Tata Teleservices Limited spearheads the Tata Groups presence in the telecom sector. The Tata Group had revenues of around US $62.5 bn in Financial Year 2007-08, and includes over 90 companies, around 350,000 employees worldwide and more than 3.2 million shareholders. Incorporated in 1996, Tata Teleservices is the pioneer of the CDMA 1x technology platform in India. It has embarked on a growth path since the acquisition of Hughes Tele.com (India) Ltd renamed Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited by the Tata Group in 2002. It launched mobile operations in January 2005 and today enjoys a pan-India presence through existing operations in all of Indias 22 telecom Circles. The company is also the market leader in the fixed wireless telephony market. The companys network has been rated as the ‘Least Congested in India for last six consecutive quarters by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India through independent surveys. Tata Teleservices Limited now also has a presence in the GSM space, through its joint venture with NTT DOCOMO of Japan, and offers differentiated products and services under the TATA DOCOMO brand name. TATA DOCOMO arises out of the Tata Groups strategic alliance with Japanese telecom major NTT DOCOMO in November 2008. TATA DOCOMO has received a pan-India license to operate GSM telecom servicesâ€â€and has also been allotted spectrum in 18 telecom Circles. The company has rolled out GSM services in phased manner starting with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Mumbai, Rest of Maharashtra and MP&CG. Today, Tata Teleservices Ltd, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd, serves over 38 million customers in more than 3,25,000 towns and villages across the country, with a bouquet of telephony services encompassing Mobile Services, Wireless Desktop Phones, Public Booth Telephony and Wireline Services. Other services include value-added services like Voice Portal, Roaming, Post-paid Internet Services, Three-way Conferencing, Group Calling, Wi-Fi Internet, USB Modem, Data Cards, Calling Card Services and Enterprise Services. Some of the other products launched by the company include BlackBerry, Pre-paid Wireless Desktop Phones, Public Phone Booths, Mobile Handsets and Voice & Data Services such as BREW Games, Voice Portal, Picture Messaging, Polyphonic Ring Tones, and Interactive Applications like news, cricket, astrology, etc.
