HFCL Infotel launches CDMA mobile in Punjab, Chandigarh
The new service, in which company has invested Rs 100 crore, would be available in 150 towns and 5,000 villages of Punjab and Chandigarh.
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH: HFCL Infotel, today rolled out its mobile service on CDMA platform under brand 'Ping' in Punjab and Chandigarh on Friday and said it aims to add three lakh customers by the end of this fiscal.
"The new service, in which company has invested Rs 100 crore, would be available in 150 towns and 5,000 villages of Punjab and Chandigarh from today," HFCL Infotel CEO Surendra Lunia told reporters here.
With the launch of this service, the company has become the third player on CDMA platform and seventh mobile service provider in Punjab.
The company also introduced two sim-based mobile sets at Rs 999 on which Ping mobiles service would be available to the customers, he said.
Under this service, the company would allow the customers to pay for the time of using the mobile service. "Ping will offer call charges of one paisa per second with the benefit of single second billing. For instance, if somebody has talked for just five seconds, he will be charged 5 paisa unlike in mobile services being provided by other cellular operators," the company's COO G D Singh said.
HFCL Infotel has been allotted mobile series of 9877 for this CDMA service by Department of Telecom, said Singh.
Buoyed with the growth of mobile services in Punjab, the company expects to rope in 3 lakh subscribers under Ping mobile service by March 31, 2008.
"There is a lot of potential in Punjab for mobile service as it adds about 5-6 lakh subscribers per month for mobile services and the tele-density of this state is much higher compared to other states," he said.
"The new service, in which company has invested Rs 100 crore, would be available in 150 towns and 5,000 villages of Punjab and Chandigarh from today," HFCL Infotel CEO Surendra Lunia told reporters here.
With the launch of this service, the company has become the third player on CDMA platform and seventh mobile service provider in Punjab.
The company also introduced two sim-based mobile sets at Rs 999 on which Ping mobiles service would be available to the customers, he said.
Under this service, the company would allow the customers to pay for the time of using the mobile service. "Ping will offer call charges of one paisa per second with the benefit of single second billing. For instance, if somebody has talked for just five seconds, he will be charged 5 paisa unlike in mobile services being provided by other cellular operators," the company's COO G D Singh said.
HFCL Infotel has been allotted mobile series of 9877 for this CDMA service by Department of Telecom, said Singh.
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Buoyed with the growth of mobile services in Punjab, the company expects to rope in 3 lakh subscribers under Ping mobile service by March 31, 2008.
"There is a lot of potential in Punjab for mobile service as it adds about 5-6 lakh subscribers per month for mobile services and the tele-density of this state is much higher compared to other states," he said.
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