TRAI Issues draft Regulations on Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in INDIA

The TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) today issued draft Regulations to facilitate Mobile Number Portability (MNP) implementation in India.

MNP (Mobile Number Portability) allows a user to change mobile operator without changing the mobile phone number. It means if you are using BSNL number and want to switch to Airtel service without changing your BSNL number, you can do it with MNP facility. This facility has already been successfully working in many countries.

The draft regulations may be called as Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009.

Under this regulation, A mobile subscriber shall be eligible to make a request for porting his mobile subscriber number upon expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of activation of his mobile connection.

Soon we can expect this service available in INDIA. How would it work?
Lets take an example to Porting a BSNL number to Airtel number.

Every mobile subscriber (BSNL) desirous of porting his mobile subscriber number shall make a request in writing to the concerned Recipient Operator (Airtel) or its authorized agent in such format as may be specified by such Recipient Operator.

The Recipient Operator, upon receipt of the porting request of a subscriber, should carry out subscriber verification in respect of the subscriber making the request for porting of the number in the same manner as required for the acquisition of a new subscriber, within five days of receipt of the porting request.

Upon verification, The Recipient Operator has to forward the request to the donor operator (Current number, in this case your BSNL number) for seeking its clearance.

After request, the donor operator shall verify and communicate the details to the MNP service provider within two working days.

Upon receipt of the communication from the Donor Operator, the MNP will decide to accept or reject the application. If accepted for MNP, the mobile operators will communicate with you about the date and time of the porting.

Details: (Copy and paste the complete link)
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/690/pr30june09no57.pdf
http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/Regulations/87/draftregulation30june09.pdf

Rebtel offers 15 minutes to Iran to existing and new users with voucher code iranelection

To support the recent developments in Iran, Rebtel is giving opportunity to call Iran for no cost by redeeming the voucher code "iranelection" which is available for all existing users as well as new users and will expire on 29th of June.

New Users (15 minutes to Iran + 5 Welcome Minutes)

1. Go to http://www.rebtel.com/
2. Click ‘Try Now’ and sign up with Rebtel
3. Login to rebtel and then click add credit
4. Click on redeem now under "Got a voucher code or gift certificate?"
5. Click the blue Rebtel heart, enter the voucher code iranelection and click ‘Redeem now’
6. Call your loved ones free of cost and make sure they are OK

Existing Users (15 minutes to Iran)
Follow from step 2-6 as mentioned for new Users

As a fair use policy, each and everyone that decides to redeem the voucher code will receive 15 minutes of free calls each. New users that are currently not Rebtel users will in addition also receive the usual 5 Welcome Minutes. Once redeemed, the 15 minutes to Iran will be valid for 14 days.

Details: http://blog.rebtel.com/2009/06/22/tech-over-tyranny/

Zenofon Update, Free calling credit reduced to $5 and will further reduce to 1.25 USD

In my last post, I talked about zenofon offering 10 USD free calling credit to new users referred by the referral link. Since the number of Zenophytes have reached 2000, they are are lowering the free trial credit from $10 to $5. When they will hit 3,000 Zenophytes, it will be further drop down to $1.25 free credit. They plan on dropping that further when they hit 5,000 Zenophytes. So make it hurry and register as soon as possible.

Referral link to get $5 or $1.25 extra credit:
http://www.zenofon.com/?WI1YG

Around 112 lucky readers of this blog registered with zenofon and could get 1120 USD worth free talk time, apart from this they also got some referral bonus from their friends.

If you are reading this blog quite late, then I request you to register immediately to get the maximum benefit and also you should tell your friends to join fast so they get the free $5 not just $1.25.

$5.00 Free for first 100 zenofon facebook fans

If you become our fan on Facebook, (page is Zenofon.com) they will give you $5 extra to try. This offer only applies to our first 100 fans.

Zenofon offers n tier referral credit, It means when they refer your friend and he makes first call then it will trigger a $1 zeno commission. You will get 50 cents, the person who referred you will get 25 cents, the person who referred them 12.5 cents, dividing by 50 percent up the line back to the beginning. So refer as many friends you can refer.

Zenofon.com offers $10 totally free call credit to make International calls

Zenofon LLC is a startup technology company based out of Brooklyn, NY and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil is offering 10 USD free trial call credit to the new USA users, so Join now and get a $10 free credit. No obligation, no credit card needed to try ZenoFon's service.

Click here to Join Zenofon

UPDATE: User limit reached for $10 free credit, now offering only $5 for next 1000 users and then $2.5 for the next 2000 (click here for details)

The bonus credit is only through referral or Invitation, so you must use this link for the resitration and see the following during registration.

