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Friday, Jun 23, 2006

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Reliance Communications, Intel join hands

Staff Reporter

Reliance will package its wireless phone via Intel's product sale

CHENNAI: Reliance Communications on Wednesday entered into a tie-up with Intel to package its wireless phones with the sale of computers featuring Intel products in Tamil Nadu.

Under the arrangement, customers purchasing new PCs from authorised Intel dealers in 25 cities and towns in the State will get a security deposit waiver on Reliance's wireless CDMA phone and also an Internet access package worth Rs. 1,200 spread over three months.

CEO Reliance Communications, Tamil Nadu circle, V.G. Somasekhar said the promotion was targeted at towns that have suffered because of poor quality networks and high access costs. "Our CDMA wireless connectivity will bridge both access and cost gaps."

National sales manager, Intel Technology India Private Limited, Ashok Nair said the tie-up with Reliance was in tune with the company's "World Ahead" programme that aimed at furthering access for technology and Internet across the country. In their presentation to the media, Reliance said they currently had over 13 lakh wireless customers spread across 600 towns in Tamil Nadu. Of them, there were over 2.05 customers accessed Internet using Reliance Netconnect services. The average data exchanged per use per month was around 248 MB. The maximum download speed possible through their Internet service was 144 kilobits per second.

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