Aircel launches 'Fuccha' for teens , Reliance launches 4G in Assam

Aircel has announced a new offering for college students in Delhi. The new pack, called as Fuccha, is priced at Rs 149 and has a validity of three months or 90 days. Users of this pack will get 111 minutes of local and STD calling for free each month for three months. Post 111 minutes, Aircel to Aircel local calls will be charged at 10 paisa per minute while other local and STD calls will be charged at 50 paisa per minute. Along with that users will also get 1500 local and national SMS es out of which 500 SMSes per month for three months and every month 1 GB of 2G data for 30 days will be made available to the users. Post free usage users can get additional data packs for internet access. Anil Gupta, regional manager -north, Aircel, said, "The new sessions at colleges in Delhi are beginning and we are targeting the students to offer this exciting product. Aircel's 'Fuccha Pack' will enable the college students to savour the benefits of voice, text and data services at affordable prices. Staying connected 24X7 is the foremost need of students and Aircel's 'Fuccha Pack' will seamlessly cater to that." Besides, users of this pack will also get full talktime on recharge of Rs 51 and above.

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL), the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has started work for rolling out 4G networks services in two telecom services of Assam and Northeast which encompasses seven states.  Top company executives including Tarun Jhunjhunwala, business head and state mentor (east), Reliance Jio met Assam chief minister, Tarun Gogoi recently and informed him about the roll out plan of the fourth-generation services .  In the first phase the company will be investing around Rs 600 to Rs 700 Crore, which will be gradually scaled up.Mukesh Ambani had telephonic conversation with Gogoi and Ambani expressed his willingness to visit Assam shortly.  Gogoi while talking to ET exclusively said, "Ambani has informed me about his company's plan to come here in big way and roll out 4G services. This venture will create job opportunities for more than 3000 people."  He added that Ambani has expressed his desire to visit Assam. An RJIL official added that company has taken an office in Guwahati and recruited around 100 engineers to carry forward the roll out plan.  The official elaborated work of laying optical fiber network (OFC) work has started across the region. "Around 800 mobile towers will be installed across Assam alone. We are expecting to finish this work by the year end or early next year and things will be ready for roll out by April next year."