With the launch of 'Walky with FM station', Tata Indicom expects to increase its fixed wireless service market share by two per cent in the 30 lakh fixed lines in Tamil Nadu. Currently the company has about 4 lakh subscribers for its fixed lines. | |
| Addressing a press conference Ramesh Thodapi, general manager, Tata Teleservices - Tamil Nadu circle, said that with FM radio being very popular, this is another key value addition offered by the company for its customers. |
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| Tata Indicom 'Walky with FM' has been introduced at a base price of Rs 1,999 with no extra charges for FM stations. |
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| Besides, existing customers can exchange their existing Walky instruments by paying a one-time, non-refundable charge of Rs 1000. |
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| The Walky with FM station would provide the customers with a choice of 10 programmable radio stations which can be automatically or manually adjusted. The Walky with the FM station has a talktime of three hours and a stand by time of 72 hours. |
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| Suchitra, a popular radio jockey with Radio Mirchi, said that this value addition offered by Tata Teleservices would enable people to call radio jockey's and request their favourite song from anywhere as it has the advantage of flexibility. |
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| The model, with the compatibility of FM radio stations, is called 'Axesstel P830'. It provides dual speaker phone system, internet capability, group messaging to 20 multiple destinations, internal phonebook supporting upto 99 entries and internet capability. |
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