Music streaming service Saavn has added operator billing support for its premium service. (Hat tip: Ram) It charges you Rs 5 for a day, Rs 30 for a week and Rs 110 for a month of Pro Lite subscription that can be used to cache up to 3GB of songs for offline listening. The carrier billing option is available for Vodafone and Airtel connections, but it's not clear how the operator billing works as as I was able to activate it just by pressing 'accept', while Vikas had to enter his mobile number and then an OTP to activate the service. In his case, the transaction was powered by billing aggregator Qubecell that was acquired by Boku in November last year. It's also not clear why the operator billing option is not available for Saavn Pro. Saavn had earlier launched a paid subscription service, that had features like offline listening and syncing between multiple devices, in February last year. It then rolled out Saavn Pro Lite that offers offline caching without syncing, in July. With the new update, the company has also increased the amount of tracks you can cache from 1GB to 3GB for those subscribed to Pro Lite. You can stream audio only at a bit rate of 128 Kbps, but you can now cache audio at 320 Kbps via the service. Saavn competes against Times Internet's Gaana and Hungama in the streaming space. Gaana+ is priced at Rs 110 per month and is available on iOS and Android. Hungama meanwhile offers a monthly subscription…
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