Tata DoCoMo launchedGSM service in south India

Tata DoCoMo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), on Thursday launched its operations in Kerala. This is the second launch in south India after Chennai and Tamil Nadu circles on Wednesday.

The telecom operator has earmarked around $2 billion (around Rs 10,000 crore) for its pan-India GSM network rollout.

The company also introduced a wide range of products and services at the launch including 1 paise per second for all calls including local and STD on a pan-India basis.

It also announced the introduction of the pay-as-you-use advantage for many of its value added services like voice portals, 24 hour music, cricket commentary and voice chat among others.

In Kerala, the company plans to cover 493 towns and 516 villages.

Tata DoCoMo is a joint venture between telecom majors Tata Teleservices Ltd and Japan-based NTT DoCoMo.

Virgin Mobile Launched vLink CDMA USB modem at Rs. 2100

Virgin Mobile India, a joint venture between Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices, today announced its foray into the data segment with the launch of its USB modem 'vLink' priced at Rs 2,100.

The device, vLink, is a CDMA USB modem offering 1 GB data storage priced at Rs 2,100, Virgin Mobile India said in a statement.

vLink comes with a starter kit... Which includes free unlimited promo data usage time of 30 days. We have launched two tariff plans — Rs 801 per month (for unlimited data usage) and Rs 349 per month (with a facility of balance roll over to next month)," Virgin Mobile India Chief Officer (Handset, VAS and Procurement) Deval Parikh said. The second plan has a rate of 25 paise per minute (between 8 am-10 pm) and 13 paise per minute (between 10 pm-8 am), he added.


"vLink will offer instant connectivity on the move to the style conscious youth, be it students, professionals, SMBs or SOHOs...It is a carry-along device that will allow users to access internet anywhere as well as store their music, photos, videos etc," Virgin Mobile India Chief Executive Officer M A Madhusudan said.