- As part of introductory offer, Tata DOCOMO offers One Week Free Trial on BlackBerry Internet Service
- Introduces 2 service plans: BlackBerry Internet Service & BlackBerry MaiLite
- Affordable Daily pre-paid plans for BlackBerry services costing Rs 12 & Rs 35 per day for TATA DOCOMO GSM customers in India
TATA DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited—the country’s youngest and fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom operator—today introduced new, affordable and exciting pre-paid BlackBerry® service plans for its customers. Tata DOCOMO pre-paid customers can choose from two service plans—BlackBerry® MaiLite, which offers customers access to e-mail and instant messaging services, and BlackBerry® Internet Service, which also offers access to e-mail and instant messaging, as well as social networking sites and Internet browsing. The new pre-paid plans include daily and weekly BlackBerry service plans for customers in India.
BlackBerry MaiLite and BlackBerry Internet Service are available at monthly packages of Rs 299 and Rs 900, weekly packages of Rs 85 and Rs 250, and daily packages of Rs. 12 and Rs. 35 respectively. Furthermore to increase the adoption of internet usage on the device, Tata DOCOMO is offering one week free trial usage of internet service on BlackBerry.
Announcing the launch of pre-paid BlackBerry services and the daily plans, Mr Deepak Gulati, President, TATA DOCOMO, said: “We are delighted to announce this unique offer for BlackBerry smartphones. We want to give flexibility to our BlackBerry customers by giving them the option to choose from daily and weekly plans thus liberating them from monthly commitments alone. These plans are of great value to all those customers who seek to be in control of their expenses.” ”
Under the BlackBerry MaiLite service plan, customers get unlimited access to e-mail and popular instant messaging services. It allows customers to access as many as 10 supported e-mail accounts such as Hotmail®, Yahoo!® Mail, Google Mail™ and chat on popular services, including Windows Live™ Messenger, Google Talk™, Yahoo!® Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger. As an additional benefit, BlackBerry Smartphones can display messages from multiple mailboxes in a single inbox and support viewing of e-mail attachments.
The BlackBerry Internet Service gives customers all the features of the BlackBerry MaiLite plan, plus unlimited access to social networking sites and Internet browsing.
About TATA DOCOMO
TATA DOCOMO is Tata Teleservices Limited’s telecom service on the GSM platform—arising out of the Tata Group’s strategic alliance with Japanese telecom major NTT DOCOMO in November 2008. Tata Teleservices Limited has received a license to operate GSM telecom services in 19 telecom Circles and has also been allotted spectrum in 18 of these Circles. It has rolled out its GSM services in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Haryana-Punjab, Kolkata, Rest of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, UP East, UP West, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, while Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited has launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand in the Mumbai and Rest of Maharashtra Circles. TATA DOCOMO marks a significant milestone in the Indian telecom landscape, as it stands to redefine the very face of telecoms in India. Tokyo-based NTT DOCOMO is one of the world’s leading mobile operators—in the Japanese market, the company is the clear market leader, used by over 50 per cent of the country’s mobile phone users.