Disqus
After 8 month after acquiring India’s Unitech and effectively getting 74% of the company, Telenor’s new Indian operator, Uninor, started its operations recently calling it “the largest single-day launch” in the country’s history. Services were launched simultaneously across multiple circles, including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West and Bihar (Jharkhand included), covering almost 600 million people. Moreover, national roaming agreements are in place to provide coverage elsewhere in the country.
Uninor says its services will be sold at over 210,000 retail points via 1,000 exclusive distributors in the seven circles. Minute of local calls will cost 0.29 INR ($0.006), whereas national long distance calls will be available for 0.49 INR per minute.
Telenor’s goal is to control 8% of the ever-growing Indian market by 2018.
[Via: GSMA]
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
