BWI: Aircel Launches the First 3G Experience Zone in Chennai

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: AIRCEL
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 04:11 PM IST (10:41 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
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Aircel Launches the First 3G Experience Zone in Chennai
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New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, November 02, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- The number 1 telecom player in Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Assam and North East
Chennai will have 4 experience Aircel 3G zones

Aircel becomes the first telecom service provider to Launch 3G experience zone in Chennai for the consumers to get a first hand feel of third generation mobile telephony and its wonders. Aircel is now present in all 23 telecom circles. With a subscriber base of over 47 million, Aircel, is the fifth largest service provider.

Mr. Gurdeep Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Aircel said, "At Aircel we have always had a clear focus on the future and have diligently been the first to introduce, products and services that address relevant needs of the consumers be it the Aircel Pocket Internet, Aircel Pocket Apps store and the Aircel Apollo Mobile Health Care. It has been our constant and consistent endeavor to offer our consumers best in class on the Mobile anytime anywhere. The launch of 3G experience zones in Chennai is a step towards the same as it would equip our consumers and provide them first hands on experience on 3G services and open to them a world of possibilities."

There will be four Aircel 3G experience zones spread across Chennai (Atrium2, Spencers Plaza; Fun City, Express Avenue; Atrium Citi Centre & Aircel Store PH road ) for the consumers to access and get to know what 3G is and what it can do for you. The consumers can walk in and they will be taken through the services available such as the Aircel IVVR (Interactive Video Voice Response), Aircel 3G PocketInternet portal and Video calls.

These services address all segments be it the youth, a housewife, a professional or a senior citizen. There is something for all which 3G addresses, with a 3G phone and access to the 3G network at the Aircel experience zone you can make peer to peer video calls; access the vibrant, colorful Aircel 3G PocketInternet portal with easy access to news, sports etc. ; and through the Aircel IVVR watch your favorite movie songs or dialogues of your favorite stars for e.g. Rajinikanth, Suriya, Vijay etc. At Aircel we shrink the world for you with a promise to offer you a world of possibilities anytime, anywhere.

About Aircel

Aircel, a part of Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia, is India's fifth largest GSM mobile service provider with a subscriber base of over 47 million and is the fastest growing mobile operator in the country. It is the market leader in Tamil Nadu, Assam, North-East and Chennai. . Aircel is now present in 23 Telecom Circles (Mumbai, Pune, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Assam, Bihar, Chennai, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, North-East , Orissa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, MP & Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat & Rajasthan) and with spectrum secured for all the remaining circles (a total of 23 circles in India), the company is on track to become a leading Pan-India Operator. For more information, please log on to www.aircel.com.

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Actor Suriya and Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel Limited

Actor Suriya, Mr. Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel and Mr. KVP Baskaran, Operations Director, South, Aircel
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