Data cards — which deliver broadband wireless potential to laptops and other computing devices — currently offered by Telecom service operators like Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices and Airtel, among others, are empowering the mobile professional to access the internet anytime, anywhere. Indian economy rushes towards increasing productivity per employee, IT and communication products enabling wireless connectivity are rapidly deluging the marketplace.
Lately, a leading MNC in Bangalore sited an immensity order for data cards with a telecom operator that would enable its employees to log on to the internet in a wireless environment. This move is a step towards cutting office infrastructure costs and cuts down on time lost in traveling. In addition, data cards also bring in high levels of efficiency into the laptop user’s operations, assert manufacturers.
Reliance Infocom was the first to offer India’s wireless data card on its pan-India network. The data card was introduced by Reliance as part of its Reliance Connect Internet service. With the pan-India CDMA2000 1x network, Reliance NetConnect Data Card enables instant internet connectivity for laptops and other computing devices anytime, anywhere. The ready-to-use card was initially launched in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Primary addicts for these data cards are business travelers who need constant connectivity to the internet.
With competition, the cards also arrive in feature-rich formats that help them meet ‘complete connectivity requirements’ of the user — the VData card for instance, allows user to make and receive voice calls, exchange SMS and avail value added services like caller ID service. For instance, Tata Indicom’s recently launched VData Card that fits into the standard type II PCMCIA card slot in notebook PCs, offers data transfer speeds ranging from 40 Kbps upto 153 Kbps.
The Indian Mobile Telecom market has become a high probable zone for global service providers. A market that adjoins more than nine million subscribers per month and where mobile services revenues are projected to cross $37 billion by 2012, growing at a CAGR of 18%, is indeed an attractive proposition. However, it does seem that global players are seriously considering entering the Indian market.
Although, Data Card get cheaper in this year 2008, this year's budget speech announced by India's Ex. finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram has given away barely any sops to the technology consumers of the nation. So, if you are planning to log on to the net through a wireless datacard -- well that turn cheaper for sure from 1 April 2008. For, the finance minister has reduced the excise duty on wireless datacards from 16 percent to nil. You read right -- absolutely zero! Increase demand, decreased rates makes Data cards affordable for every one. Anyone, anywhere, anytime- policy of Reliance Data Cards.
