www.WirelessFederation.com/news: BlackBerry Curve 8520, the handset which was anticipated to be launched by Vodafone UK soon, will reportedly be available for free with all tariff plans of the operator. At any rate, the 8520 is available right now from Vodafone UK on monthly plans starting at £25.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), a joint venture between Sistema (LSE: SSA) of Russia and Shyam Group of India, today launched a ground breaking special tariff voucher (STV), “One MTS, One India”, for MTS subscribers in India. Priced at an incredibly low and unmatched price of Rs 11, subscribers can make local and STD call within their network at a uniform price of 35 paise per minute.

Speaking about the new tariff plan, Mr. Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing Officer of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited said, “Our brand is build on the value, that consumers need quality product with a simple and honest price. The “One MTS, One India” is a simplified tariff and billing plan, and offers our customers the flexibility of talking at one price point across India. What you see is what you will get there are no hidden costs. We are already getting queries for providing on-net call discounts between our markets and are responding to this demand now rather than waiting until we have full national coverage.“ (more…)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: O2 Ireland has revealed the pricing details of the new Apple iPhone 3G S, which will be available on its network from 26 June. The cost of the 16 GB model will start at EUR 79 with the most expensive postpaid iPhone 700 plan at EUR 100/month, and rises to EUR 199 for the cheapest plan at EUR 40/month offering unlimited on-net calls and SMS. all the 5 iPhone tariff plans offer 1GB of data use and unlimited access to Bitbuzz Wi-Fi spots every month. These tariffs also require an 18-month contract.
for the 32 GB model the price starts from EUR 169 with the most expensive plan and rises to EUR 299. The top two plans offer a choice of one of four extras: unlimited on-net calls, SMS, landline calls or off-peak calls.
The prepaid subscribers will have to pay EUR 519 for the 16GB model and EUR 609 for the 32GB model.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Reliance Communications, the Indian mobile operator, has launched a new tariff plan for its GSM prepaid subscribers. The tariff which costs Rs 45 per month enables subscribers to make calls anywhere in India for just Rs 0.50.
The tariff voucher is available for Rs 16 with a validity of 60 days, said Santanu Chakrabarty, Regional Head, MP, CG and Orissa circles, Reliance Communications.
After the coupon is activated Rs 1.50 per day will be deducted from the credit of the subscriber, which comes to Rs 45 over a month. Under the plan for the first minute the calls will be charged at Rs 1 for local calls and Rs 1.50 for STD calls. Whereas from second minute onwards the call rate will be only Rs 0.50 for any call made anywhere in India.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: TracFone is offering 1,000 wireless minutes, 1,000 texts/MMS and 30 MB of data over Verizon’s network for just $30 a month. This new tariff plan is dubbed as “Straight Talk,”. For the tariff plan the subscriber needs to have a special mobile handset three are available, from $30-$100. There are other freebies, like free 411 calls, which normally cost $1.50 apiece or more.
The deal is being known as one of best bargains in the business. According to an analyst the Straight Talk is an advantage for the Verizon network. The plan which is priced at $30 is significantly cheaper in comparison to other prepaid offers including Boost’s super-hot $50 offering.
Straight Talk can be purchased through Wal-Mart, or via the Web (www.straighttalk.com). The service is doing a limited rollout; for now it’s only available in limited markets, including Atlanta, Phoenix and Denver.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vivatel, the Bulgarian mobile operator, has introduced three new mobile internet add-ons and a mobile internet subscription plan. The monthly tariffs for the add-ons are set at BGN 5 for the Data 30 MB pack, BGN 10 for the Data 150 MB and BGN 20 for Data 750 MB, while over the limit usage is charged BGN 0.30 per MB.
Vivatel has also launched the Traffic 750 MB subscription plan which offers 750 MB for BGN 20 per month. Traffic 750 MB joins Vivatel’s other two mobile internet tariff plans, namely Traffic 5 GB (36 BGN per month) and Traffic 15 GB (59.90 BGN per month). Vivatel’s Traffic plans are aimed at both residential and business subscribers.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone Essar, the Indian mobile operator, has introduced three new monthly rental plans for its postpaid subscribers based in Kolkata and West Bengal. The first offer dubbed as Budget 500, the subscribers will receive 1000 minutes in a combo of local and STD calls along with 100 local SMS. The Budget 750 plan will offers 1500 minutes in a combo of local and STD calls along with 200 local SMS, and the Budget 1000 plan will give 2050 minutes in a combination of local and STD calls along with 500 local SMSs.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Avea has introduced a new tariff plan dubbed as ‘Isiniz Rahat’, targeting the SMEs and large firms. At a monthly fee of TRY 35 (VAT included), Avea subscribers who plan to activate this tariff plan will receive 3,500 on-net minutes, 350 minutes to other operators and 1,000 minutes to fixed lines.
New subscribers will be offered same service for a tariff of TRY 43 per month.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: E-Plus, the German mobile operator has introduced a new promotional campaign for a new tariff dubbed as Funsation, using posters. The new tariff plan is priced at EUR 5/month and offers calls at a minute fee of EUR 0.05 within Germany in combination with a 24 months contract.
SMS charges stand at EUR 0.19/SMS and Funsation offers two SMS options including free on-net SMSs for EUR 5 a month and 100 SMSs per month to other German mobile networks for EUR 10 a month.
The tariff is available until 31 May and subscribers will have to fulfill the Bring-Mit option, finding a friend that signs up for Funsation within 30 days as well.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telenor Sweden, has unveiled two prepaid offers for its subscribers who talk or SMS a lot. The first service dubbed as Talk More offers free on-net calls and a minute fee of SEK 0.29 for calls to Swedish fixed and mobile networks and SMSs being charged at SEK 0.69/SMS.
The second option is Messaging More option which offers 3,000 free SMSs within Sweden plus a minute fee of SEK 0.29 for calls within Sweden.
Both the offers are have a validity of 30days, after the subscriber tops up its call credit with SEK 150, SEK 300 or SEK 500.
The two offers can also be combined with Telenor’s Easy prepaid service offering a minute and SMS fee of SEK 0.59 plus a bonus of SEK 59 after every fifth top-up. This tariff can be topped up with SEK 100, SEK 200 or SEK 500.