Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) to launch GSM services later this year

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) is expected to launch GSM services in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa by the second half of calendar 2009, previously it only offers the CDMA services.

Mr Mukund Govind Rajan, the company’s managing director told on Wednesday that “You will hear a lot from us in subsequent months on our strategy for our GSM launch,” .

Mumbai has nearly 15 million mobile subscribers and is the highest-revenue generating telecom circle in India. Last year, the Tata group company had received spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band to offer GSM services in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa.