NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - India's No. 2 CDMA mobile operator, Tata Teleservices, will shortly announce the launch of services on the popular GSM platform, its managing director said on Monday.
'We will shortly announce our GSM launch. We have got spectrum in 13 circles (service areas) and rest we expect to add by month-end, baring one or two,' Anil Saldhana told reporters at a news conference.
Tata Teleservices trails Reliance Communications in CDMA subscribers. It had 31 million wireless users by end-November, making it the sixth-largest service provider in India, where the bulk of users are on GSM networks.
(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy, Editing by Mark Williams) Keywords: TATATELE/GSM (devidutta.tripathy@thomsonreuters.com; +91 11 4178 1009; Reuters Messaging: devidutta.tripathy.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'We will shortly announce our GSM launch. We have got spectrum in 13 circles (service areas) and rest we expect to add by month-end, baring one or two,' Anil Saldhana told reporters at a news conference.
Tata Teleservices trails Reliance Communications in CDMA subscribers. It had 31 million wireless users by end-November, making it the sixth-largest service provider in India, where the bulk of users are on GSM networks.
(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy, Editing by Mark Williams) Keywords: TATATELE/GSM (devidutta.tripathy@thomsonreuters.com; +91 11 4178 1009; Reuters Messaging: devidutta.tripathy.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
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