PLDT to launch bundled services to support fixed line business
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is launching an innovative fixed line service with a touch-screen tablet device and internet connection under one service plan, in a bid to kick-start its flagging landline business.
According to the company, the bundled ‘PLDT TelPad’ unit would include a handset that can serve as the charging dock for a seven-inch touch-screen tablet computer. Subscribers can use the handset or the portable tablet computer to make and receive phone calls and access over 100,000 online applications. This is with the unlimited broadband access of the bundled service. The operator’s new phone uses Google’s Android OS and has a 2GB storage facility, extendable via flash cards.
According to the group’s Senior Vice President, Eric R Alberto, the company hopes to establish a new market segment by encouraging early adopters to the new service. The company has packed the PLDT TelPad with features that will dramatically change how they use landlines. With its growing number of [so-called] ‘netizens,’ they think they are ready for an innovative service such as the PLDT TelPad,. The launch is part of the telco’s strategy to revive the relevance of fixed line telephony and to expand the value proposition of the landline in the home.
Majority of SIM cards sold in Mumbai are registered with fake documents (India)
The latest survey conducted by Mumbai Police revealed that 60% of prepaid SIM cards are acquired using fake documents.
According to Sanjeev Dalal, Mumbai Police Commissioner, Out of the 15,000 mobile connections surveyed, six in every 10 connections had submitted fake address and identity proof. It is worrying to find out that 60% of the 15,000 prepaid SIM cards were issued by vendors without proper verification of documents.
While telecom companies are going hard on mobile SIM resellers to achieve the set target of SIM card sales, Dalal commented that the resellers or vendors need to follow the rules and regulations with proper verification of address and documents of the SIM card buyer.
The police came into action after an email allegedly sent by the banned group Indian Mujahideen owning up the responsibility for the attacks outside the historic Jama Masjid in the national capital.
Internet connection of a mobile phone that had Tata Doccomo SIM card was used to send the email soon after the attacks outside the Jama Masjid. It was not clear if either prepaid or post-paid SIM card was used to send the mail.
