savramesh 37 Report post Posted January 15, 2010 Source MUMBAI: Tata Communications Internet Services on Thursday said it has tied up with Australia-based Wi-Fi zone solutions provider Tomizone to offer low-cost Internet to subscribers in India. The partnership would allow Tata Indicom broadband customers to set up Wi-Fi hotspots at their premises instantly, the company said in a press release. Users can also utilise their unused bandwidth by offering it to others for which they will get credit (of internet surfing time) on their account, which would subsidise the cost of broadband connection. "There is a need for higher penetration of Wi-Fi hotspots where laptop and Wi-Fi enabled-device users can connect to the Internet. Currently there are less than 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in India with Tata Indicom Wi-Fi having a share of over 50 per cent. Through this partnership, the number of such hotspots can grow manifold in a much shorter time," Tata Communications Internet Services COO Prateek Pashine said. India has one of the lowest broadband penetration rate in the world at about 0.6 per cent with 6.62 million subscribers as of June 2009. Tomizone will offer low cost Wi-Fi Internet access through an interconnected network. "We will usher in a Wi-Fi revolution that can create thousands of hotspots and enable lakhs of users to access blistering Internet on Wi-Fi technology in a more ubiquitous manner than today," Pashine said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aalok 442 Report post Posted January 15, 2010 Sir, Tomizone has already tied up with Reliance ADAG group Company - Reliance Webstores Ltd. Its the retail face of reliance communication having its own branding with the name of Reliance World (RW) - formerly known as Reliance Web World. As everybody is aware that RW offers Broadband Surfing like other Cyber cafes too, they set up the Wi-Fi hotspots in RW premisis itself. The user has to carry his/her laptop & surf after paying as per he needs.. i myself did that sometimes back as am a regular member of Reliance Worlds Broadband Centre.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted January 15, 2010 ^^^ so can we say Indicom if following Rcom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUDYEcaZ 67 Report post Posted January 16, 2010 ^^^ so can we say Indicom if following Rcom Indicom is just following the market Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
