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VIRGIN MOBILE GSM SERVICES now in Punjab • Use the power of your network with Virgin mobile • Announces the launch of its innovative “Get paid for incoming calls” on Virgin Mobile GSM - After the successful launch in 5 South, Orissa, Mum & Mah, UP (E), UP(W), MP&CG, Kolkata, Haryana & Bihar circles, GSM services kick start in Punjab - Virgin Mobile GSM is available in all the Top Urban through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. - STD calling becomes local; with the new and simple tariff of STD at just 20p/minute WITHOUT daily rental and no pack - Only prepaid service that offers itemized bill on prepaid services without any extra cost - Innovative and tailor made VAS offerings HIGHLIGHTS OF VIRGIN MOBILE GSM OFFERINGS A) GPIC on GSM- Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network B) STD is now equal to local call - with STD at just @ 20p without any packs and no daily rental C) Itemized mobile bills on prepaid to all customers without any extra cost D) 100% Bill Guarantee for prepaid customers - Error free bill or the bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. E) Select your number on prepaid- Customers will now have the freedom to go to a Retail store and ask for a number of their choice. F) vBelong – Virgin Mobile Users will be able to design & create their own WAP sites for their group / college / community to showcase their talents by uploading images, music, events, forums, blogging and much more G) vJingle: Virgin Mobile customers can get an opportunity to avail free Tring Tunes for a month by agreeing to promote vJingle as their ring back tone for one month H) Friends Circle - An integrated social networking service which brings your life on Facebook, Orkut and MySpace in one place. It allows users to stay in touch with friends across all three social networks at one time through a single log-in. I) vGenie - Virgin Mobile will offer a mobile (virtual) assistant that will be with VMI customers from the start of the day till end of the day providing Birthday reminders, social networking updates, wakeup call on Voice & SMS J) Script less Calls Center - Real Conversations with a human touch - A unique SCRIPT-FREE contact center. A unique, personalized on-boarding program for all new customers and end -to- end ownership--Transaction are closed by the same contact center executive who receives the call K) WOW - A tool to initiate the subscriber into the world of Virgin Mobile & wow them with the VMI services through sampling & providing an insight into what Virgin Mobile is all about. As soon as the sim card is activated, the tool offers a pandora’s list of exciting services & content to engage the user Chandigarh, May 10, 2010: Virgin Mobile India today further enhanced its presence with the launch of its GSM services in Punjab circle; post the successful launch in 5 southern circle, Orissa, Mumbai & Maharashtra, Kolkata, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, UP (E) and UP (W) circles. With the rollout of its GSM services in 15 circles, India’s only national youth focused brand, Virgin Mobile, is all set to help youth leverage and use the power of their network of friends. Loaded with a plethora of unique products and services designed for youth, the company is launching its GSM services in Punjab. For now, consumers across all the GSM circles will be offered a differentiated tariff proposition of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack and no daily rental. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged 50p/min for local and STD calls again without any pack and daily rental. Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been appointed as brand ambassadors for Virgin Mobile in India. At the time of launch, Virgin Mobile GSM services will be available in Punjab through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. In a video message, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of the Virgin Group, said: “The Virgin Mobile brand in India has created distinct benchmarks in the youth segment since the time of its launch. The success of the brand will now be leveraged further with the launch of its GSM offerings, bringing the youth an international mobile telephony experience. This moment of triumph truly emphasises the group’s focus on deepening its presence in one of the most exciting markets in the world.” Announcing the launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services in Punjab, M.A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, “With the national launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services, we intend to spice up the already cluttered GSM market. Our presence in both GSM and CDMA platforms will enable the brand to reach out to a wider audience in the mobility market
