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Tata Indicom
Launches MaiLite for BlackBerry Smartphone Users
New Silver data plan gives
customers unlimited Internet and instant messaging for just Rs. 299/- per
month
Bhopal, 13 August 2009: Providing more value options to its business and
retail customers, Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest growing
pan-Indian telecom service provider, today announced the launch of the new
Tata Indicom MaiLite data plan for BlackBerry® service subscribers. This new
Silver data plan provides customers with UNLIMITED data for accessing up to 10
supported email accounts, plus an optional BlackBerry email address, and
popular instant messaging (IM) services at the low monthly rate of just Rs.
299.
The MaiLite is a new rate plan available for the BlackBerry® 8830 and
BlackBerry® 8703e smartphones. The BlackBerry 8703e, with its solid voice and
data features, long battery-life performance, Bluetooth® support and full
QWERTY keyboard is now available from Tata Indicom for just Rs.9990/- and
offers an exceptional value with the MaiLite rate plan.
Commenting on the launch of the new BlackBerry offer, Mr. Pradeep Dwivedi,
Senior Vice President – Marketing, Tata Teleservices Limited said, “This is a
paradigm shift in the proliferation of email access by mobile users. I am
confident that this proposition will interest a broad range of users and we
are glad to offer them a competitive tariff and handset price for the
BlackBerry solution.”
Ms. Frenny Bawa, Vice President India, Research In Motion said, “RIM is
pleased to work with Tata Teleservices to bring this new BlackBerry data plan
to their customers. The MaiLite data plan will significantly help in
broadening the reach of BlackBerry smartphones and services in India.”
The Tata Indicom MaiLite data plan offers unlimited access to industry-leading
email and instant messaging features, allowing customers to access up to 10
supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts
such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail), plus an optional BlackBerry email
address, as well as various instant messaging services (including Windows Live
Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger) from their
BlackBerry smartphone.
About Tata Teleservices Limited:
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India's leading private telecom service
providers, having a pan-India presence. The company offers integrated telecom
solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom brand, and uses the latest
technology platform(s) for its wireless network. With a customer base of
nearly 38 million, Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)
Limited, covers over 325,000 towns and villages across all of India’s 22
telecom circles. In November 2008, Tata Teleservices entered into an agreement
with Japanese telecom major NTT DOCOMO, as part of which the Japanese company
acquired a 26% stake in TTSL for USD 2.7 billion. The transaction marks a key
step in the strategic evolution of Tata Teleservices, as it moves towards a
pan-India dual network presence. The company also recently announced a unique
reverse equity swap strategic agreement between its fully-owned telecom tower
subsidiary, Wireless TT Info-Services Limited, and Quippo Telecom
Infrastructure Limited—with the combined entity kicking off operations with
18,000 towers, thereby becoming the largest independent entity in this space
in the country. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes
mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and wireline
services.
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