RCom launches story voice portal for children

Pan India GSM and CDMA services provider Reliance Communications has announced a new value added service (VAS) where it would make children’s stories available on a voice portal. The story portal will retell some popular Indian stories which include Tenali Raman, Panchatantra ki Kahaniyan, Vikram aur Betal, Ramayan, Shri Krishna Bal Leela, Mahabharat and Tale Toon.
Customers can listen to stories at Rs 3 per minute. They can also set these tales as their caller tunes for Rs 10 per story. The portal offers stories in various languages including English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarati and Punjabi.
Anil Pande, head, value added services, Reliance Communications, said in a press statement, “It is always a happy and delightful reflection for any individual who has been associated to these tales as a child. The essence of these stories lie in their timelessness as, even today, they can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike. We are pleased to recreate this experience on our voice portal and let them (our subscribers) take a trip down memory lane.” Pande was not available for further comments.
Although, mobile users already have access to these stories in the form of mobile comics, with this story portal RCom users can listen to the stories as well. Mobile comics are offered by various operators including Vodafone, Tata Docomo and Airtel.