and target 10% market share in the urban youth segment. As the only mobile service brand designed for youth, we aim to provide them differentiated offerings with the experience of a world class network of Tata’s. All our offerings encapsulate the benefits of ‘network for friends’ leveraging the fun quotient of Virgin Mobile brand on the mobile communication platform.” “Virgin Mobile as a brand has successfully created a niche for itself in the minds of consumers in a very short span of time. It has consistently challenged the industry conventions and launched some real disruptive products and services in the past. It is a matter of immense pleasure for us to witness the progress of the brand in the exciting terrain of GSM in India. The TTSL-Virgin Mobile association will further strengthen the brand’s presence in the telecom sector and provide a definitive edge in garnering a significant pie of the overall subscriber base,” said Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited. Get Paid for Incoming Calls: an industry defining tariff offer which credits customers with 10 paise for every minute of incoming call they receive from any network. Virgin Mobile with its foray into the GSM segment has announced various service offerings for the youth of India, clearly looking forward to garner a significant market share. This includes the innovative VAS offerings like ‘Friend circle’, vBelong’, ‘vGenie’, ‘WOW’ ‘vJingle’ and many more to follow with music, infotainment and social networking as the key areas of focus. Virgin mobile is also the first mobile service brand to offer its users a full bill guarantee on prepaid. In case the billing complaints of users are not addressed within 48 hours, bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile consumers will also get to choose numbers that fit their attitude even in prepaid. Apart from this, Virgin Mobile will be offering all its prepaid customers an itemised bill without any extra cost which they can access on the Virgin Mobile website. A unique brand ambassador initiative in colleges called ‘vTurks’ has been rolled out with the aim to create Virgin Mobile champions to tap into specific communities. Virgin Mobile has also announced the introduction of its successful GPIC (Get Paid for Incoming Calls) scheme on GSM, whereby Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network. At the time of the launch, Virgin mobile is offering three special FRCs at Rs. 79, Rs. 52 and Rs. 51. FRC 79 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the combination of three exciting offers of GPIC (get paid for incoming calls), unlimited free SMS & STD proposition of 20p/min to any Virgin mobile number without any pack & daily rental. FRC 52 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the simple tariff of STD at just 20p/min without any pack and free on net SMS without any daily rental. On both the FRCs; Virgin mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 50p/min. FRC 51 offers three benefits- per second tariff, GPIC (get paid for incoming calls) along with the Rs. 5 talk time. About Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile is India’s first national youth-focused mobile brand. Virgin Mobile branded services are being offered to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin group. Virgin Mobile India facilitates Tata Teleservices with experience and expertise in designing, marketing and servicing of Virgin Mobile branded products for the youth segment. Virgin Mobile services are being supported from offices across India and the current employee strength is about 800 personnel. Virgin Mobile branded service can be enjoyed by customers in over 4, 50,000 cities, towns and villages across India. Virgin Mobile bagged the ‘Most Innovative Mobile Services’ award at the Annual Infocom National Telecom Awards in 2009. Also in the SAARC Countries Mobile User Survey 2008, Virgin Mobile India has been ranked as No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction. On the overall satisfaction parameters Virgin Mobile scored over 95%. Taking the Goa Fest 2009 by storm, Virgin Mobile India bagged 7 Abby awards at India’s most prestigious National Advertising Awards Festival! This included 4 silver and 3 bronze Abbys for innovative and distinctive campaigns across Print, Radio, Outdoor and Event. In the recently held Emvies Awards 2009, Virgin Mobile has won silver and bronze for the Best Media Strategy (Services) and Best Media Innovations (Events) categories respectively. This year, Virgin Mobile India bagged Bronze “Effies” and earlier it bagged the Silver ‘Effies’ for its creative ideas and market effectiveness of its clutter-breaking campaigns. It has also been rated 15th in the Buzziest Brands of the year Poll 2009 conducted by afaqs.com and 27th most trusted brand by ET. For further information, please log on to GSM CDMA Virgin Mobile. About Virgin – The Group Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow very successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony to transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. Virgin has created more than 200 branded companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29 countries. Its revenues around the world in 2007 exceeded £11.5 billion (approx. US$23 billion). About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under brands - Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Photon and Tata Walky and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 4, 50,000 towns and villages across the country, serving over 68 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices has so far launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name in 16 telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. The company recently launched a new brand on the GSM platform—T24—in partnership with Indian retail giant Future Group. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services. For details, visit Tata Teleservices, Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO :: Best Prepaid Mobile, postpaid connections, Cheapest GPRS and Prepaid Blackberry For any other information, please contact: Bindu Nair/Sonal Miglani Amit Verma / Liza Saha Virgin Mobile India Text 100 Public Relations +91 9210918454/+91 9210918090 +91 9250391109 bindu.nair@virginmobile.in/Sonal.Miglani@virginmobile.in amitv@text100.co.in / lizas@text100.co.in
