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Tata Indicom to enter Punjab, Haryana, Kerala
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 20:30 IST
BANGALORE: Tata Teleservices will offer basic telephony under the Tata Indicom brand to Kerala, Punjab and Haryana next year.
"Once the issues of tariff plans and interconnect charges with the (state-owned) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are decided in the next 6-12 months, we would enter these states," Tata Teleservices chief executive officer S. Ramakrishna said.
Ramakrishna was talking to reporters after the launch of Tata Indicom in Karnataka with investment plans of over 
10 billion in the next six years with an employment potential for 8,000 people. Tata Teleservices launched its basic and wireless services in Tamil Nadu two days ago. It plans similar services in Gujarat and Delhi next month.
The telecom company of the $9 billion Tata group already has over 200,000 subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, adding 10,000 subscribers every month.
"We are focused on southern and western India for the moment. All the states we plan to enter provide two-third of the telecom revenues in the country," Ramakrishna said.
It will enter the Maharashtra market soon with acquisition of 50.83 percent in Hughes Telecom, the incumbent private operator in the western state.
Tata Indicom is offering CDMA mobile and fixed wireless, wire-line, data services, including ISDN and DSL and integrated telecom solutions and virtual private networks.
Its total investment over a five-year period is 75 billion.
Source: IANS
10 billion in the next six years with an employment potential for 8,000 people. Tata Teleservices launched its basic and wireless services in Tamil Nadu two days ago. It plans similar services in Gujarat and Delhi next month.
The telecom company of the $9 billion Tata group already has over 200,000 subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, adding 10,000 subscribers every month.
"We are focused on southern and western India for the moment. All the states we plan to enter provide two-third of the telecom revenues in the country," Ramakrishna said.
It will enter the Maharashtra market soon with acquisition of 50.83 percent in Hughes Telecom, the incumbent private operator in the western state.
Tata Indicom is offering CDMA mobile and fixed wireless, wire-line, data services, including ISDN and DSL and integrated telecom solutions and virtual private networks.
Its total investment over a five-year period is 75 billion.
Source: IANS