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June
13, 2003
Tata Indicom Internet service from ICICI Bank ATMs
MUMBAI -- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., India's leading
ISP and ICICI Bank, India's second largest bank, recently
tied up for distributing Tata Indicom's dial-up Internet
services through the ICICI Bank's ATM network. ICICI
Bank customers will now be able to buy and renew VSNL
Internet packs, recently re-branded as Tata Indicom
Internet service, through any one of the 1,675 ICICI
Bank ATMs in India. This is the first time in the
country that an ISP would be using an ATM network
to distribute its products.
This
initiative will offer ICICI Bank's nearly 6 million
ATM and debit card holders, the convenience to buy
or renew Tata Indicom Internet packs through ATMs
by purchasing the serial number and PIN required for
online registration or renewal. After purchasing a
serial number and PIN, a user just has to go and register
or renew his Internet connection at http://signup.vsnl.com.
The
initiative comes close to the heels of VSNL's recent
re-branding of its dial-up Internet services under
the Tata Indicom brand. The re-branding was accompanied
by the simultaneous adoption of an FMCG distribution
model, through which Tata Indicom packs will now be
available from over 3,000 outlets in the eight cities
-- Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad,
Mumbai, Pondicherry and Pune. VSNL's dial-up Internet
packs are now available in the following denominations:
| No.
of hours |
Price
of new pack |
Price
of renewal pack |
| |
|
|
| 10
hours |
Rs.
105 (validity: 1 month) |
Rs.
100 |
| 25
hours |
Rs.
250 (validity: 3 months) |
Rs.
240 |
| 50
hours |
Rs.
490 (validity: 3 months) |
Rs.
480 |
| 100
hours |
Rs.
890 (validity: 12 months) |
Rs.
840 |
| 250
hours |
Rs.
1,990 (validity: 12 months) |
Rs.
1940 |
| 500
hours |
Rs.
3,190 (validity: 36 months) |
Rs.
3040 |
Speaking
at the occasion, N. Srinath, director, operations,
VSNL, said: "VSNL is committed to growing its
retail ISP business and our association with ICICI
Bank underlines this commitment. The retail market
holds great potential for us as an ISP and long-distance
telecom player, and we will be seeking to tap this
market through our dial-up packs and other retail
products that we will be launching in the near future."
Ms.
Chanda Kochhar, executive director, ICICI Bank, added:
"It has been our constant endeavor to introduce
new value added services on our ATMs, making it a
multi-utility platform for our customers. The availability
of the dial-up Internet service packages at our ATMs
is another step towards the same. We hope our customer
will benefit from the round the clock convenience
it will provide."
Contact:
ICICI Bank
Tel: +91-22-2653-8252
Fax: +91-22-2653-1116
Email: madhvendra.das@icicibank.com
Web: www.icicibank.com
