"3G & Blackberry Service CANNOT work together on Blackberry device" Say IDEA CELLULAR

**parheez** · 05-14-2011, 05:12 PM

Hi All -
I just off the phone with the head of Blackberry service - idea cellular & he informed me that - 3G & Blackberry Service will not work together on Blackberry device as their servers have different APN....is there anyone on this group who has 3G & Blackberry service working together on idea Cellular?
Also if this is true - how are Service providers like Vodafone & Airtel providing the same...
Advise needed - All inputs welcome.
Thanks in Advance -
Parheez.

**Vivek@MobiBiz** · 07-05-2011, 03:23 PM

Hi. This does not make any sense, if a person is paying for 3G (Data spectrum) and BlackBerry Internet Services (which will use the data) why it should not work?
In my experience these service provider people usually do not talk any sense and talk gibberish. Airtel does provide Blackberry services in 3G. Call up the service providers and ask them if they provide BlackBerry Service in 3G spectrum, if idea has no idea about this then it's useless to use it.

**deadlyheart4u** · 07-07-2011, 08:41 AM

its correct, 3g and blackberry are 2 diff services

bb works using rim's canada based server, while if u need ot use 3g , u need the data plan activated and for that u have to do manual settings, cant club that for free in bbs plan for now.

**DirkPDY** · 07-23-2011, 11:42 PM

Hi. I have just been made to understand by Airtel customer care that the BlackBerry handset will NOT give 3G. Even though the "3G" logo is displayed the handset will not give the speeds and benefits of 3G. Apparently BlackBerry uses a 3G type that is technically not supported by Airtel or other networks in India. We will only get benefit of 3G when using it as a modem connected to a laptop.
So no use paying extra for 3G services if you use it only on the Blackberry device itself as you will only get speed equivalent to GPRS / EDGE.

**sachin** · 07-24-2011, 12:24 PM

Your info is wrong. I am using 3G on my Device on Airtel. Many others are also using it on different operators.

**DirkPDY** · 07-24-2011, 01:05 PM

@ Sachin. Could you please let me know how you are sure that you are using 3G on your BlackBerry? Have you run the diagnostic test to see your true 3G speed and connectivity? I got my info from Airtel BB technical support staff. They said that even if the 3G logo is displayed it does not indicate that you are really on 3G.
I would be very happy to be proven wrong. But I doubt that Airtel would give me wrong info.