Now choose your STD/ISD carrier

You’ll soon get to choose the cheapest STD and ISD tariffs, irrespective of your service provider.

After recommending the opening up of Internet telephony services, telecom regulator TRAI this week will mandate that telcos offer subscribers the freedom to choose their carrier for making long-distance calls, whether domestic (STD) or international (ISD).

Even players like Gail, RailTel and Power-Grid that have long-distance backbones can offer this facility, along with telcos that provide customer access.

What will 3G mean for you

The 3G guidelines rolled by government is set to revolutionize India’s mobile phone services and take it to the next technological level.

The 3G policy announcement paves the way for high-speed mobile connectivity in the country, keeping in mind that 3G offers greater capacity and efficiency than the current 2G systems.

Let us look at some tit-bits of 3G:

# What exactly is 3G?

# What can you do with 3G?

# 2G Vs 3G services

# Pricing of 3G models in India

# How soon can you get 3G in India

# Mobile WiMax threadt to 3G