Reliance Communications (RCom) has unveiled a new CDMA tablet, becoming the first telecom operator to have tablets in both 3G and CDMA networks.
The Reliance CDMA Tab comes with a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with Android 2.3 OS, 512 MB RAM and a micro SD external storage. The 397 gram weighing tablet comes with a 2.0 Megapixel rear camera and a front camera.
The Reliance CDMA Tab is supported by Reliance’s CDMA network across 22 circles in over 1000 towns in the country. The device is priced attractively at Rs 12,999 and is further bundled with attractive monthly and annual data plans. Reliance Communications is also offering a 1 year free subscription on McAfee Mobile Security, 2 months free subscription on BigFlix+, and Rs 250 worth of calling on Reliance Global Call, all together valued at Rs 2,100.
For business users, the Reliance CDMA Tab provides a user-friendly email experience with push email capability and is bundled with ‘Documents To Go’ that supports Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF formats. Other features include Mobile TV, voice calling, GPS and video recording.
Announcing the launch of Reliance CDMA Tab, Sanjay Behl, group head – brand and marketing, Reliance Communications, said, “Having redefined the Tab market in the country last year with the launch and roaring success of Reliance 3G Tab, we are now yet again the first to introduce the country’s first CDMA Tab. With the rapid increase in data consumption in India and with Reliance’s superior HSD Network in over 1000 towns, the launch of the Reliance CDMA Tab is another step to carry forward our mission of Wirefree India.”
Reliance CDMA Tab is pre-loaded with 15 most popular applications to provide information services (browsing, navigation maps and search), communication services (email, blog, SMS, and MMS), entertainment services (music, video, and games), and social networking services (Facebook) and has access to the Android Market.
“Supporting the launch, a 24X7 customer care will be made available to the customers for all technical assistance,” the teleco said.
Reliance CDMA Tab is attractively priced at Rs 12,999 and comes with attractive plans providing data and voice benefits. The Reliance CDMA Tab comes with a free 4 GB SD card, which can be upgraded to 32 GB.
RCom is also offering the tablet “with attractive postpaid plans offering discounts of upto 40 per cent on the regular rates”. All the plans will come with default voice tariff plan of 50 paisa per min for all intra and inter circle calls and 50 paisa for local and national SMS.