Tata Indicom arrives in Rajkot
Company press release, April 3, 2003
Rajkot
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‘Tata Indicom’ – the national telecom brand of India’s leading private basic telecom services provider Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), today announced commencement of its telephony services in business capital of Saurashtra, Rajkot. Tata Indicom offers CDMA based mobility, fixed wireless, fixed wireline & host of other telecommunications services in Gujarat.
Honorable Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. Vallabh Bhai Kathiria inaugurated the service by making the first call to H. E. Shri Sundar Singhji Bhandari, Governor Gujarat State. Mr. Jagrut Vyas, COO, Tata Teleservices Limited (Gujarat) and a host of dignitaries from Rajkot graced the event. A leading Bollywood dance troop also performed during this mega event. To give a local flavor, Sairam Dave entertained the audience with his humour.
Commenting on the Company’s business plan for Rajkot, Mr. Jagrut Vyas, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Teleservices Limited (Gujarat) said, “Rajkot is an important market for us, and we are confident of our success in the region. TATA Teleservices Limited is focussed on technology & people to address the telecom needs of consumer audiences and offer appropriate telecom solutions. Highly trained and motivated customer care professionals provide support operations in all target markets, seven days a week, around the year to the Tata Indicom customers. With an investment of Rs. 200 crore in Rajkot TATA Teleservices Limited plans to generate excellent job opportunities for the people of the region”
The TATA Indicom Public Office – a One Stop Shop from the Company, which provides a host of TATA Indicom products under one roof, is fully functional at Limdi Chowk in Kamdhenu Building. The Company has appointed Paramount Teleservices, Fine Teleservices & Jay Kay Teleservices as TATA Business Franchisees for Rajkot to provide better services to the customers.
TATA Teleservices Limited under the brand name TATA Indicom offers various Voice & Data services. TATA Indicom CDMA based mobility provides the benefit of a cellular phone at the cost of a landline. Some of the attractive packages launched by the Company are much economical than the landline call rates.
The TATA Indicom CDMA mobility services are accessible through compact feature rich CDMA handsets, which are easily available in the markets. The Company is offering a wide range of handsets from leading manufacturers like Kyocera, LG, Nokia and Eurotel, which can be purchased from TATA Indicom Public Offices or at TATA Business Franchisee Showrooms.
In one prevailing scheme ‘Indicom Royale’, a customer can subscribe for a CDMA based mobile service with an initial payment of Rs. 2,600 only. With monthly rental of just Rs. 450.00, the scheme also offers host of value added features like CLIP, CW, CF etc free of cost along with 570 free minutes. Another unique features of this scheme is it offers local calls at Rs. 1.10 per three minute call & STD calls at local rates made on any Tata Indicom phone. The international calls would offer 20% discount under this scheme.
In ‘Indicom Privilege’ package, customer can go mobile by paying just Rs. 3600 and with a monthly rental of Rs. 599, he gets 1200 minutes free and rate of Re. 1/- per three minutes call. The customer will also get all other benefits as per ‘Indicom Royale’ scheme.
The company also offers standard package and other plans like Indicom 450 & Indicom 599 to cater to various individual requirements. The company also offers Fixed Wireless Telephone (FWT) services and its available throughout the city with no wiring or cabling needed, quick installations are possible. Customers subscribing to this service will get a feature rich telephone instrument with phone book memory, CLIP etc. The company offers various attractive packages for FWT services as well like TIF 499, TIF 999, Talk Super Value & Talk Unlimited.
To subscribe to FWT service from TATA Indicom under any of the schemes, customer needs to pay one-time installation charges of Rs. 1000.00 and a security deposit of Rs. 3000.00, which includes deposit for feature rich FWT set as well. In TIF 499, the monthly rental is Rs. 499.00 and customers get 275 local call units free. In TIF 999, the monthly rental is Rs. 999.00 and customers get 700 free local call units free per month. Another unique feature of this scheme is after 700 calls all local calls would be charged @ Rs. 1.10 per three minutes call. In these two schemes customers will enjoy 20% discount on international call charges. In Talk Super Value, customers pay monthly rental of Rs. 999.00 and get 1000 free local call units per month. In Talk Unlimited, customers need to pay monthly rental of Rs. 2500 and get unlimited free local calls. Under all these schemes customers will get value added services like CLIP, Call Waiting & Call Forwarding etc. without any additional cost.
While tariff plans for Indicom’s Wireline Telephone services are similar to FWT schemes. The only difference is in the security deposits for various services. While in Indicom 499 & Indicom 999 security deposit is Rs. 2800.00 (inclusive of ISD services, without ISD its Rs. 1800.00), the deposit in Talk Super Value & Talk Unlimited is Rs. 1800.00 only. The TATA Indicom Wireline service also offers 3 way conferencing facilities free of cost to the subscribers.
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is India’s leading private basic telecom service provider promoted by Tata Industries Limited. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom brand and is using the latest CDMA 3G1X technology for its wireless network. Operating in six states i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu, the company has a customer base of over 5,40,000. With a view to significantly enhance the state of telecom infrastructure in the country, the Tata Group is investing over Rs. 10,000 crores in basic telephony infrastructure and technology. TTSL enjoys the unique distinction of having connected over 3000 villages with VPT’s (Village Public
Telephones), which is the highest among all private basic telecom operators in the country.
Tata Teleservices Limited is the first private telecom operator to provide basic telephony in Gujarat. Launched in December 2002, the company is providing services in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot & Gandhinagar and will soon launch services in Jamnagar, Gandhidham, Bardoli, Vapi & Navsari. The company has planned an investment of Rs. 1006 crores for Gujarat to develop state-of-the-art telecom infrastructure.
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