6. TATA Teleservices
Ownership: Privately-held by the TATA Group
Date of Establishment: January 2005
Market Share: 9.20 percent

Brief Description: Tata Teleservices limited is a subsidiary of renowned Tata group and is headquartered in Mumbai. It provides broadband and telecommunications services across the country and operates under the name of Tata Docomo in various telecom circles across India. The Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo bought 26 percent stake in Tata Teleservices in November 2008 paying a sum of nearly 13,070 Crores. Previously in February 2008, Tata Teleservices limited announced its plan to launch a youth oriented CDMA service in association with Virgin Group. Currently, Tata Teleservices functions under the following brand names: Tata docomo, Virgin Mobile and T24 Mobile. It enjoys a subscriber base of more than 5 billion in Delhi alone and is provides tariff plans in both Post-paid and Pre-paid category. Its retail business has 3000 outlets across the country. It also became the first private sector telecom operator to launch 3G service in the country.

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