Acer Unveils RComm Broadband Embedded Netbook Date:   Sunday , September 05, 2010 The computer major Acer India has rolled out a new Netbook with embedded wireless broadband connectivity in collaboration with Reliance Netconnect Broadband Plus services. The joint initiative by the two companies is to promote PC and Internet penetration in the country wherein it would eliminate the need of plugging any external device for Internet access. Acer’s latest Netbook, Aspire One523h will come with inbuilt Reliance Netconnect Broadband Plus services with speed up to 3.1 mbps. The Netbook is priced at Rs. 19,499 (excluding tax) and also has an initial offer of Reliance broadband worth 20GB for free as complimentary pack for first two months. “Acer’s embedded broadband Netbook comes with a multitude of attendant benefits like longer battery-life, convenience, tighter integration, security, and lower TCO,” says Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India. The Netbook is optimized for running media applications like video conferencing, video streaming, electronic surveillance, online multiplayer games, and file transfers. The embedded broadband Netbooks connectivity is available in 66 cities at a speed of 156 Kbps, across 25,000 towns and 6 lakh villages on Reliance’s CDMA network.