Reliance Infocomm Tie-up With Ndtv 24x7

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Reliance Infocomm tie-up with NDTV 24X7 for on the hour news

· RIM Customers get to view actual newscast through streaming video updates

· Besides round the clock news the customers can also view election updates

· The tie-up with NDTV 24X7 to continue beyond election period

DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai, May 12, 2004

Reliance Infocomm has tied-up with NDTV 24X7 to provide on the hour news updates of actual newscast with streaming video of NDTV news. Now, RIM customers can watch streaming video of election updates as well as other news coverage from NDTV news through R World on their multimedia enabled handsets.

"This is yet another initiative that demonstrates the capability of our high speed CDMA 2000 1x technology distinctively positioning Reliance IndiaMobile ahead of competition. With this tie-up RIM customers can enjoy round the clock streaming video of news on their handsets and this tie-up is not limited to election period," says Mr. Kaushik Roy, Head - Marketing, Reliance Infocomm.

RIM subscribers can view the latest NDTV video news clip by selecting NDTV 24X7 in the 'News' section of the main menu of R World. The 'News' section also sports attractive options of video news updates from CNBC and Aaj Tak TV channels as well as text based prominent 'Headlines' which RIM customers can customise as per their language preferences in as much as 8 regional languages.

Edited May 16, 2004 by Chirag