VIRGIN MOBILE GSM SERVICES now in Punjab • Use the power of your network with Virgin mobile • Announces the launch of its innovative “Get paid for incoming calls” on Virgin Mobile GSM - After the successful launch in 5 South, Orissa, Mum & Mah, UP (E), UP(W), MP&CG, Kolkata, Haryana & Bihar circles, GSM services kick start in Punjab - Virgin Mobile GSM is available in all the Top Urban through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. - STD calling becomes local; with the new and simple tariff of STD at just 20p/minute WITHOUT daily rental and no pack - Only prepaid service that offers itemized bill on prepaid services without any extra cost - Innovative and tailor made VAS offerings HIGHLIGHTS OF VIRGIN MOBILE GSM OFFERINGS A) GPIC on GSM- Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network B) STD is now equal to local call - with STD at just @ 20p without any packs and no daily rental C) Itemized mobile bills on prepaid to all customers without any extra cost D) 100% Bill Guarantee for prepaid customers - Error free bill or the bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. E) Select your number on prepaid- Customers will now have the freedom to go to a Retail store and ask for a number of their choice. F) vBelong – Virgin Mobile Users will be able to design & create their own WAP sites for their group / college / community to showcase their talents by uploading images, music, events, forums, blogging and much more G) vJingle: Virgin Mobile customers can get an opportunity to avail free Tring Tunes for a month by agreeing to promote vJingle as their ring back tone for one month H) Friends Circle - An integrated social networking service which brings your life on Facebook, Orkut and MySpace in one place. It allows users to stay in touch with friends across all three social networks at one time through a single log-in. I) vGenie - Virgin Mobile will offer a mobile (virtual) assistant that will be with VMI customers from the start of the day till end of the day providing Birthday reminders, social networking updates, wakeup call on Voice & SMS J) Script less Calls Center - Real Conversations with a human touch - A unique SCRIPT-FREE contact center. A unique, personalized on-boarding program for all new customers and end -to- end ownership--Transaction are closed by the same contact center executive who receives the call K) WOW - A tool to initiate the subscriber into the world of Virgin Mobile & wow them with the VMI services through sampling & providing an insight into what Virgin Mobile is all about. As soon as the sim card is activated, the tool offers a pandora’s list of exciting services & content to engage the user Chandigarh, May 10, 2010: Virgin Mobile India today further enhanced its presence with the launch of its GSM services in Punjab circle; post the successful launch in 5 southern circle, Orissa, Mumbai & Maharashtra, Kolkata, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, UP (E) and UP (W) circles. With the rollout of its GSM services in 15 circles, India’s only national youth focused brand, Virgin Mobile, is all set to help youth leverage and use the power of their network of friends. Loaded with a plethora of unique products and services designed for youth, the company is launching its GSM services in Punjab. For now, consumers across all the GSM circles will be offered a differentiated tariff proposition of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack and no daily rental. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged 50p/min for local and STD calls again without any pack and daily rental. Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been appointed as brand ambassadors for Virgin Mobile in India. At the time of launch, Virgin Mobile GSM services will be available in Punjab through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. In a video message, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of the Virgin Group, said: “The Virgin Mobile brand in India has created distinct benchmarks in the youth segment since the time of its launch. The success of the brand will now be leveraged further with the launch of its GSM offerings, bringing the youth an international mobile telephony experience. This moment of triumph truly emphasises the group’s focus on deepening its presence in one of the most exciting markets in the world.” Announcing the launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services in Punjab, M.A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, “With the national launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services, we intend to spice up the already cluttered GSM market. Our presence in both GSM and CDMA platforms will enable the brand to reach out to a wider audience in the mobility market
and target 10% market share in the urban youth segment. As the only mobile service brand designed for youth, we aim to provide them differentiated offerings with the experience of a world class network of Tata’s. All our offerings encapsulate the benefits of ‘network for friends’ leveraging the fun quotient of Virgin Mobile brand on the mobile communication platform.” “Virgin Mobile as a brand has successfully created a niche for itself in the minds of consumers in a very short span of time. It has consistently challenged the industry conventions and launched some real disruptive products and services in the past. It is a matter of immense pleasure for us to witness the progress of the brand in the exciting terrain of GSM in India. The TTSL-Virgin Mobile association will further strengthen the brand’s presence in the telecom sector and provide a definitive edge in garnering a significant pie of the overall subscriber base,” said Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited. Get Paid for Incoming Calls: an industry defining tariff offer which credits customers with 10 paise for every minute of incoming call they receive from any network. Virgin Mobile with its foray into the GSM segment has announced various service offerings for the youth of India, clearly looking forward to garner a significant market share. This includes the innovative VAS offerings like ‘Friend circle’, vBelong’, ‘vGenie’, ‘WOW’ ‘vJingle’ and many more to follow with music, infotainment and social networking as the key areas of focus. Virgin mobile is also the first mobile service brand to offer its users a full bill guarantee on prepaid. In case the billing complaints of users are not addressed within 48 hours, bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile consumers will also get to choose numbers that fit their attitude even in prepaid. Apart from this, Virgin Mobile will be offering all its prepaid customers an itemised bill without any extra cost which they can access on the Virgin Mobile website. A unique brand ambassador initiative in colleges called ‘vTurks’ has been rolled out with the aim to create Virgin Mobile champions to tap into specific communities. Virgin Mobile has also announced the introduction of its successful GPIC (Get Paid for Incoming Calls) scheme on GSM, whereby Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network. At the time of the launch, Virgin mobile is offering three special FRCs at Rs. 79, Rs. 52 and Rs. 51. FRC 79 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the combination of three exciting offers of GPIC (get paid for incoming calls), unlimited free SMS & STD proposition of 20p/min to any Virgin mobile number without any pack & daily rental. FRC 52 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the simple tariff of STD at just 20p/min without any pack and free on net SMS without any daily rental. On both the FRCs; Virgin mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 50p/min. FRC 51 offers three benefits- per second tariff, GPIC (get paid for incoming calls) along with the Rs. 5 talk time. About Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile is India’s first national youth-focused mobile brand. Virgin Mobile branded services are being offered to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin group. Virgin Mobile India facilitates Tata Teleservices with experience and expertise in designing, marketing and servicing of Virgin Mobile branded products for the youth segment. Virgin Mobile services are being supported from offices across India and the current employee strength is about 800 personnel. Virgin Mobile branded service can be enjoyed by customers in over 4, 50,000 cities, towns and villages across India. Virgin Mobile bagged the ‘Most Innovative Mobile Services’ award at the Annual Infocom National Telecom Awards in 2009. Also in the SAARC Countries Mobile User Survey 2008, Virgin Mobile India has been ranked as No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction. On the overall satisfaction parameters Virgin Mobile scored over 95%. Taking the Goa Fest 2009 by storm, Virgin Mobile India bagged 7 Abby awards at India’s most prestigious National Advertising Awards Festival! This included 4 silver and 3 bronze Abbys for innovative and distinctive campaigns across Print, Radio, Outdoor and Event. In the recently held Emvies Awards 2009, Virgin Mobile has won silver and bronze for the Best Media Strategy (Services) and Best Media Innovations (Events) categories respectively. This year, Virgin Mobile India bagged Bronze “Effies” and earlier it bagged the Silver ‘Effies’ for its creative ideas and market effectiveness of its clutter-breaking campaigns. It has also been rated 15th in the Buzziest Brands of the year Poll 2009 conducted by afaqs.com and 27th most trusted brand by ET. For further information, please log on to GSM CDMA Virgin Mobile. About Virgin – The Group Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow very successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony to transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. Virgin has created more than 200 branded companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29 countries. Its revenues around the world in 2007 exceeded £11.5 billion (approx. US$23 billion). About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under brands - Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Photon and Tata Walky and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 4, 50,000 towns and villages across the country, serving over 68 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices has so far launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name in 16 telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. The company recently launched a new brand on the GSM platform—T24—in partnership with Indian retail giant Future Group. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services. For details, visit Tata Teleservices, Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO :: Best Prepaid Mobile, postpaid connections, Cheapest GPRS and Prepaid Blackberry For any other information, please contact: Bindu Nair/Sonal Miglani Amit Verma / Liza Saha Virgin Mobile India Text 100 Public Relations +91 9210918454/+91 9210918090 +91 9250391109 bindu.nair@virginmobile.in/Sonal.Miglani@virginmobile.in amitv@text100.co.in / lizas@text100.co.in
Already Launched on 10 May--->>
Check Out Da website GSM CDMA Virgin Mobile
VIRGIN MOBILE GSM SERVICES now in Punjab • Use the power of your network with Virgin mobile • Announces the launch of its innovative “Get paid for incoming calls” on Virgin Mobile GSM - After the successful launch in 5 South, Orissa, Mum & Mah, UP (E), UP(W), MP&CG, Kolkata, Haryana & Bihar circles, GSM services kick start in Punjab - Virgin Mobile GSM is available in all the Top Urban through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. - STD calling becomes local; with the new and simple tariff of STD at just 20p/minute WITHOUT daily rental and no pack - Only prepaid service that offers itemized bill on prepaid services without any extra cost - Innovative and tailor made VAS offerings HIGHLIGHTS OF VIRGIN MOBILE GSM OFFERINGS A) GPIC on GSM- Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network B) STD is now equal to local call - with STD at just @ 20p without any packs and no daily rental C) Itemized mobile bills on prepaid to all customers without any extra cost D) 100% Bill Guarantee for prepaid customers - Error free bill or the bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. E) Select your number on prepaid- Customers will now have the freedom to go to a Retail store and ask for a number of their choice. F) vBelong – Virgin Mobile Users will be able to design & create their own WAP sites for their group / college / community to showcase their talents by uploading images, music, events, forums, blogging and much more G) vJingle: Virgin Mobile customers can get an opportunity to avail free Tring Tunes for a month by agreeing to promote vJingle as their ring back tone for one month H) Friends Circle - An integrated social networking service which brings your life on Facebook, Orkut and MySpace in one place. It allows users to stay in touch with friends across all three social networks at one time through a single log-in. I) vGenie - Virgin Mobile will offer a mobile (virtual) assistant that will be with VMI customers from the start of the day till end of the day providing Birthday reminders, social networking updates, wakeup call on Voice & SMS J) Script less Calls Center - Real Conversations with a human touch - A unique SCRIPT-FREE contact center. A unique, personalized on-boarding program for all new customers and end -to- end ownership--Transaction are closed by the same contact center executive who receives the call K) WOW - A tool to initiate the subscriber into the world of Virgin Mobile & wow them with the VMI services through sampling & providing an insight into what Virgin Mobile is all about. As soon as the sim card is activated, the tool offers a pandora’s list of exciting services & content to engage the user Chandigarh, May 10, 2010: Virgin Mobile India today further enhanced its presence with the launch of its GSM services in Punjab circle; post the successful launch in 5 southern circle, Orissa, Mumbai & Maharashtra, Kolkata, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, UP (E) and UP (W) circles. With the rollout of its GSM services in 15 circles, India’s only national youth focused brand, Virgin Mobile, is all set to help youth leverage and use the power of their network of friends. Loaded with a plethora of unique products and services designed for youth, the company is launching its GSM services in Punjab. For now, consumers across all the GSM circles will be offered a differentiated tariff proposition of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack and no daily rental. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged 50p/min for local and STD calls again without any pack and daily rental. Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been appointed as brand ambassadors for Virgin Mobile in India. At the time of launch, Virgin Mobile GSM services will be available in Punjab through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. In a video message, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of the Virgin Group, said: “The Virgin Mobile brand in India has created distinct benchmarks in the youth segment since the time of its launch. The success of the brand will now be leveraged further with the launch of its GSM offerings, bringing the youth an international mobile telephony experience. This moment of triumph truly emphasises the group’s focus on deepening its presence in one of the most exciting markets in the world.” Announcing the launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services in Punjab, M.A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, “With the national launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services, we intend to spice up the already cluttered GSM market. Our presence in both GSM and CDMA platforms will enable the brand to reach out to a wider audience in the mobility market
and target 10% market share in the urban youth segment. As the only mobile service brand designed for youth, we aim to provide them differentiated offerings with the experience of a world class network of Tata’s. All our offerings encapsulate the benefits of ‘network for friends’ leveraging the fun quotient of Virgin Mobile brand on the mobile communication platform.” “Virgin Mobile as a brand has successfully created a niche for itself in the minds of consumers in a very short span of time. It has consistently challenged the industry conventions and launched some real disruptive products and services in the past. It is a matter of immense pleasure for us to witness the progress of the brand in the exciting terrain of GSM in India. The TTSL-Virgin Mobile association will further strengthen the brand’s presence in the telecom sector and provide a definitive edge in garnering a significant pie of the overall subscriber base,” said Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited. Get