TTSL offers CDMA services at Rs 2600

Rahul Gupta

MUMBAI: Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL) has announced a new offer for CDMA Mobile Services under its brand TATA INDICOM. With this offer, customers can get a CDMA Mobile connection including the handset at an initial cost of only Rs 2,600. Tata Indicom has now under its fold over 4,65,000 customers spread across six circles of the country.

The offer makes available CDMA handsets, provided through TTSL's vendors, at very affordable costs thus

eliminating the single biggest limiting factor in the growth of CDMA Mobile service.

Further, customers going mobile today by availing this offer can look forward to a host of other attractive schemes shortly. The offer is being launched simultaneously in all the five circles where TTSL is offering the CDMA Mobile service: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi.

The offer has two options for the customer to choose from, depending on one's requirement.

• TATA Indicom 2000: Customers can go mobile by paying only Rs 2,600. This
  
  includes a non-refundable deposit of Rs 2,075 and an activation fee of Rs 525. The monthly rental under this offer is Rs 450. Customers need to pay Rs 150 per month towards handset recovery charges over 24 months. Customers can avail 190 free local calling units (equivalent to 570 minutes of free calls). Moreover, in this offer, charges for outgoing calls (i.e. after using up 190 free calls) are lower at Rs 1.10 per three-minute call.

• TATA Indicom 3000: Customers can go mobile by paying only Rs 3,600. This includes a non-refundable deposit of Rs 3,075 and an activation fee of Rs 525. The monthly rental is Rs 599 and customers need to pay Rs 250 per month towards handset recovery charges over 10 months. Under this offer, customers can avail 400 free local calling units (equivalent to 1,200 minutes of free calls). Moreover, in this offer, charges for outgoing calls (i.e. after exhausting 400 free calls) are at Rs 1 per three-minute call.