Tata Indicom launches Nimbuzz Service for Instant Messaging

• Free Service, no charges for Subscription/ registration
• Service on mobile for instant messaging across multiple IM communities
• This service is available on all WAP enabled handsets

Tata Teleservices Limited, India's fastest-growing pan India telecom service provider launched the Nimbuzz service - an exciting and innovative medium of staying connected & chatting with friends and loved ones while on the move. The service allows the subscribers instant messaging across multiple IM communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, AIM, Jabber and ICQ.

To use the services, the customers will have to logon to Tata Zone and click on the Nimbuzz link present under Social Networking tab. Existing users of Nimbuzz.com will have to enter their id and password. New users can open an account with their Tata indicom mobile handsets and can avail the benefits. The service allows the users to chat with friends on different chat communities, update his status, send IM’s to friends, add friends etc. The data charges @ 10p/10kb will be applicable.

Announcing this exciting new service, Mr. Vineet Bhatia, COO Delhi and NCR, Head North Region, Tata Teleservices Limited said, “Traditionally in India, The mobile phone has predominantly been a voice-driven medium to communicate amongst one-another. Nimbuzz is a convenient and value added text-messaging service that will largely appeal to young professionals and youth to be in constant touch with their friends, family and business associates. It is an innovative service that combines the power of a desktop chat with mobility and convenience”.

Says Mr. Vikas Saxena, Country Head Nimbuzz India: “This partnership means big name support for our fast growing Nimbuzz community with active promotion to 33 million customers. It also shows that we have created a converged solution that meets customer needs without undermining mobile operators.”

About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India's leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom brand, and uses the latest technology platform(s) for its wireless network. With a customer base of nearly 35 million, Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, covers over 320,000 towns and villages across all of India’s 22 telecom circles. In November 2008, Tata Teleservices entered into an agreement with Japanese telecom major NTT DOCOMO, as part of which the Japanese company acquired a 26% stake in TTSL for USD 2.7 billion. The transaction marks a key step in the strategic evolution of Tata Teleservices, as it moves towards a pan-India dual network presence. The company also recently announced a unique reverse equity swap strategic agreement between its fully-owned telecom tower subsidiary, Wireless TT Info-Services Limited, and Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Limited—with the combined entity kicking off operations with 18,000 towers, thereby becoming the largest independent entity in this space in the country. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless phones, public booth telephony and wireline services

About Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz is a mobile social messenger combining instant messaging, (geo) presence, and VoIP across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, AIM, and social networks including Facebook and MySpace. The free application is available on the mobile, web and PC, for instant messaging, location sharing, (group) calling, file sharing, and chat rooms.

From one contact list users can call, chat, message and more, with all their friends in one place. Nimbuzz is a feature rich mass market product for the hyper-connected lifestyle.