Paid for Incoming Calls: an industry defining tariff offer which credits customers with 10 paise for every minute of incoming call they receive from any network. Virgin Mobile with its foray into the GSM segment has announced various service offerings for the youth of India, clearly looking forward to garner a significant market share. This includes the innovative VAS offerings like ‘Friend circle’, vBelong’, ‘vGenie’, ‘WOW’ ‘vJingle’ and many more to follow with music, infotainment and social networking as the key areas of focus. Virgin mobile is also the first mobile service brand to offer its users a full bill guarantee on prepaid. In case the billing complaints of users are not addressed within 48 hours, bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile consumers will also get to choose numbers that fit their attitude even in prepaid. Apart from this, Virgin Mobile will be offering all its prepaid customers an itemised bill without any extra cost which they can access on the Virgin Mobile website. A unique brand ambassador initiative in colleges called ‘vTurks’ has been rolled out with the aim to create Virgin Mobile champions to tap into specific communities. Virgin Mobile has also announced the introduction of its successful GPIC (Get Paid for Incoming Calls) scheme on GSM, whereby Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network. At the time of the launch, Virgin mobile is offering three special FRCs at Rs. 79, Rs. 52 and Rs. 51. FRC 79 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the combination of three exciting offers of GPIC (get paid for incoming calls), unlimited free SMS & STD proposition of 20p/min to any Virgin mobile number without any pack & daily rental. FRC 52 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the simple tariff of STD at just 20p/min without any pack and free on net SMS without any daily rental. On both the FRCs; Virgin mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 50p/min. FRC 51 offers three benefits- per second tariff, GPIC (get paid for incoming calls) along with the Rs. 5 talk time. About Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile is India’s first national youth-focused mobile brand. Virgin Mobile branded services are being offered to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin group. Virgin Mobile India facilitates Tata Teleservices with experience and expertise in designing, marketing and servicing of Virgin Mobile branded products for the youth segment. Virgin Mobile services are being supported from offices across India and the current employee strength is about 800 personnel. Virgin Mobile branded service can be enjoyed by customers in over 4, 50,000 cities, towns and villages across India. Virgin Mobile bagged the ‘Most Innovative Mobile Services’ award at the Annual Infocom National Telecom Awards in 2009. Also in the SAARC Countries Mobile User Survey 2008, Virgin Mobile India has been ranked as No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction. On the overall satisfaction parameters Virgin Mobile scored over 95%. Taking the Goa Fest 2009 by storm, Virgin Mobile India bagged 7 Abby awards at India’s most prestigious National Advertising Awards Festival! This included 4 silver and 3 bronze Abbys for innovative and distinctive campaigns across Print, Radio, Outdoor and Event. In the recently held Emvies Awards 2009, Virgin Mobile has won silver and bronze for the Best Media Strategy (Services) and Best Media Innovations (Events) categories respectively. This year, Virgin Mobile India bagged Bronze “Effies” and earlier it bagged the Silver ‘Effies’ for its creative ideas and market effectiveness of its clutter-breaking campaigns. It has also been rated 15th in the Buzziest Brands of the year Poll 2009 conducted by afaqs.com and 27th most trusted brand by ET. For further information, please log on to GSM CDMA Virgin Mobile. About Virgin – The Group Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow very successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony to transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. Virgin has created more than 200 branded companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29 countries. Its revenues around the world in 2007 exceeded £11.5 billion (approx. US$23 billion). About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under brands - Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Photon and Tata Walky and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 4, 50,000 towns and villages across the country, serving over 68 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices has so far launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name in 16 telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. The company recently launched a new brand on the GSM platform—T24—in partnership with Indian retail giant Future Group. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services. For details, visit Tata Teleservices, Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO :: Best Prepaid Mobile, postpaid connections, Cheapest GPRS and Prepaid Blackberry For any other information, please contact: Bindu Nair/Sonal Miglani Amit Verma / Liza Saha Virgin Mobile India Text 100 Public Relations +91 9210918454/+91 9210918090 +91 9250391109 bindu.nair@virginmobile.in/Sonal.Miglani@virginmobile.in amitv@text100.co.in / lizas@text100.co.in
