Rel Comm, Intel to offer joint programme

Reliance Communications and Intel on Wednesday announced a joint programme to offer Internet connectivity on Intel powered PCs.

CHENNAI: Reliance Communications and Intel on Wednesday announced a joint programme to offer Internet connectivity on Intel powered PCs.

At a press conference here on Wednesday, Ashok Nair, National Sales Manager, Intel said users purchasing PCs from the 79 Genuine Intel Dealers (GIDs) in Tamil Nadu, will be offered Intel PCs powered with Reliance wireless products to avail Internet connectivity.

Under this tie-up, Reliance wireless phones will be offered at a discounted price of Rs 1,200 to people, who buy PCs from these 79 GIDs. Users will get Rs 400 worth of Internet access free of charge for the first three months, V G Somashekar, Circle CEO, Reliance Communications said.

These wireless phones will offer customers download speeds of 144 kbps, he said.

Ashok said the quality of Internet connectivity in B and C cities was quite low. This tie-up would try to address the issue, he said.

The joint programme has already been rolled out in Karnataka, and would be extended throughout the country in a phased manner, he said.
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