We reviewed the Airtel India One plan earlier. While the plan was decent, there were two major concerns with the plan: High administrative fees ($3.99) Low validity of only 30 days to use up the 600 minutes. Airtel seem to have listened to this feedback and revised its India One plan to at least (partially)...

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We recently reviewed Airtel’s India One calling Plan, where Airtel was offering 1cent/min to India. However, the India One plan had several shortcomings: There was a monthly rental of $3.99, i.e. you got calling credit of only $6 for every $10 that you spent. Further, the calling credits expired within 30 days. Raza, one of...

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These are good times if you are looking to call India. I had talked earlier about ActionVoIP offering ultra cheap calls to India, but the complaint there was the unreliability of Betamax. If you did not want to trust Betamax, you could use Jaxtr Freeconnect which provided free calling to India and several other countries....

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I had written earlier about why a complete (or even a large scale) switchover to VoIP is not a plausible option under the current scenario. That belief is continuously being reinforced. I had signed up for Airtel Callhome and have been using it for some time. Although their rates are not the best, I use...

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Let me first wish all the readers a very happy Diwali and a great year ahead!!! If you are wondering what is Diwali, it is probably the most important Indian festival, often referred to as the festival of lights. Trueroots, a VoIP offering from the house of TATA, has a promotion going on during this...

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By now you would have all read about the relaunch of the MTNL (Indian telecom company) VoIP service in its new avatar, Pigeon. MTNL has been offering this service for about an year without any brand name. Realizing the importance of marketing and impressed with the response that MTNL received to its VoIP offering, the...

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In the crowd of Rebtels and the Jajahs of the world, we often forget about some other good VoIP providers. Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator, is offering free 30 minutes trial to register on their site. Thanks Vinita, for sharing this with us. You can fill in the form here. Airtel Callhome is a virtual...

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