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VIRGIN MOBILE GSM SERVICES now in Punjab • Use the power of your network with Virgin mobile • Announces the launch of its innovative “Get paid for incoming calls” on Virgin Mobile GSM - After the successful launch in 5 South, Orissa, Mum & Mah, UP (E), UP(W), MP&CG, Kolkata, Haryana & Bihar circles, GSM services kick start in Punjab - Virgin Mobile GSM is available in all the Top Urban through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. - STD calling becomes local; with the new and simple tariff of STD at just 20p/minute WITHOUT daily rental and no pack - Only prepaid service that offers itemized bill on prepaid services without any extra cost - Innovative and tailor made VAS offerings HIGHLIGHTS OF VIRGIN MOBILE GSM OFFERINGS A) GPIC on GSM- Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network B) STD is now equal to local call - with STD at just @ 20p without any packs and no daily rental C) Itemized mobile bills on prepaid to all customers without any extra cost D) 100% Bill Guarantee for prepaid customers - Error free bill or the bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. E) Select your number on prepaid- Customers will now have the freedom to go to a Retail store and ask for a number of their choice. F) vBelong – Virgin Mobile Users will be able to design & create their own WAP sites for their group / college / community to showcase their talents by uploading images, music, events, forums, blogging and much more G) vJingle: Virgin Mobile customers can get an opportunity to avail free Tring Tunes for a month by agreeing to promote vJingle as their ring back tone for one month H) Friends Circle - An integrated social networking service which brings your life on Facebook, Orkut and MySpace in one place. It allows users to stay in touch with friends across all three social networks at one time through a single log-in. I) vGenie - Virgin Mobile will offer a mobile (virtual) assistant that will be with VMI customers from the start of the day till end of the day providing Birthday reminders, social networking updates, wakeup call on Voice & SMS J) Script less Calls Center - Real Conversations with a human touch - A unique SCRIPT-FREE contact center. A unique, personalized on-boarding program for all new customers and end -to- end ownership--Transaction are closed by the same contact center executive who receives the call K) WOW - A tool to initiate the subscriber into the world of Virgin Mobile & wow them with the VMI services through sampling & providing an insight into what Virgin Mobile is all about. As soon as the sim card is activated, the tool offers a pandora’s list of exciting services & content to engage the user Chandigarh, May 10, 2010: Virgin Mobile India today further enhanced its presence with the launch of its GSM services in Punjab circle; post the successful launch in 5 southern circle, Orissa, Mumbai & Maharashtra, Kolkata, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, UP (E) and UP (W) circles. With the rollout of its GSM services in 15 circles, India’s only national youth focused brand, Virgin Mobile, is all set to help youth leverage and use the power of their network of friends. Loaded with a plethora of unique products and services designed for youth, the company is launching its GSM services in Punjab. For now, consumers across all the GSM circles will be offered a differentiated tariff proposition of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack and no daily rental. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged 50p/min for local and STD calls again without any pack and daily rental. Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been appointed as brand ambassadors for Virgin Mobile in India. At the time of launch, Virgin Mobile GSM services will be available in Punjab through more than 6,450 RCV and 5,160 SUK outlets. In a video message, Sir Richard Branson, Chairman and Founder of the Virgin Group, said: “The Virgin Mobile brand in India has created distinct benchmarks in the youth segment since the time of its launch. The success of the brand will now be leveraged further with the launch of its GSM offerings, bringing the youth an international mobile telephony experience. This moment of triumph truly emphasises the group’s focus on deepening its presence in one of the most exciting markets in the world.” Announcing the launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services in Punjab, M.A. Madhusudan, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Mobile India said, “With the national launch of Virgin Mobile’s GSM services, we intend to spice up the already cluttered GSM market. Our presence in both GSM and CDMA platforms will enable the brand to reach out to a wider audience in the mobility market
and target 10% market share in the urban youth segment. As the only mobile service brand designed for youth, we aim to provide them differentiated offerings with the experience of a world class network of Tata’s. All our offerings encapsulate the benefits of ‘network for friends’ leveraging the fun quotient of Virgin Mobile brand on the mobile communication platform.” “Virgin Mobile as a brand has successfully created a niche for itself in the minds of consumers in a very short span of time. It has consistently challenged the industry conventions and launched some real disruptive products and services in the past. It is a matter of immense pleasure for us to witness the progress of the brand in the exciting terrain of GSM in India. The TTSL-Virgin Mobile association will further strengthen the brand’s presence in the telecom sector and provide a definitive edge in garnering a significant pie of the overall subscriber base,” said Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Teleservices Limited. Get Paid for Incoming Calls: an industry defining