Olive Telecommunication and Tata Teleservices launch 3G embedded 'Netbook'

New Delhi: Olive Telecommunication and Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) announced

the launch of India's first netbook embedded with high-speed Internet

access for mobile Internet connectivity and broadband access.

The Netbook X107H, powered by Qualcomm's QSC6085 chipset, will leverage

the capabilities of EV-DO Rev. A technology on TTSL's network to enable

users with 'Anywhere, Anytime' broadband connectivity and help them

access advanced data applications and services on the move. The netbook

has a 1.6-GHz processor, 1-GB DDR memory and 160-GB 2.5” HDD storage.

The netbook comes with payment options and will be available at Tata

Indicom stores and other retail outlets across the country.

Arun Khanna, Chairman, Olive Telecommunication, said: “I am very

grateful for the opportunity to be a first mover in a space that will

surely heat up in the near future, and to thank our telecom partner TTSL

and technology enabler Qualcomm for all its support. The netbook,

bundled with Tata Teleservices' data packages, will bring to the

consumer the convenience of connectivity 'Anytime, Anywhere'. We look

forward to surprising the Indian consumer with data-enabling devices

that will make lives easier and empower greater numbers of Indians to

connect to the Net conveniently. TTSL has been a partner since our

inception in the telecom sector and we are proud to be associated with

them in this new initiative too.”

The netbook is being exclusively offered on Photon Plus by Tata

Teleservices Limited. “The Olive Netbook powered by Tata Photon Plus

heralds a new era in versatile computing access, and is in keeping with

TTSL's endeavor to provide affordable and ubiquitously accessible

high-speed Internet access,” said Anil Sardana, MD, Tata Teleservices

Limited, said. “The unique advantages of our high-speed Internet access

service get compounded by the feature-rich and attractively-priced

Netbook, which will be on offer with an exclusive range of tariff

offerings, designed to bring the best of both worlds to the market,” he

added.

“We congratulate Olive Telecommunication and Tata Teleservices for

launching India's first 3G-embedded netbook. Computing and wireless are

fast converging to enable a compelling mobile broadband experience for

consumers worldwide,” said Peggy Johnson, Executive-Americas and India,

Qualcomm. “We are pleased to work with our partners to bring to the

Indian market an innovative solution that offers a world-class computing

experience.”