Spice expanding its cellular network

Radhika Bhuyan

KOLKATA: Kolkata based cellular provider, Spice Telecom plans to invest Rs 25

crore in expanding its network. Under the expansion, Spice will increase the

number of base stations and switch capacity, which is currently at about

150,000. The investments will be made over a period of five months, by which

time the company’s customer base is expected to rise to over 100,000.

The company will soon be concluding deals with a few application service

providers (ASP) to provide high end messaging services to its customers. One of

the services will enable customers to access stock market information on non-WAP

handsets too.