Invite code: WI1YG
Invite friend: freevcalls

Thanks to the anonymous user for leaving a comment, if he reads this mail them please write me a mail (meravikas-at-gmail.com)

Zenofon Services
-No Pin Needed

-USA Access numbers

They give only USA access numbers, so you can call from any number from any company of USA like Fixed phone, At&t

Alltel, Boost mobile, Cellular One, Cricket, Go/Cingular (prepaid), Metro PCS, Sprint/Nextel, T-mobile, T-mobile ToGo, Tracfone, U.S. Cellular, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless Pay as you go, Virgin Mobile

-Change your Caller-ID

Pick the caller-ID that shows up when you call people. Keep people on a need to know basis.

-Callback to Save Minutes

Depending on your cellphone plan it might be cheaper to have Zenofon call you, rather than have you call us. Just call the local access number and hang-up the phone after you hear bip bip sound (before the message "Zenofone is now connecting your call"

-Comparable Rates

Rates are not as promising as offered by other betamax services, You can try to see the quality of call with free $10. If you like more credits, you can buy using your credit card.

-Invite and get commissions

This is the most important part. Zenofon only allows new members by referral. Each time a new friend joins based on your referral you can get commissions. Get commissions from your friends, friends you friends invite and so on. So Don't forget to invite your friends and earn commission which can be redeemed for the free calls. You get 50 cents for each friend you refer. So if you refer 10 friends, you get 5 USD free.

Enjoy free calling with the zenaphone and start earning free calls by referring your friends.

Yupeephone freedom plans for India, Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan and Pakistan and 10% promo or discount Coupon code for new customers

Yupeephone offers cheap calls to many destination worldwide, it offers 1.65 cents per minute calls to India mobile under pay as you go plan. Apart from this it also gives out 200 minutes free call with the purchase of $20.00 or more. Apart from that they are also offering monthly calling plans

India Calling Plans
Baby Freedom Plan ($19.95/month with 1200 minutes)
Family Freedom Plan ($39.95/month with 3000 minutes)

Bangladesh Calling Plans
Baby Freedom Plan ($19.95/month with 700 minutes)
Family Freedom Plan ($39.95/month with 1600 minutes)

Pakistan Freedom Plan ($39.95/month with 650 minutes)
Iraq - Jordan Freedom Plan ($39.95/month with 2000 minutes)

Click here to visit yupee phone website and get 10% discount.

If you are planning to buy credit from yupeephone then why not use to use the promocode to get additional 10% discount from for the readers of freevcalls.

After that you can select the plan which you like, You can try yupeephone with the minimum purchase of $2.00, then you can use the discount code.

Yupeephone Coupon Code is: b04e35fe

You can use this discount code while registration where you see these lines under your shopping cart.

If you have a promo or discount code enter it here (valid for new customers only).

After entering the coupon code make sure that you get 10% Discount before confirming your order. If you do not see the discount code, then it might be possible that you have entered wrong coupon code and then you can try again.

LowCaller for Symbian Nokia phones, Make direct calls from you mobile using betamax access numbers

The recently introduced feature of the betamax services is "Nokia Phone: LowCaller", which allows you to make calls from your mobile exactly the same way as you do now. No need to dial the betamax access number or storing the same contact as a new number.

This service does not use any internet 3g, GPRS data plan. It will only by pass the step of dialing the local access number from your mobile and you will be charged the local rate for that call. So try this feature only when you have unlimited or free minutes to call to local access number.

To use the lowcaller, you need to download & install this application. You can download this for your Nokia (and most other Symbian devices) N series, E series phone like N78, N85 etc.

Click here to downlaod, alternatively you can visit your corresponding betamax service and download the Lowcaller_v1.sis file.

For more information visit http://www.lowcaller.com/info.php

After installation you can view or change the LowCaller settings.

On your mobile phone go to Menu --> Applications --> LowCaller.

• Active: enable or disable LowCaller
• Autostart: starts LowCaller when you switch on your mobile phone
• Local Access Number: displays the geographic access number; this cannot be changed
• Use Local Access Nr: select to use LowCaller for all calls or only when you are calling abroad
• Ask me: select if you want LowCaller to automatically redirect all calls via the local geographic number or to ask before every call

Using the LowCaller is disabled when you are abroad and roaming on a foreign network.

At this time Lowcaller is only available in these countries:

1. Austria
2. France
3. Germany
4. Ireland
5. Netherlands
6. Switzerland
7. United Kingdom

myOnlineCall offers 50 cents start bonus to call for free

myOnlineCall is a German company offering 50 cents worth free call to its new users, You can take advantage of this promotion to make at least one call free to your country. For India this call could last around 15 minutes which is equivalent to one normal paid call. However you can use this service for as many calls you want.

1. To start myOnlineCall please fill out the registration form on their website. (http://www.myonlinecall.com/)
(The main website is in German; however the website is available partly in English to attract international customers. Click on the British flag to find the website in English)
2. You will receive an eMail with a confirmation link. Please click on this to activate your account.
3. Begin calling with the 50 cents free credit given to you.

If you are interested to buy some credits, then Buy a PaySafeCard with an arbitrary amount to charge your account.
Login to myOnlineCalls and charge your account. You can use the phone immediately.

Enjoy free calling.