After luring customers with LG and Samsung handsets, Reliance Infocomm is now planning to launch a feature rich Nokia handset for the southern states' subscribers shortly.
The company has recently entered into an exclusive tie up with Nokia, the Finland based telecom equipment manufacturer to provide the latter's 2280 model so that Reliance can broaden the options for subscribers.
The new handsets offer a unique facility - wherein same handset can be used simultaneously for two phone numbers, which is presently not available with Reliance network.
While the Mumbai and Delhi subscribers are already being offered Nokia 2280 handsets, subscribers of southern states will have an option to choose the new model from next week onwards.
The company presently offers two blue screen and two colour screen models each of LG and Samsung. Explaining the features of the new handset, a Reliance Infocomm official said that Nokia CDMA handsets are being provided for the first time in the country by Reliance.
The new handsets offer 35 ringtones to choose from, monthly calendar view, reminder, notes, calculator, alarm clock with snooze and stopwatch.
They come with 2.9 hours talk time, 545 hours stand-by time and are priced on par with LG and Samsung blue screen handsets.
Meanwhile, Reliance has obtained interconnectivity with BSNL in all the 104 towns of Andhra Pradesh.
As of first week of August, the company had interconnectivity with the public sector telecom major in 62 towns only and with the remaining 42 towns also getting interconnected, BSNL fixed line subscribers in all the 104 towns can dial and reach Reliance subscribers.
The company currently claims to have a subscriber base of about 2.5 lakh (250,000) which is slightly lower than its four-year-old competitor - Tata Indicom, which has over 3 lakh (300,000) subscribers.
The company has also started installing its fixed wireless phones and fixed wireless terminals.
The two services are initially being provided only in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam and will be extended to other major towns over a period of time, the company official said.
Similar to our earlier offerings, response to the two new products is excellent, the official said.
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