1) Idea postpaid 199 plan (corporate plan), maharashtra goa circle
tariff 199 (to be reduced to 180)
200 local calls (mobile, landline) free
beyond that, local calls 0.30, std 0.60.
200 sms free, local/national (optional rental pack of Rs. 30 for 200 addl. sms available)
beyond that, sms 0.30 (local, national) and 5.00 (international).
gprs plans suck. i think its 2p/kb for zero rental or theres a rental of Rs. 199 for 512 kb.
undoubtedly, best coverage in maharashtra goa. tried airtel, vodafone et al, nothing beats idea here. however idea roaming sucks in bangalore, bombay, delhi, calcutta.
2) tata docomo prepaid (basically for gprs)
same as arun mentioned in post #10. (copy paste from him in italics)
1p/sec local and STD ******* (can be reduced to 1p/2sec with 49 monthly voucher)
Sms - 60p for local and Rs 1.2 for STD ******* (he missed out on the good part - only first 3 local sms charged per day. next 100 free. 1p sms pack --> daily/weekly - Rs.2/Rs.10)
1 GB internet free every month for a year
277 mins free local calls to any tata number every month for a year. The free internet and T2T local calls came as a promo offer for a recharge of Rs 94 for a year.
tata docomo ISD - per second billing, and unlike idea ISD, doesnt start billing the moment number is dialled. billing meter only starts after call is picked up at other end.
tata docomo kinda sucks in maharashtra (but getting better all the time). but its good in bombay, and its non-roaming for us maha users there. i'm forced to shift to it once in bombay travels since idea roaming usually goes kaput. always found docomo signal quality good there. never received a single spam/unwanted sms, very ethical company and even got some award shaward for this. rightly so!!
3) reliance GSM prepaid
had this before i got docomo. nowadays its shared by family members.
0.50 all calls, 0.50 sms. too many unwanted smses even after applying for DND.
great network wherever i went (except calcutta) - but once in a while, charging from internet dont work out - just a few days back i refilled Rs. 55 from the reliance site - money left bank, never came to prepaid balance. that sort of thing happened a couple of times. best to buy recharge vouchers from pan shops for reliance gsm.