tariff offer which credits customers with 10 paise for every minute of incoming call they receive from any network. Virgin Mobile with its foray into the GSM segment has announced various service offerings for the youth of India, clearly looking forward to garner a significant market share. This includes the innovative VAS offerings like ‘Friend circle’, vBelong’, ‘vGenie’, ‘WOW’ ‘vJingle’ and many more to follow with music, infotainment and social networking as the key areas of focus. Virgin mobile is also the first mobile service brand to offer its users a full bill guarantee on prepaid. In case the billing complaints of users are not addressed within 48 hours, bill shall be paid for by Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile consumers will also get to choose numbers that fit their attitude even in prepaid. Apart from this, Virgin Mobile will be offering all its prepaid customers an itemised bill without any extra cost which they can access on the Virgin Mobile website. A unique brand ambassador initiative in colleges called ‘vTurks’ has been rolled out with the aim to create Virgin Mobile champions to tap into specific communities. Virgin Mobile has also announced the introduction of its successful GPIC (Get Paid for Incoming Calls) scheme on GSM, whereby Virgin Mobile customers will get 10 paise credit for every minute of in-coming call they receive from any network. At the time of the launch, Virgin mobile is offering three special FRCs at Rs. 79, Rs. 52 and Rs. 51. FRC 79 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the combination of three exciting offers of GPIC (get paid for incoming calls), unlimited free SMS & STD proposition of 20p/min to any Virgin mobile number without any pack & daily rental. FRC 52 offers Rs. 5 talk time along with the simple tariff of STD at just 20p/min without any pack and free on net SMS without any daily rental. On both the FRCs; Virgin mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 50p/min. FRC 51 offers three benefits- per second tariff, GPIC (get paid for incoming calls) along with the Rs. 5 talk time. About Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile is India’s first national youth-focused mobile brand. Virgin Mobile branded services are being offered to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin group. Virgin Mobile India facilitates Tata Teleservices with experience and expertise in designing, marketing and servicing of Virgin Mobile branded products for the youth segment. Virgin Mobile services are being supported from offices across India and the current employee strength is about 800 personnel. Virgin Mobile branded service can be enjoyed by customers in over 4, 50,000 cities, towns and villages across India. Virgin Mobile bagged the ‘Most Innovative Mobile Services’ award at the Annual Infocom National Telecom Awards in 2009. Also in the SAARC Countries Mobile User Survey 2008, Virgin Mobile India has been ranked as No. 1 in Customer Satisfaction. On the overall satisfaction parameters Virgin Mobile scored over 95%. Taking the Goa Fest 2009 by storm, Virgin Mobile India bagged 7 Abby awards at India’s most prestigious National Advertising Awards Festival! This included 4 silver and 3 bronze Abbys for innovative and distinctive campaigns across Print, Radio, Outdoor and Event. In the recently held Emvies Awards 2009, Virgin Mobile has won silver and bronze for the Best Media Strategy (Services) and Best Media Innovations (Events) categories respectively. This year, Virgin Mobile India bagged Bronze “Effies” and earlier it bagged the Silver ‘Effies’ for its creative ideas and market effectiveness of its clutter-breaking campaigns. It has also been rated 15th in the Buzziest Brands of the year Poll 2009 conducted by afaqs.com and 27th most trusted brand by ET. For further information, please log on to GSM CDMA Virgin Mobile. About Virgin – The Group Virgin, a leading branded venture capital organization, is one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. Conceived in 1970 by Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group has gone on to grow very successful businesses in sectors ranging from mobile telephony to transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. Virgin has created more than 200 branded companies worldwide, employing approximately 50,000 people, in 29 countries. Its revenues around the world in 2007 exceeded £11.5 billion (approx. US$23 billion). About Tata Teleservices Limited
Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under brands - Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Tata Photon and Tata Walky and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 4, 50,000 towns and villages across the country, serving over 68 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices has so far launched GSM services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name in 16 telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. The company recently launched a new brand on the GSM platform—T24—in partnership with Indian retail giant Future Group. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services. For details, visit Tata Teleservices, Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO :: Best Prepaid Mobile, postpaid connections, Cheapest GPRS and Prepaid Blackberry For any other information, please contact: Bindu Nair/Sonal Miglani Amit Verma / Liza Saha Virgin Mobile India Text 100 Public Relations +91 9210918454/+91 9210918090 +91 9250391109 bindu.nair@virginmobile.in/Sonal.Miglani@virginmobile.in amitv@text100.co.in / lizas@text100.co.in
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