Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices Limited, announced the launch of its 3G services in India.
It will be the first telecom player to have launched these services after the spectrum allocation. Players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications and others are to yet announce the launch.
Tata Teleservices shall simultaneously launch its 3G services in all the nine Circles where it has the 3G license—Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra.
“We have been able to complete the ramp-up of our network to support 3G services due to the 3G-ready network we created at the time of our 2G launch itself, last year. Our 3G rollout across all nine circles will be completed this year itself,” said Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices.
He said, "We will cover 51 per cent of Indian towns with a population of over a million and 60 per cent of towns that have over half-a-million people. Additionally, our footprint covers 55 per cent of households with an annual income of over Rs 3 lakh, and 49 per cent households in the SEC A+B category. All these parameters provide us with fantastic market reach and potential."
Tata DOCOMO’s 3G offering starts off with introductory service portfolio including applications like Video-SMS, Video-Streaming, Mobile Television, Ultra-High-Speed Data Transfers, Route-Finder, Live Aarti, and much more.
Progressively, NTT DOCOMO will bring to India the various 3G products and services that will give Tata DOCOMO customers a flavor of tomorrow.
Deepak Gulati, Executive President, Mobility Business Division, Tata Teleservices said, “Our 3G services will enable richer communication through video calls and SMSs, will add the advantage of adding mobility to the power of the Internet.”