Reliance Communication, RCOM, India, launches the nation’s first BlackBerry services both on GSM and CDMA network. According to RCOM, the BlackBerry reach will extend to over 200 million prepaid subscribers in India.
So far the BlackBerry smartphones were available with Vodafone and Bharti’s post paid connections.
The telco introduces two tariff plans for the BlackBerry smartphone - Plan Rs 1,299 and Plan Rs 1,599, in which, Reliance to Reliance mobile local and intra-circle calls are free.
In Plan 1,299 call charges range from 49 paise to 99 paise for local and STD calls from Rcom to other networks. The international calls range from Rs 6.90 a minute to Rs 40 a minute depending on the country.
RCOM introduces first ‘pay as you use’ tariff model India, a strategy for expansion of BlackBerry services for cost - effective subscribers.
“We recognise the needs of customers and believe a prepaid option enabled by Reliance Communications will significantly broaden the consumer interest in BlackBerry smartphones and expand our business opportunity,” Reliance Communications President, Mobile Data and Content Services, Mahesh Prasad said.
The handsets available for the prepaid service are: BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone operates on both CDMA & GSM networks, The BlackBerry Curve 8330 smartphone on CDMA networks, The BlackBerry Curve 8300 smartphone on GSM networks and Blackberry Pearl smartphone for both GSM and CDMA network.
Wireless Federation » RCOM launches BlackBerry prepaid service for both GSM and CDMA subscribers (India)
RCOM launches BlackBerry prepaid service for both GSM and CDMA subscribers (India)
- September 17th, 2008
- 8:01 am
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