savramesh 37 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 Source Virgin Mobile India Limited, a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Teleservices and the UK-based Virgin Group, plans to invest Rs 500 crore over the next six months on its mobile operations in the country. The cellular operator, which has a presence in six telecom circles as of now, aims to extend its presence to around 1000 towns in all the 22 telecom circles across the country within two years. “We would invest Rs 500 crore in the next six months on our mobile operations in the country. The investment will be made in areas like sales, brand promotion, distribution channels and customer care”, M A Madhusudan, chief executive officer, Virgin Mobile India told reporters here at the launch of the company's GSM mobile services. He refused to comment on the number of targeted subscribers stating that Tata Teleservices was providing the combined subscriber base of all its mobile services brands including Tata Indicom, Tata Docomo and Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile, a youth focused mobile operator, intends to capture 10 per cent market share in the urban youth segment in the country. Virgin Mobile has rolled out its GSM mobile services in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Orissa. Right from the day of launch, Virgin will have a presence in 27 towns of Orissa. The operator will have a network of around 6,000 outlets in the state which will cater to 65 per cent of the urban youth population. Customers, who sign up for Virgin Mobile, can make local and STD calls within the network at 20 paise per minute. The tariff for local calls to other network has been fixed at 40 paise per minute and that of STD calls at 50 paise per minute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 ^^^ Every one wants to invest in telcos, what will happen to indian mobile market. Only user will get good rate !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saurav 22 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 Without incoming benefit there is nothig special in virgin. So why VIRGIN? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 Because its VIRGIN ,:rofl_200: I dont know the benefits of using it, as never thought of leaving RCDMA.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 probably 20 paisa per min onnet intracircle and intercircle call rate in gsm is an advantage Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 ^^^ You are forgetting daily rent Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr.Gagan 17 Report post Posted January 30, 2010 no, looking at it with long call angle lets say intercircle call of 30 min a day which maybe a USP for some users Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted February 1, 2010 probably 20 paisa per min onnet intracircle and intercircle call rate in gsm is an advantage But Virgin2Virgin STD comes with Rs1.5/day (Rs45/month)... Even RCom is giving 20p on-net Local/STD/Roaming @ Rs77/month... Considering the roaming benefits and the huge number of RCom users, the 32Rs difference is not huge imho... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
