

A revolution is waiting to happen but how far will these guys be able to sustain their services at such low rates is anyone’s guess(India has the lowest airtime rates anywhere in the world)

BPL or ORANGE or AIRTEL won’t take all this lying down and we will have a shakedown but it’s only ORANGE that has the clout and International weight to survive against this Monolith. BPL(Below Poverty Line) and AIRTEL(its all in the air now) will be swallowed up by some biggie. MTNL will be the worst hit and will definitely wriggle out some how(Trust our beleagured Government to find some way)

At present even Reliance hasn’t got the actual green signal-but it will definitely bulldoze its way through. The guys at Reliance are very enthusiastic and Gung-ho about this venture and are waiting to get into real action. Their ad-budget in crores per month is what MTNL used to spend in a Year.All the hype on Dhirubhai Ambani and Mukesh Ambani’s dream will not become a nightmare-lets hope !

Bol India Bol -
Sangam hoga ki nahin ?

P.S. As requested by PrashD a little trivia on CDMA-It is one of the most used technologies in the USA and is superior in terms of reception and data transmission speeds(read Intermnet access) as compared to GSM which relies on WAP(defunct) or GPRS (only available with BPL and not fast enough) CDMA is a cheaper to maintain technology but fails in territorial coverage since it relies on basic infrastructure(so far poor in India).Whereas GSM, since it is based on cellular mode, has a more widespread footprint covering vast areas quickly by just putting up strategically located towers and transmission/reception equipment. GSM is more prevalent in Europe and Asia and is a newer technology that is still evolving. CDMA is a tried and trusted technology. In CDMA the handset is precoded and a stolen handset could be useless to the thief whereas the GSM is a simple high tech chip which can be just inserted into any instrument and is very theft-prone. CDMA is also very convenient since it can be used for vast data storage and streaming audio video possibilities make it attractive and versatile.

But comparatively any one can just buy a SIM for about 300/- and the airtime for another 300/- pick up a secondhand handset for about 2000/- and go mobile for just around 2500/- odd compared to a CDMA from Reliance where you shell out 220000/- minimum and you are tied to Reliance for 3 years. The choice is in your hands.

Corrigendum-Addendum._____________________________________

RELIANCE ..... Big name... Big Hopes!!!

Are these hopes going to work out?

What is FREE ?

You get a free handset worth 10,500/- similar to that available in GSM network model Samsung R-220 to the club members who will be paying 3000/- (non refundable). (Read the contract) you have been given this handset for free but still its property of Reliance. If youwant to terminate the service at anytime, in spite of the handset was given to you for free still you will have to return the handset to company & still your 3000/- is non refundable.

So dose this means that 3000/- is rent of handset? Secondly in this scheme company will be giving handset similar to
Samsung R-220 of GSM network. whixh is not a colour display. So now if u want to enjoy seeing NEWS channels on your handset then you need to spend more 25,000 for a handset with colour display.

Reliance will be giving 400 minutes of out going calls & unlimited incoming calls. Yeah but this 400 minutes of out going calls will be reliance to reliance calls. For calls to all other networks you need to pay extra they are not included in those 400 minutes. More over this if u want to use more then 400 minutes then for other minutes used, you will have to pay as per normal BSNL/MTNL charges.i.e. for local calls its same rate 40 paise per minute but after your 1st 400 minutes even for a reliance to reliance long distance call you need to pay as per the rates of BSNL/MTNL & not reliance rate i.e. 40 paise per minute. So this means 400 minutes given to you per month is only for calling from a reliance mobile to reliance mobile anywhere in INDIA.

For all other calls you need to pay extra as per rates of fixed lines of BSNL/MTNL.

And for calls from reliance to reliance after 400 free minutes will also be charged at rates of BSNL/MTNL. i.e. for a call from Mumbai to Delhi where earlier you were charged 40 paise per minute ,after your 1st 400 minutes you will be charged about approx. 9 rupees per minute. This will be even for a call from Reliance to Reliance.

Services like internet, call divert, NEWS channels, etc are free for 1st 3 years. But if u use internet for 5 minutes then, 5 minutes from your 400 free minutes will be deducted. Same goes for NEWS channels. Call waiting, call diverting.. Suppose you are using GSMmobile. & if u uses call divert service. Then for all the diverted calls you will have to pay air time of incoming calls. Same is here in Reliance for all diverted calls airtime will be charged. All these seem like pretty confusing isn’t it?

One side it is said it is all free & on other side ................

[vivek of themavericks]

Most of these was already in the public domain, like i always said in the previous boards - Please read the find prints and find out what they mean when they say \" conditions apply\". This reliance thing is nothing but a EMI scheme for a costly communication product. They have packaged the whole thing in a brilliant way. Thats what marketting is all about!