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April 16, 2012
Reliance Communications to lead the next wave of the mobile internet usage through
Android
Reliance Communications to lead the next wave of the mobile internet usage through
Android
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First Indian Telco to exclusively market Android devices in collaboration with
Google
Offers an attractive data usage plan (Free 1GB per month) for all Android users
Rolls out high decibel marketing campaign including TVCs
Plans to launch exclusive apps, carrier billing and expert customer care
Mumbai, April 16, 2012: Reliance Communications, India‟s fully integrated
telecommunications service provider, today announced its plans to exclusively market
Android TM* devices in India over its superior network for the next 2 years. Through this
strategic collaboration with Google TM*, Reliance Communications will market the Android
mobile operating system and Google Mobile Services in order to promote the usage of
Android devices in the country.
Reliance Communications, the first telecom operator in the country to collaborate with
Google, is committed to devote dedicated resources to accelerate the delivery of superior
services, content and applications for Android device users. Reliance Communications will
create exclusive data plans and services specifically targeted to promote Android devices on
its network. This collaboration will ensure that the data plan is optimized for usage with
Android devices; the services offered will help create a distinctive and enhanced experience
for existing customers on its network using Android devices along with the promotion of at
least one 3G data plan.
In line with other such collaborations in mature markets like USA, Japan and Australia,
Google has associated with Reliance Communications to leverage the pan India high quality
Reliance network, especially the superior Reliance 3G network along with the fastest
growing Android mobile platform to deliver leading-edge mobile applications, services and
devices.
Through this collaboration Reliance Communications will offer an exclusive free 1GB usage
per month 3G plan to all Android device users. Reliance also plans to introduce expert
customer care, carrier billing, exclusive apps and content in addition to the dedicated
Android experience zone at Reliance retail outlets across the country. The range of Android
Smartphones to work best on the superior Reliance network will come from leading handset
manufacturers in the world over the next 2 years.
Announcing this partnership, Mr. Sanjay Behl, Group Head – Brand & Marketing, Reliance
Communications Limited said, “In line with the rapid growth of Smartphones in the
country, Reliance has collaborated with Google to catapult the change by providing
compelling new experience to device users in terms of speed, coverage and app ecosystem
across segments. Our collaboration with Google is set to bring in many novelties and
unique features for device users on our superior network, complementing the innovation
of Android powered services and devices.”
The marketing activities will include Above the Line / Below the Line activities, developing
co-branded mobile applications for Android Smartphones and marketing campaigns
promoting the Google Mobile Services. Reliance Communications shall continue to work on
Android launches and promotional campaigns going forward in the next 2 years.
To reveal the distinctive affiliation between Reliance and Android, Reliance
Communications has introduced the Reliance – Android “BLUE BOT” advertisement
campaign across various platforms. The campaign showcases the Green Android BOT
changing its colour to become the „Reliance BLUE BOT‟ symbolizing the partnership as „Be
Blue, it‟s Simply Better!!‟
About Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (19322002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Group. The Reliance Group currently has a net
worth in excess of Rs. 89,000 crore (US$ 19.7 billion), cash flows of Rs. 10,900 crore (US$
2.3 billion), net profit of Rs. 3,600 crore (US$ 0.8 billion).
Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications
service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 158 million including over 2.5
million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in
the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate
clientele includes over 35,000 Indian and multinational corporations including small and
medium enterprises and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless
and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of
supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering
over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the
world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over
277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the
Asia Pacific region.
For more information please contact:
Rohit Khanna
Reliance Communications Ltd
Bratin Roy
Reliance Communications Ltd
+91 9320499499 (M)
+91 22 303 71323 (D)
[email protected]
+91 9324868621 (M)
+91 22 303 71413 (D)
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