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Virgin, Tata TeleServices to form JV

Techtree News Staff, May 17, 2007 1245 hrs IST

Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile is reportedly forming a 50:50 joint venture with Tata TeleServices to bring in the Virgin brand in the Indian telecom market.

Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile is reportedly forming a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with Tata TeleServices (TTSL) to bring in the Virgin brand in the Indian telecom market.

Under this partnership, Virgin will exclusively license the Virgin Mobile brand and technology expertise in the area of value-added services (VAS) and handsets to TTSL. This will allow TTSL to use Virgin's core expertise in marketing and service innovation to create offerings mainly targeted at the youth segment.

Virgin Mobile's innovative VAS offerings include video calling, where the user can see the person he/she talking to, video clips of celebrity interviews, film snippets, comedy clips, games, and a wide coverage on news and sports.

According to sources, Tata Indicom will be positioned as a mass-market brand, while Virgin will be a more youthful brand as it is seen globally. The two companies have started recruitment for the joint venture, which is expected to be functional this quarter, the sources said.

Meanwhile, Virgin Mobile is known as the world's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), which means it does not maintain its own network, rather has contracts to use existing networks of other providers, on which it offers services under the Virgin brand.

However, MVNOs are not yet permitted in India, although the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended that they be allowed. As a result, Virgin Mobile will not be an MVNO in the country. Instead, it will be an agent of TTSL, and Virgin Mobile-branded services will be available over TTSL's network.

TTSL and Virgin would also jointly explore opportunities to develop and promote newer products and VAS for TTSL subscribers, the sources revealed.

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HEMANT SIROHI

,NOIDA, on Apr 08, 2008 12:59 PM

SITE IS GUD AND USER FRIENDLY, BUT NO OPTIONS FOR CARRIER ARE BEEN VISIBLE ON THIS SITE.

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,noida, on Mar 09, 2008 05:55 PM

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,Hyderabad, on Mar 20, 2008 05:58 PM

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,Pune, on Mar 11, 2008 05:25 PM

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Shankar

,Hyderabad, on Feb 26, 2008 07:45 PM

Can any anybody provide details of any recruitments happening for Virgin India

Shankar

,Hyderabad, on Feb 26, 2008 07:43 PM

Nice to hear of Virgin's entry into Indian market. Can anybody provide details of Virgin Mobiles- India email id or contact numbers for any recruitments in this regards

satyendr hada

,kota, on Nov 21, 2007 11:25 AM

this agreement would benificial for customer as well both the companies, but now the time is for segmentation in rural india according to their demand

Mukesh Sainani

,Dubai, on May 29, 2007 03:06 PM

Nice little updated and interesting article

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