Procall launches Digital PTT Service in India

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Procall, India's leading wireless communication solutions provider, today announced the launch of its next generation Digital Wireless (radio) Solution featuring Motorola's iDEN® (Integrated Digital Enhanced Network) technology in Bangalore. With this launch, business houses in Bangalore can now avail of a service that will provide instant team connectivity at the push of a button. The service offering will enhance organizational productivity and security and above all, do all this with the simplicity of a regular handset. The digital PTT service on iDEN is the first of its kind to be launched in India.

 

Speaking at the press conference held to announce the launch of its service in Karnataka Circle, Mr. K. Satyanarayana, CEO, Procall, said, "The launch of Procall's first ever digital PTT service in India is a landmark event for the telecom industry in India. We dedicate this technology and service to India with great pride. Indian businesses will gather another critical edge to their global endeavors and will ensure that the nation continues to grow even swifter and stronger. All businesses will benefit with the usage of this service as it will provide instant and effective connectivity. As in sports, Indian businesses are governed intrinsically by teams rather than by individuals and, thus, need that critical and instant one-to-many connectivity. All enterprises that live by this principle will find Procall's Digital PTT service an indispensable communication tool."

 

Every organization with a requirement for communicating with teams can benefit from Procall's offering. Businesses using Procall can respond more quickly to mission-critical employee and customer needs, help mobile workers in the field stay in touch when away from their office, and connect multiple offices / plants with constantly changing schedules and information. Using just one pocket-sized digital handset, the service combines the capabilities of a digital wireless phone, two-way radio with instant group talk feature, Integrated A-GPS, advanced messaging services and a host of utilities including Barcode Scanners and e-Mail services.

 

Mr. K N Srinivasan, CFO, Procall, briefed the media on the potential of the service: "Presently Procall is the only company licensed to offer Motorola's iDEN technology in India and the only company to have acquired the Digital Public Mobile Radio Trunking (PMRTS) license for the circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Maharashtra & Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. We have also applied for licenses in seven more circles. Over the next three years Procall aims to have over 1 million subscribers spread across all industry segments and sectors. The company is targeting revenue of INR 8561 Million and attain operational break - even (EBITDA) by fiscal year 2010 - '11. For the Phase 1 Rollout in the cities of Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai, Procall's capital outlay is to the tune of INR 6,000 Million"

 

Procall's service is presently available in Bangalore and will be followed by the launch of the service in Mumbai, Delhi and other circles very shortly. 

 

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