Airtel's Group Call: 9 People at the Same Time

Airtel has made a new addition to the cellular service feature set and for once, it has nothing to do with being lifetime free incoming or outgoing. Though, it does come pretty close - it’s latest ‘Group Call’ service lets its subscriber(s) have conference calls with upto 9 people simultaneously and also send the entire group SMSes. While the cost of the Airtel Group Call service is yet unknown, there is a monthly fee of Rs. 99 and a startup cost of Rs. 250, which is required to upgrade your SIM card to a 64k variant that’s required by the service. Group SMSes cost only Rs. 2.50 each. As of now, its Karnataka only, but they’ll obviously come to the other metros soon enough. EFYTimes has more dope on all this. The service uses California-based Kodiak Networks’ Real-Time Exchange (RTX) system that offers features such as instant availability, quick groups, contact and group management in addition to the conference call (voice bridge) and group SMS features listed above. More details can be found in the press release here. (Pic courtesy: EFYTimes.com)