was added in September 2008 in India, a total of close to 1 crore subscribers added in a month which is a world record.

The total connections in India is now above 31 crores (27.5% penetration) with Bharti Airtel the market leader itself accounting for 7.7 crore plus connections.

Source – Cellular News

BMC has a new project which allows mumbaikars to do just that.

The tax pay card is planned to be sold at railway stations and other outlets.

The project is expected to go live from April 2009.

Mumbai police is now using SMS on their mobile to access data about drunk drivers. They can query if someone is a repeat offender and add a new offender to a confidential database all using a mobile phone and using SMS.

Wow.

Source – 160characters

Airtel prepaid now has a great scheme by which you can recharge just your SMS amount.

Recharge with Rs.45 and you can send 450 sms to anywhere in India to any mobile. A great scheme if you are a heavy sms user.

To check the SMS balance the service key combination is *123*7# .

To avoid unwanted telemarketing calls, register your telephone number in National Do Not Call registry – Call 1909 and follow instructions.

From your phone send SMS START DND on 1909 -Reliance