Chennai: Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has tied up with Tier 1 internet service provider n-Logue Communications to set up 400 telephone and internet kiosks in rural Tamil Nadu.

The four short distance charge areas (SDCAs) covered are Bhavani, Vaniyambadi, Gudiyatham and Mayavaram would be operational in three months.

A typical kiosk will offer telephone and internet services to the local community. It will come with a telephone, personal computer, internet/voice connection and a suite of packaged software in local languages, according to R Balachandran, the chief operating officer of TTSL.

PG Ponnapa, the chief executive offier of n-Logue said n-Logue Communications, part of the TeNet Group , said it would be providing the network infrastructure and last mile connectivity. It would use CorDECT. The kiosks will act a local and STD/ISD telephone booth, an internet centre, e-governance and e-education centre and provide employment to the educated people in the locality.