BSNL ties up with data provider Contakt

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has entered into agreement with the
Unstructured Supplementary Service data Provider - Contakt Technical
Solutions - to provide "BSNL Expert alerts", a value added service to
be introduced for the cell one mobile users for the first time in
South India, two officials said.

S E Rajam and V K Sanjeevi, General Managers, Mobile Services and BSNL
Madurai area, said initially alert services would be given in 21
different subjects including cricket, astrology, news, health care and
stock indexes.

Madurai being the base centre for south India, the service would be
available to all the customers in the four States. The service would
be available for mobile users for Rs 30 and Rs 25 respectively,
depending on the subject chosen by the subscribers, i n SMS forms.

It is being introduced on revenue sharing basis.

Paresh Shah, Director, Contakt Technical Solutions, said they were
operating in 13 countries and would be introducing hundreds of
services to various types of customers.

They were in the process of entering into agreement with banks to
guide the mobile users to know about their bank balance or where the
ATM or bank is situated in a new city where they were visiting for the
first time.

Besides they were also planning to enter into agreement with gas
companies to enable the customers know when they would get the refill
and other details.

The Contakt solutions were already sending 1.5crore messages a day.
The time bound location board would automatically refresh the items.
The facility would benefit cell one subscribers in Andhra Pradesh,
Karnatka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the officials said.