Uninor Launches GSM Services in India
Uninor, a joint venture between Indian real estate major Unitech and Norwegian telecom group Telenor launched its GSM operations in India.
Uninor launched GSM services in 7 telecom circles simultaneously – Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Bihar including Jharkhand.
Unitech is a leading player in Indian real estate market and Telenor is the 6th largest telecom player in the world with 17.2 crore subscribers in 12 countries.
Uninor announced a very attractive call rates which is going to start another tariff war in Indian telecom sector which is already witnessed dramatic price cuts in the recent months after Tata Docomo’s 1paisa/second scheme and Reliance Communication’s Simply Reliance Plan.
Uninor rates are as low as 29 paisa for local calls and 49 paisa for STD calls.
Uninor Tariff Plans
Talklonger at 29p/min : In this subscriber has to pay a call setup charge of 39 paisa. For people to make less number of calls and talk more.
Callmore at 29p/min : In this plan you have to pay Daily Rs 2 rental to keep the low calling rates. For people who make more calls and talk less.
All other rates are same for both schemes like
Local Calls : 29 paisa/minute
STD Calls : 49 paisa/minute
Local SMS at 10 paisa(promotional offer) and National SMS at Rs 1.49.
Starter Kit is available at Rs 49 with lifetime validity (till 24-Jan-2028) and a talk time of Rs 5.
At present Uninor does not offer per second billing as pulse rate is 60 seconds.
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I find uninor cheaper as compared to others, also the customer service is great. the more i talk the cheaper it gets on uninor