Vijayawada: Tata Teleservices Limited, the private basic telephone service provider for the state of Andhra Pradesh has completed two years of operations in the city of Vijayawada today. This also marks the achievement of having 75,000 customers across the State of Andhra Pradesh.

Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Ajay Pandey, COO, Tata Teleservices Limited, said the company had created a capacity of 14,000 lines with four cell sites and has over 7,500 subscribers in the city of Vijayawada (need present status for cell sites and subscribers and payphone booths- TTL).

Tata Teleservices Limited is also planning to extend its Netready post-paid Internet services in the city soon, which was launched in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The company extends all voice, data & video transmission through its network in Vijayawada.

"The city of Vijayawada is an important market as it is a big commercial center and a major market for us. We have invested significant amounts with an aim to consistently enhance quality of services to our customers through an efficient network and service delivery infrastructure," Mr. Pandey said.

The company has made investments of over Rs 1,100 crore and plans to invest Rs 1,100 crore in the next three years. Overall, the company plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore during the licence period. In the coming years, Tata Teleservices Limited will be starting operations in the different cities and towns of A.P.

Background information:
Tata Teleservices Limited is a part of the Tata Group, India's largest business house with 82 companies. Tata Group has over 2.6 lakh employees and 27 lakh shareholders with a turnover of US$ 8.8 billion.