(30 April 2007 7:00 pm)

MUMBAI: VSNL has partnered with StarHub which is Singapore's info communication company, to provide roaming wireless broadband service to high value travelers during their stay in India.

This service will allow seamless roaming and usage within the VSNL wireless broadband network in India wherein visitors can access high speed wireless broadband using their home country account and identity. This will allow all StarHub customers whether mobile, broadband or cable, to use wireless broadband service at over 200 Tata Indicom Wi-Fi hotspots across India. Very shortly, other global Wi-Fi operators will be added to the list of roaming partners.

"This is yet another initiative from VSNL to continuously offer innovative customer solutions. Global travelers will never feel disconnected in India," said VSNL vice president marketing and technology for retail broadband business Prateek Pashine, while announcing the launch of this service.

VSNL, a global communications services provider, is the only Indian member in the wireless broadband alliance a global consortium of world's leading wireless operators.

VSNL operates over 200 Wi-Fi hotspots, spread across the major cities and include leading chain of hotels, major domestic and international airports, popular café chains, restaurants, bookstores, stadiums, educational institutions, railtel cybercafés and leading shopping malls in India.