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Airtel launches Samsung handset offer on prepaid

 

Indiantelevision.com Team

(26 April 2007 4:30 pm)

 

MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel Limited, announced the launch of its tie up with Samsung Telecommunications India for Airtel -Samsung handset bundle offer for new prepaid customers in Mumbai at price of Rs 2,299..

The bundle prepaid offer will provide its users with free A2A talk time worth Rs 2299 and incoming / outgoing validity for 24 months.

The key features of the handset comprises emergency SMS service as it sends SOS messages to predetermined numbers, colour LCD screen: 1.51' 128 x 128 65K UFB and it weighs 69gm, 16 polyphonic ring tones, a phonebook memory of 500 entries, speakerphone for hands free communications, GPRS Class 8, and it comes with one year warranty.

Commenting on the launch of this offer Bharti Airtel Ltd CEO Mumbai and Maharashtra and Goa circle Manu Talwar said, "We at Airtel are proud to introduce Samsung C-140 for Airtel prepaid users which is a budgeted phone with unique security features like emergency SMS service. We aim to introduce more offers which will further deliver user friendly accessibility together with cost effective factor."

Speaking on this occasion, Samsung Telecommunications India Pvt. Ltd GM marketing Asim Warsi said, "We are pleased to launch very stylish and well-designed Samsung's C140 with Airtel. We value our association with Airtel and look forward to further strengthening Airtel's handset portfolio."


Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is one of India's leading private sector providers of telecommunications services with an aggregate of 39.02 million customers as of end of March 2007, consisting of 37.14 million mobile customers.

Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units - Mobile services, Broadband andTelephone services and Enterprise services. The mobile business provides mobile and fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles. The B and T business provides broadband and telephone services in 94 cities. The Enterprise services provide end to end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.

Samsung Telecommunications India is a 100 percent subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Korea. As the part of its global strategy to cater to the world's largest emerging telecom market, Samsung has set up a mobile phone manufacturing unit at Haryana, India with an initial investment of USD 15 million.

 

 
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