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Surana, Grand Atlantic team up for VoIP service

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Zia Askari

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HYDERABAD: Surana Telecom Ltd., a telecom equipment manufacturer, has tied up

with Grand Atlantic to facilitate net telephony within the region and is going

to launch what is stated to be India's first Voice over internet protocol (VoIP)

or Internet telephony service.

Surana netfone, a brand owned by the company's customer premises equipment

division, has tied up with Grand Atlantic for providing technical support.

"We have made an alliance with Grand Atlantic so as to offer an affordable

and reliable VOIP solution for the Indian space. The solution is priced at $ 200

and it would carry voice traffic over the Internet and Intranet without any

transmission delay. "Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of AP is going to

launch the service within a week's time," said, Narendra Surana, MD at

Surana telecom.

Users of the service need not have a STD or ISD connection. They just need to

be online for the phone to work, allowing them to make national and

international calls. The VOIP is going to cut down the communication costs

substantially.

"We are hoping high for this facility and expect more than 12,000

subscribers for the service within one year of operation. Initially we are going

to have 120 ports, with will accommodate 1,000 subscribers for the service. We

will ramp up the number of ports as the subscriber base increases," he

added.

Surana Telecom, a telecom equipment manufacturer is having a license to

provide Internet services in the state of AP. Since the government has opened up

its policies towards the VOIP, this initiative by the company is seen as a move

to reap the wide range of opportunities opened up in the VOIP space.

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