IPL Matches Live On BSNL 3G

Yes you can watch Live IPL matches on your mobile phone if you have subscribed to Mobile Tv service of BSNL or MTNL in India.In other countries,check with your service provider for availability. Apalya Technologies,a Hyderabad based VAS company has been awarded exclusive mobile streaming rights from BCCI for covering DLF IPL matches on mobile.

In India Apalya Technologies has collaboration with BSNL & MTNL for Mobile TV services on their 2G and 3G services.BSNL & MTNL 3G customers can watch Live Tv on their mobile handsets.The tariff is very affordable and is on monthly subscription basis.There is no seperate download charges so it will not be heavy on pocket. So if you want to see live IPL matches on your mobile handset then go and take MTNL 3G connection if you are in Delhi & Mumbai and BSNL 3G if you are in some other city of India.

BSNL has launched live Tv on mobile with Apalya Technologies to BSNL’s 3G EDGE/GPRS customers. To avail this service, the customers having 3G, EDGE/GPRS need to send an SMS “MYTV”to 55447 and download mimobi.tv application. You can also download the application from http://59.162.166.210:8080/OTA/DownloadMimobiTV/

Apalya Technologies has tied up with leading media companies like NDTV, AAJTAK, CARTOON NETWORK, TIMES NOW, ZOOM, BINDASS, ETV, TV9, India Vision, MAATV, INDIA TV, CNN-Mobile to deliver wide varieties of contents for the end to end mobile TV & video solution to BSNL’s EDGE/GPRS Customers. The subscribers will be able to watch both Live TV and On Demand Video.

•SMS to 55447 ,a reply message with a link will be received.
•Click on the link to download application
•Application gets installed and can be seen in menu
•When clicked on mobile tv icon,list of Tv channels gets displayed
•Click on the channels and subscriptions plans are offered
•Select the plan and then enjoy watching tv on mobile


MIMOBI.TV is offered in three different packages-

Pay Per Day Package: Rs. 10 per day, access to a group of channels like TIMES NOW, ZOOM or AAJTAK, HEADLINE NEWS or only MAA TV or only TV9 etc. Pay Per Day package provides you the facility to watch any one favorite channel group for full 24 hours. You will not be able to choose more than one group in Pay Per Day subscription as it provides facility to access only one channel group per day. You can unsubscribe and add other Per Day Package. If you are subscribed for Pay Per Day package then next 24 hrs from the time you registered you can access to another channel group.

Monthly Package: Rs 150. Access to all available channels under basic package for one month. With Monthly subscription package, Customers are free to view all channel groups you wish to see that MIMOBI.TV provides for a whole month. Per Channel Package: Rs 50 per month, access to only specific channels. This subscription provides to view any one channel for a month.

To register for MIMOBI.TV, download MIMOBI.TV software. Then MIMOBI.TV icon will be available in your phone and click it to go through the registration process. Go to options button and select the Registration Plan. Select your subscription type either Monthly Plan or Pay-Per-View plan. You can activate MIMOBI.TV if you have a prepaid connection also,provided you have enough balance to get registered with it. MIMOBI.TV accessing is not dependent on access point. You just need to have model that MIMOBI.TV supports. To install and run the MIMOBI.TV you must have minimum of 2mb free memory.

Friends and Family on BSNL mobile

Friends and Family is a great feature in BSNL mobile. In which BSNL customer can call to any two BSNL nos for Rs.0.20/Min without any monthly rental. I think none of the opertor other than BSNL is giving such a facility for it's customers. The facility is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers.

To activate Friends and Family in your BSNL mobile


For Prepaid Mobile Customers of BSNL, Kerala

Send SMS FFE space < 1st No>space <2nd No> to 53733

For Postpaid Mobile Customers of BSNL, Kerala

Send SMS FFE space < 1st No>space <2nd No> to 53733

Note : The first number must be BSNL land phone number and the second may be land or mobile of BSNL

GPRS/MMS on BSNL Mobile

GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) offers high speed data services in GSM network. It uses Packet Mode Technique to transfer data and provides connectivity to Internet. Users will be able to browse Internet using handsets supporting Internet browsing. They will also be able use their e-mail accounts as is being done through landline Internet access. Also browsing of Internet from Laptops and Desktop computers is possible by connecting the computer with the GPRS enabled mobile handset through a data cable or Infrared connectivity.

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SMS GPRS to 53733

For automatic hassle free configuration of handsets for GPRS, click below ink and follow instructions.

Unlimited D/L for new Dataone Customers

India’s largest broadband service provider BSNL has thrown a surprise by announcing unlimited downloads for first 15 days of registration for those who register before March 31. However, the plan is applicable for new connections only.

Under the BSNL offer, the users who register for the service before March 31 will avail unlimited downloads at speeds of up to 2mbps for the next 15 days. And, it has also revealed that the new users will not be charged any registration charges for these connections.

After the 15 day period, the user’s original plan will continue. For the users who had opted for a plan that offers less than 2 mbps will get a speed upgrade for 15 days. The users will have to pay Security Deposit for the opted Broadband Plan and the Modem Security Deposit. It will be included in the first month bill. BSNL has also announced that the minimum period of hire for customers who avail this scheme would be one month.

BSNL offering Free Wi-Max Trial

BSNL is currently offering free WiMAX services in India. It will last until April 15, 2010 . Customers won’t be charged any monthly fee or modem rental fee for 30 days from the date of activation. It will offer free downloads of 400 MB and there is a security deposit of Rs.2000. The money will be refunded if the customer is not interested in continuing the WiMAX service.

BSNL Wireless Broadband offers flexible pricing plans and rates for usage. The network is adjustable as service and customer demands grow. The network is backed up by BSNL’s reliable hard line backbone network. BSNL offers mobile WiMAX services in rural and urban areas in India.

BSNL’s marketing effort to get subscribers is a bold effort and should help get subscribers for BSNL’s WiMAX services. It should be interesting to see what kind of impact this has because India is such a burgeoning market for WiMAX.