Monday, July 06, 2009

Virgin Mobile’s 'vLink' –a data service

Virgin Mobile India, a dual venture stuck between Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices, announced its venture into the data section with the launch of its USB modem 'vLink' priced at Rs 2,100.

The device, vLink, is a CDMA USB modem offering 1 GB data storage space priced at Rs 2,100
"vLink comes with a starter kit... This includes free unlimited promo data usage time of 30 days. We have launched two tariff plans — Rs 801 per month for unlimited data usage and Rs 349 per month with a facility of balance roll over to next month," Virgin Mobile India Chief Officer, Deval Parikh said.

He also added that, the second plan has a rate of 25 paise per minute (between 8 am-10 pm) and 13 paise per minute (between 10 pm-8 am). "vLink will offer instant connectivity on the move to the style conscious youth, be it students, professionals, SMBs or SOHOs...It is a carry-along device that will allow users to access internet anywhere as well as store their music, photos, videos etc," Virgin Mobile India Chief Executive Officer M A Madhusudan said.

India has a total internet user base of 49.40 million, of which net users less than 25 years of age account for 52 per cent.

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