Mumbai's BPL Mobile has awarded Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) a contract for the deployment of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) high speed mobile data on the BPL Mobile GSM network. BPL Mobile, along with Motorola, will bring the first GPRS service to India's growing wireless market.
The BPL Mobile commercial GPRS service is expected to be available in the near future, enabled by Motorola's Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) and strategic alliance partner Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO). The value of the contract was not disclosed.
The 'always on, always connected', high-speed mobile data service will deliver a wide range of Internet services to mobile devices, and opens up the mobile market to a wealth of data applications, including e-commerce, email, and data transfer. BPL Mobile will launch its GPRS service with Motorola's Timeport™ p7389i GPRS phones (a) - the world's first GPRS handsets.
"BPL Mobile wants to give its customers the latest in wireless technology. It knows what GPRS can do for its customers and that Motorola and Cisco can bring these new opportunities to them. We are pleased to continue our strong relationship with BPL Mobile as we forge ahead in the world of wireless," said Pramod Saxena, Executive Director & General Manager of Motorola India Ltd.
Girish Rangan, CEO, BPL Mobile Communications Ltd said: "Motorola's proven success in GSM and GPRS made it easy for BPL Mobile to choose who would help us lead the way to 3G in India. We believe that success in GPRS will bring future success in 3G. We are proud to build on the past five years together with Motorola and offer our subscribers the practical, state-of-the-art capabilities of GPRS."
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