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Acer India In Tie Up With Reliance Infocomm
Unlimited download and internet access with Acer Aspire ONE Netbook.
Acer India announced a first of its kind tie up with Reliance Infocomm in a deal that would see Reliance Infocomm offering the Acer Aspire ONE Netbooks as a free bundle along with their data card & unlimited internet download under a subscription model to consumers. This is the first such tie up of its kind for Acer in India. The company in the past few months has tied up with leading Telecom service providers across geographies like Europe & Asia pacific under a similar model and Reliance Infocomm is the first such alliance for Acer in the Indian market. The tie up is being done with the objective of promoting Internet penetration and offering superior solutions to consumer needs for fast & convenient on the move connectivity. Reliance Infocom, India's largest integrated telecom service provider is offering its subscribers across India an Acer Aspire ONE NETBOOK along with upto 24 months free unlimited data download as a special package offer on the purchase of Reliance data card enabled net connections across India.
Mr. S Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India, said, “Acer is proud to be associated with Reliance Infocomm in this innovative initiative which we think is truly disruptive. With the power of the Acer Aspire ONE Netbook, that is engineered to provide the best net-centric user experience and with the enabling ecosystem that is being engendered by Reliance, we believe it is a new defining moment for bringing mobile computing to the common masses. While Acer has had such strategic tie-ups with leading telcos across the world, it is for the first time in India that such a powerful program is being put together with the potential of creating a sharp inflection point in mobile computing pervasiveness.”
“With a population of close to 1.2 billion and only 12 million Internet connections, the growth potential of Internet Data Services in India is all set to trace the penetration curve of Mobile services which are currently adding over 100 million new subscribers every year. The growth of Internet services in India is one of the key visions of Reliance Communications ”, said Mahesh Prasad, President, Reliance Communications. “The next phase of growth of Internet penetration in the country is linked to the growth in PC and Laptop penetration offering an opportunity to empower all Indians by making the overall cost of Internet access more affordable”.
The Acer Aspire one is built with a single goal in mind: enriching people's lives through simplicity, giving them immediate access to the Internet and easier communication across their entire online social network. The Aspire one is a stylish, sleek and highly portable device that can be taken anywhere and opens the door to new and unexplored areas of the online world. With a reduced LCD size of just 8.9” and weighing less than one kilo, the Aspire one is not only extremely compact (smaller than an average office diary) but offers numerous connectivity possibilities, a full and easy-to-use software application suite and battery life of up to 3 hours plus. The result is a masterpiece of technological simplicity with an intuitive.
Mr. S Rajendran, Chief Marketing Officer, Acer India, said, “Acer is proud to be associated with Reliance Infocomm in this innovative initiative which we think is truly disruptive. With the power of the Acer Aspire ONE Netbook, that is engineered to provide the best net-centric user experience and with the enabling ecosystem that is being engendered by Reliance, we believe it is a new defining moment for bringing mobile computing to the common masses. While Acer has had such strategic tie-ups with leading telcos across the world, it is for the first time in India that such a powerful program is being put together with the potential of creating a sharp inflection point in mobile computing pervasiveness.”
“With a population of close to 1.2 billion and only 12 million Internet connections, the growth potential of Internet Data Services in India is all set to trace the penetration curve of Mobile services which are currently adding over 100 million new subscribers every year. The growth of Internet services in India is one of the key visions of Reliance Communications ”, said Mahesh Prasad, President, Reliance Communications. “The next phase of growth of Internet penetration in the country is linked to the growth in PC and Laptop penetration offering an opportunity to empower all Indians by making the overall cost of Internet access more affordable”.
The Acer Aspire one is built with a single goal in mind: enriching people's lives through simplicity, giving them immediate access to the Internet and easier communication across their entire online social network. The Aspire one is a stylish, sleek and highly portable device that can be taken anywhere and opens the door to new and unexplored areas of the online world. With a reduced LCD size of just 8.9” and weighing less than one kilo, the Aspire one is not only extremely compact (smaller than an average office diary) but offers numerous connectivity possibilities, a full and easy-to-use software application suite and battery life of up to 3 hours plus. The result is a masterpiece of technological simplicity with an intuitive.
