The Hindu Business Line : Tata Indicom clocks 300 pc growth in fixed line segment

TATA Indicom has announced that it has crossed the half-million customer mark in the fixed wireless segment, registering a 300 per cent growth during the calendar year 2003.

The operator has over 5,00,000 fixed wireless retail customers and over 30,000 fixed wireless payphones, according to a news release from the company.

The Tata Indicom Fixed Wireless is a fixed line with the `intelligent' properties of a mobile phone like SMS, caller ID, missed call notification, and high-speed Internet capability.

These phones are available across its six circles of Maharashtra, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat.

"The market response to this product has been very positive and we see tremendous growth potential in this product category going forward," said Mr Amit Bose, President, Telecom, Tata TeleServices Ltd.

TTSL has licences for 11 more circles.

These include Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West), Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Kerala.

More Stories on : Telecommunications | Performance

Article E-Mail :: Comment :: Syndication :: Printer Friendly Page

Stories in this Section
Huawei plans to outsource 1,000 jobs to Indian vendors

UK against law on outsourcing

`US outsourcing law violates spirit of WTO'

New interconnection usage charges take effect — Mobile tariffs shoot up

Tata Indicom clocks 300 pc growth in fixed line segment

CMC finds risk in banking on Govt projects

Wipro gains from higher outsourcing by telecom cos

CMC files prospectus for Govt stake sale

Open software in Tamil planned

Global E-SoftSys' new centre at Mangalore

'We need a few more big deals to validate BSP concept'