Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
Today TATA’S GSM arm “TATA DOCOMO” came up with the VAS offerings to its customer base providing following services as a start up.
- Call me tunes
- Voice Based Services
- GPRS / EDGE
- USSD Services
- SIM Tool Kit Services
- SMS Services
Likewise its per second pulse scenario the same is being implemented in VAS too for example in “Call Me Tunes” service the call charges are First 30 Seconds free and thereafter 5paise/second and Subscription Charges goes Rs.30 for 30 days followed by Song Download Charges: Rs.15/song.
Also keeping a handy bucket in “Voice Based Services” following cover the gamut: 24 Hr Music, Voice chat News updates, Devotional services, Learn English , ESPN on Mobile, Drive in voice, Cricket scores, Jokes, Astrology, Voice SMS service, Voice mail services.
GPRS / EDGE
Services like TATA i Channel, Drive in WAP, Social networking, MMS etc are included in GRPS section with tariff plans as under.
Charges (DIVE IN WAP)
There are no national monthly rental charges. Browsing is free on Dive In portal in home network & TATA DOCOMO networks while roaming nationally. You will be charged only for content downloads. You will be charged for browsing Dive-In portal while roaming in non-TATA DOCOMO network
TATA DOCOMO Portal Browsing: Free on TATA DOCOMO Home Network & TATA DOCOMO National Roaming Network.
TATA DOCOMO Portal Browsing:10P/10KB on Non-TATA Roaming Network.
TATA DOCOMO Portal Browsing:Rs.5.50/10KB on International Roaming.
Internet Browsing:1p/1KB on Tata Home Network.
Internet Browsing:10p/10kb on TATA DOCOMO & Non-TATA Roaming Network
Internet Browsing:Rs.5.50/10kb on International Roaming rental pack available on Post Paid: Rs.99/ month (100 MB free internet usage in TATA DOCOMO Home & National Roaming Network)
Also one has the privilege of getting the above mentioned VAS services on USSD platform too where the revenue model is alienated in to categories viz. Rs 3/SMS another is Rs 30 for 30 days