Vodafone announced a new service plan called the Prosumer Life @299 for the BlackBerry smartphone users in India. The service will offer unlimited email and IM connectivity at a monthly rental of Rs 299.
The Prosumer service will offer BlackBerry users an unlimited access of upto 10 personal or business email accounts. It will also offer various instant messaging services to users that will keep them connected with friends and colleagues.
Harit Nagpal, marketing and new business director, Vodafone Essar, states, “The new service plan provides an innovative and highly economical option for customers who wish to stay connected primarily through e-mail and instant messaging while on the move.”
The BlackBerry users on Vodafone network can view, manage as well as respond to messages from their smartphones. Additionally, the service will allow users to view popular email attachment formats like JPEG, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
“The new service plan aims at expanding the market for BlackBerry services in India and extending the opportunity beyond large corporate customers to small and medium enterprises and individuals,” added Ravinder Takkar, director, enterprise business, corporate and carriers, Vodafone Essar.
With the unlimited access service, users can get access to popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail. Moreover, the service offers unlimited access to instant messaging services like Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and BlackBerry Messenger.
The Prosumer Life @299 service is available on all BlackBerry smartphones like the BlackBerry Storm BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Pearl offered via Vodafone. Devices integrated with the BlackBerry Connect software can also take advantage of this service.