copperco2 24 Report post Posted December 1, 2007 its a real good news.. affordable mobility will surely help in increasing the mobile density in the country and internet use will explode like never before... http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/nov/30tata.htm November 30, 2007 05:14 IST CDMA services provider Tata Teleservices [Get Quote] Ltd (TTSL) is taking the tariff war to a new turf with the launch of low-end handsets priced around Rs 2,000 with internet connection. The company will charge around Rs 100 per month for its services, the lowest in the country for browsing the Net over mobile phones, compared with the existing tariffs of around Rs 500 per month charged by other service providers. The Tata group company has entered into a tie-up with Opera Mini, a global mobile browser developer, and CDMA software major Qualcomm for the chipset. "We have tied up with Opera Mini for the browser, while the company will also provide back-end and server support. We are using Qualcomm's single chipset (QSC) to rollout the services that would be initially available on select handsets," Pankaj Sethi, president (value-added services), TTSL, said. Initially, the service would be available on Huawei 2900i, priced at Rs 1,999 and other low-end handsets that would be rolled out by the company. At present, internet services are also available on Samsung Explore, which is priced at Rs 5,499. "This would be cheapest internet connection over mobile phones in India, if not in the world," added Sethi. An unlisted company, TTSL is adding around 1 million customers per month and, at present, has over 20 million subscribers across 22 circles in the country. Industry analysts said this would be the cheapest internet service even though firms such as Bharti Airtel [Get Quote], Reliance Communications [Get Quote] and BPL Mobile provide internet over mobile phones, the lowest rates would hover around Rs 400 per month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted December 1, 2007 ^^^ @copperco2 Thats really a great news my dear friend. Many users will get benefitted with this offer at cheap surfing rates. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted December 2, 2007 Perhaps now TATA has understood power of CDMA technology. If used wisely then CDMA can earn far more money to them and far more facilities to consumers atleast on data side. Reliance yet to realize that providing cheaper data on CDMA can be great revenue earner for them. RWORLD is closed ended approach. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted December 2, 2007 ^^^ I'm eagerly waiting for Reliance to reduce the rates of its Data services. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
