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RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS OFFERS SMS BASED MOBILE CONFERENCING SERVICE IN PAN INDIA
* Introduces India’s first ‘Handset Independent’ SMS-based Mobile Conferencing
service.
* Cost-effective instant on-touch mobile conferencing with up to 9 wireless and landline
participants.
* Just a text SMS to create a group and initiate conference calls and 5 such Groups can
be created for convenience and repeat use.
* Service offered to Postpaid & Prepaid Subscribers, pan India.
* Available on both CDMA and GSM Network.
Mumbai, October 26th, 2010: – Reliance Communications, India’s leading service provider announced
SMS based voice conference calls as an extension to its product Group Talk, a handset independent
Mobile Conferencing service. This innovative group-oriented service will be made available to all
Reliance Mobile GSM and CDMA subscribers using any handset through the ‘SMS based Mobile
Conferencing’ solution from US based Kodiak Networks, a global leader of group communications’
solutions. The Group Talk service will enable Reliance Mobile customers to establish a conference call
amongst a group of 9 contacts with a single SMS.
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Group Talk was launched early last year as a Mobile Conferencing Service to offer mobile conferencing
service on handsets with Java, Brew, Symbian operating systems and Blackberry handsets. Now, the
enhanced service launched today offers mobile–centric conferencing facility from any handset. The new
service helps all Reliance customers to stay connected in a more convenient way with families, friends
and communities
To create a group, user needs to type “C …….” with
phone numbers (both mobile and landline) starting with prefix 91 (for mobile) & STD Code (for landline)
and send this as a SMS to 51234323. Five such groups can be created & max.9 numbers can be added
per group.
To initiate a conference call, the user just needs to send a SMS in the format CHAT to
51234323 and all the group members will be notified via a SMS giving the Conference Dial-in number.
Postpaid subscribers can dial the unique number given at the time of group creation, which in turn
will dial all the group members within the group to establish an instant call conference. The Group
Talk service subscription is offered at a competitive price of Rs. 40/- per month. Subscribers can also
download the Group Talk application from RWorld and install on their handset if the handset supports
this application.
Commenting on the service roll-out on SMS, Mr. Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications
said, “Our Mobile Conferencing service is a cost-effective, efficient and convenient solution that
enhances productivity of small, medium enterprise customers. Introducing the service now on SMS –
the preferred mode of communication for youth and young executives today, will lead to popularization
of conferencing.”
Kris Patel, Executive Vice President and CTO, Kodiak Networks adds, “Kodiak is pleased to partner with
Reliance Communications, the leading mobile operator in India with pan-India presence in both CDMA
and GSM markets. Our solution is designed to simultaneously support GSM, CDMA and upcoming
3G networks and is a proven solution for productivity enhancement for enterprises and revenue
enhancement for Reliance Communications. Introduction of clientless solution will enable Reliance to
extend this useful service to all customers across India and thereby increase the adoption.” |
