Tata Tele launches PTT service in Mumbai, Pune

Tata Teleservices, one of the leading mobile service operator, commercially launched Push-To-Talk (PTT) services in Mumbai and Pune.

The service, targeted at corporates, small & medium enterprises (SME) and mass consumers, will directly connect customers instantly to a group of people at one point of time from any place.

Tata Indicom PTT service will be available on both post-paid and true paid billing platform. The user can call to other Tata Indicom customers by simply pressing a button on their PTT capable handsets.

The PTT service will be available on Kyocera KY 440 colour handset priced below Rs 7,000 with additional features such as brew chat applications group talk. The service will be built on Qualcomm's BrewChat(TM) technology, which enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between users at the 'push of a button'.

This PTT service has been specially designed for CDMA200 1X networks and will go live, for the first time ever in the world on the Tata Indicom network, according to a press release.

With the concept of Always On, Push-To-Talk (TM) does not work on distance and is more cheaper, faster and convenient than sending an SMS, the release added.

Charles Antony, managing director, Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd, said, "Tata Indicom's key focus is to bring the best value to customers through introduction of innovative products and services backed by superior technology solutions. We are proud to be the first to bring, Push-To-Talk services to India. We believe that Push-To-Talk is an important step in India's mobile telephony industry. The customer now has a unique service that provides instant connectivity and also has significant cost benefits. We've partnered with Qualcomm - the pioneers of CDMA technology, for this solution. It will be available across all our talk plans on a new PTT-enabled Kyocera handset."

He further added, "We are happy to introduce Tata Indicom PTT in Mumbai and Pune. We are confident that customers will receive an unmatched wireless experience and the service will be immensely popular among corporates and masses."