Tata Teleservices announces launch of GSM services – Tata DoCoMo

Posted by admin on June 10, 2009 in category: Mobile Phones,

India’s second largest CDMA telecom operator Tata Teleservices announced it would launch its GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) services across India under Tata DoCoMo brand. To offer the services, company has partnership with Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo (26 per cent stake). The services are slated to be launched by the end of this month in the southern region.

Tata Teleservices would invest $2 billion for rolling out the services across the country. The company has received licences to operate GSM telecom services in 19 telecom circles and has also been allotted 4.4 MHz of GSM spectrum in 18 of these circles barring Assam, North East, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi.

Tata Teleservices has become the second telecom service provider after Reliance Communication to be providing services on both CDMA and GSM platforms under the dual-technology policy of the government.

Tata DOCOMO looks forward to mobile number portability so that Indian consumers can move to their service provider of choice, while retaining their phone numbers.