Category Archives: airtel

Protecting bandwidth and identity theft

May 17, 2013 – 2:27 pm

Imagine visiting a store or shop to buy groceries or clothes. You pay the bill, but some one else walks off with your purchases. The shop keeper instead of helping you, the customer, does everything he can to protect and support the thief, help him or her walk off with the stolen goods. How does [...]

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Mobile phones

March 15, 2011 – 5:49 am

Most banks and financial institutions want people to use mobile phones for transactions , but mobile phones are extremely unreliable and can be easily hacked. In the last few months at least  2 Nokia phones including a new Nokia C6  have become dead after receiving a phone call.  The Android based Dell XCD 28 is [...]

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Mobile Network connectivity

January 11, 2011 – 12:41 am

Though India has a large mobile network,  the connectivity is not very good. This is a message you get when you try to contact a valid mobile number  – Sorry the number you are calling is not a valid mobile number. The video link below shows a valid mobile number called and you can hear [...]

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Prepaid Airtel Blackberry internet plan

April 5, 2010 – 6:59 am

Though it is listed on their website, I am unable to activate Airtel Prepaid Blackberry Internet services.  I have provided the following details as requested by Airtel Blackberry customer support at Bb.Support@airtel.in 1- Customer Name 2- Blackberry Mobile Number 3- Alt. Number 4- Blackberry Model Number 5- PIN Number 6- IMEI Number 7- Circle 8- [...]

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Wireless Internet connection

August 23, 2009 – 2:06 pm

I have been searching for a reliable wireless internet connection for some time , which allows some amount of  flexibility while using it.   My requirements are simple , it should be a prepaid USB connection and should work in  Mumbai and Goa.  Since I do not view videos or download movies,  the connection should have [...]

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Airtel 290603 debit

August 12, 2009 – 11:46 am

Like a movie sequel , my Airtel  prepaid balance is  again being debited for  Rs 3  for Thought for the day service to which I have never subscribed. In June I was facing this Airtel prepaid problem and after repeated follow up, I managed to get a refund.  Now in the space of  30 minutes [...]

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