Hello, ki position Nomad, Emtel, MTML, DCL?

@ MBS: While I agree with you that the govt should reduce taxes on telecommunication companies, but it’s worth noting that those companies pay corporate tax (@15%) just like any other company. The govt should reduce corporate tax on all companies to about let say between 3-5% to encourage growth. However the govt should tax the dividends distributed by those companies(to around 40-60%)and it should not be borne by the company itself but only by those who receive them as currently anybody who receives dividends, whatever the amount may be, pays Rs 0 as tax…
Last year the ‘independent’ subsidiary of MT, Cellplus, operating under brand name orange, made more than Rs1.1 billion as profits. It paid around Rs170 million as corporate tax and Rs 900 millions as dividends…A simple calculation shows you how much is left for improving the network…

@ atish: I have been using unlimited wap from emtel. Here are my observations when I tried it using my nokia N70…
Connectivity
7am to 5.30pm: Speed quite good with some connection errors from time to time
5.30pm to 10pm: Speed greatly reduces (because of peak hours) and the connection resets very often (i.e. the page stops to load midway or the phone disconnects to the network)
10pm to 12am: Slight improvement in speed however connection is still unstable
12am to 6am: Great speed, good for surfing, almost no disconnection

Speed using 3G network
Average speed is 20kBps during non-peak hours and 1-5kBps during peak hours. When I use a download accelerator I can achieve a max of 40kBps (384 kbps) i.e. the maximum speed that my phone can reach…

Speed using GPRS/EDGE network only
Average speed is 1-5kBps during peak and non-peak hours even if use a download accelerator it rarely exceeds 10kBps (instead of around 25kBps i.e. 236 kbps for EDGE networks) This means they probably limit your bandwidth on these networks

Ports open
Only three ports are open as far as I know:
The default port for FTP
The default port for HTTP (port 80)
The default port for HTTPS (port 443)

All other ports are closed. This means that MSN messenger or any other messenger, youtube mobile and other video streaming website wont work…Alternatively you can sign in to MSN messenger from your phone browser but your friends wont be able to contact you unless you start to chat with them( This will open a new page on your browser and you will be able to chat with only one person at a time unless your phone browser supports multiple windows or tabs) If you dont have a mobile browser that have flash support, the only way to access youtube videos is to tether your phone to your computer and use your WAP connection to browse the desktop version of youtube website. You can use a download accelerator to download your video as the frequent disconnection will make your video stop midway.

Conclusion
Emtel unlimited wap is good if you are a casual mobile internet user and if you own a 3G phone or it’s even better if you have a HSDPA phone… It is not recommended for someone who has a GPRS/EDGE/2G phone or needs a speedy connection at any time… Zis pou glaC avek sa :P… However since I subscribe for that, I have installed opera mini 4.2(best mobile browser I have known to date), Gmail client for mobile phones (supports UOM student mail too!!!! 😉 and google maps to max out my connection 😉

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