Idea Cellular has soft launched its WiFi service in 5 select cities -- Ahmedabad, Cochin, Pune, Hyderabad, and Vizag. The company has launched both, prepay and postpay plans, and claims to provide upto 2MBPS of broadband speed. (Hat Tip: @benoyxj) Customers in those cities will have to call the Idea center or fill their contact details on the Idea Website. The Idea sales agent will then perform a physical visit to check the coverage at the installation address. If the area has coverage, the customer can apply for the connection. To apply, Users will have to pay one time non-refundable installation charges. Although the company has not disclosed installation charges, it's tariff plan page says that users will have to pay Rs.562 installation charges on 3 months validity plans and Rs 500 installation charges on monthly plans. Once installed users will get a unique user login Id & a random but unique password at the time of activation. On the first login to the Idea WiFi Customer Web Self Care portal, users will have to change the password. Tariff Plans Currently, the company has monthly and bi-annual plans on post-pay connection and three months and bi-yearly plans on prepaid connections. The postpay plans appear to be unlimited plans with a cap, and the download speed after bundled data usages throttles at 256KBPS or 512KBPS depending on the plan. It also offers a 3GB three months prepay plan for smartphone and tablets for Rs 550. WiFi Service in India In December 2012, there…
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