Re: Advice Needed: Calling from India to US on a cellphone

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005, at 18:02:09 [GMT -0800] (13:02:09 Thursday, 10 November
2005 where I live) "Otto Pylot" wrote:

> What is the best way to obtain a SIM card for her to use?

Just be aware that India is a mish mash of carriers (or it was when I went
there last) with each city seeming to have an exclusive set of carriers, or
depending where you are, one carrier only.

Instead of selling licences on a national basis, the Indian bureaucrats
decided to go down this path, probably because it increased the opportunity
for graft and corruption.

So whatever sim works in Delhi, may not work elsewhere.

Dogfart wrote:

> Instead of selling licences on a national basis, the Indian bureaucrats
> decided to go down this path, probably because it increased the opportunity
> for graft and corruption.

Sounds like the U.S.! Some carriers are also now deploying CDMA in India.

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
news:4374f31f$0$54749$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net...
> Dogfart wrote:
>
> > Instead of selling licences on a national basis, the Indian bureaucrats
> > decided to go down this path, probably because it increased the
opportunity
> > for graft and corruption.
>
> Sounds like the U.S.! Some carriers are also now deploying CDMA in India.

Very similar to the US and similar to the US consolodation in the wireless
market is underway. So, some prepaid SIMs allow you to roam all over India
at a very reasonable rate. The CDMA carrier is Reliance:
http://www.relianceinfo.com/Infocomm..._homepage.html
which is the same company mentioned earlier for long distance calls to/from
India.

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Donald R. Newcomb
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