Government to look into Airtel's plan to charge for internet calls

"We will look into it. Government will come back with structured response," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on the sidelines of 'Good Governance Day' event organised by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology.
  
He was responding to media questions on Airtel's plan to charge for VoIP calls at standard rate of 4 paise per 10 KB on 3G network and 10paise per 10 KB on 2G network.
   
Airtel customers will now have to pay extra for making calls on Skype, Viber or other apps.
  
"All internet/data packs or plans (through which customer can avail discounted rate) shall only be valid for internet browsing and will exclude VoIP (both incoming/ outgoing). VoIP over data connectivity would be charged at standard data rates of 4p/10 KB (3G service) and 10p/10 KB (2G service)," Airtel said on its website.
   
Based on standard rates, usage of each GB of data for VoIP on 3G network will cost about Rs 4,000 and while the same on 2G netwrok will cost about Rs 10,000.

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Samsung all set to bid adieu to its ChatON messaging service

The social media generation has paved way for variegated messaging applications that transcend the global barriers to connect people without incurring hefty costs.  

    

Although, ChatON application is officially available in more than 120 countries in 62 languages, but still the pushed in service is finding it hard to strive against other well liked Android applications and hence its  unpopularity amongst the users had called for its doomsday.

ChatON will be reportedly discontinued in all markets except US from February 2015 onwards. The pre-positioned factor of the messaging service has immensely contributed to the populace of 100 million subscribers of the application. Other instant messaging apps like Whatsapp, Hike, BBM and Line are getting more positive response.

Unlike ChatON, the orange service is available on several mobile platforms including Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Android, iOS and more and can also be accessed via web client. It's ability to recall messages, you can create animated messages and location sharing feature make it more attractive and accessible.

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