| * No Rentals |
| * Incoming calls while roaming reduced to Re. 1/min from Rs.1.75/min |
| Chennai, May 22, 2007: Continuing with the never-before series of initiatives in the month of May 07, Reliance today announced slashing of roaming rates by as much as 70%. This move of Reliance comes close on the heels of launch of the Rs. 777 monochrome handset, Rs. 1234 colour handset and the Rs. 499 Lifetime Recharge Voucher. All these moves were aimed at expanding the mobility market. Now, with this roaming initiative, Reliance has made its proposition highly attractive for our frequently traveling high-usage customers. |
| Announcing the offer, Mr S.P Shukla "� President, Personal Business- Reliance Communications said "The roaming rates had already been reduced in Feb 2007 for our customers. Now, we have taken a step further by reducing roaming rates to as low as 40ps/minute on select plans. This should add real value to those customers, who have a need for traveling across the nation. A significant feature of this rate reduction has been on Incoming Calls while roaming, which have been reduced from current Re. 1.75/min to Re. 1/min "� so that our customers will not have to think before accepting incoming calls while roaming". |
| The above roaming initiative from Reliance adds to the natural Roaming Advantages that the company already offers, viz. : |
| · Nationwide network: Pan-India network offering ubiquitous network coverage to roam in |
| · Multi-lingual Call Centre: Reliance enables its customers to speak in their preferred language, wherever they travel across the country. |
| ·Anywhere recharge: Customers can recharge with vouchers of their home state, whichever part of the country they are traveling in. |
| ·Data roaming: Reliance subscribers can access data services & internet even while roaming at home tariffs. |
| These plans on Post-paid and Pre-paid are available for subscription starting today. |
| About Reliance Communications: Reliance Communications is rated among the Asia's 6 Topmost Valuable Telecom Companies is India's foremost truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The company with a customer base of over 34 million including 9,00,000 individual overseas retail customers ranks among the Top 10 Asian Telecom companies. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 600 Indian and 250 multinational corporations, and over 200 global carriers. |
| The company has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain, covering over 6000 towns and 3,00,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates World's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 150,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. The company's subsidiary, FLAG Telecom owns World's largest private undersea cable system, spanning 65,000 kilometers connects the top business centers in developed and emerging markets across 6 continents. |
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