RCom Launches India's First CDMA Tablet

Reliance Communications (RCom) has announced the country's first CDMA network technology driven tablet PC. The 17.8-cm (7-inch) tablet works on Reliance High Speed Data CDMA network in over 1,000 towns across the country. “We are the first telecom operator in India to offer tablet on both the 3G and CDMA networks. This will strengthen our leadership position in the tablet market,” said Rakesh Singh, hub head--wireless business, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Reliance Communications.

Priced at Rs 12,999, Reliance CDMA Tab features a 17.8-cm (7-inch) capacitive touch screen with Android 2.3 OS. The tablet also supports mobile TV, voice calling, GPS and video recording features. It comes equipped with 512 MB RAM and a micro SD external storage and supports up to 32 GB of content storage. It also includes a 2.0 MP rear camera and a front camera. 

The company is offering postpaid plans with discounts of up to 40 per cent on the regular rates.

"All the plans will come with default voice tariff plan of 50 paise per minute for all intra and inter circle calls and 50 paise for local and national SMS," the company said.

The new tablet comes bundled with monthly and annual data plans, one year free subscription on McAfee Mobile Security, two months free subscription on BigFlix plus for movies on demand and Rs 250 worth of calling on Reliance Global Call. It also has push e-mail facility.