Hyderabad: Tata Teleservices Limited (TTL), the private basic telephone service provider for Andhra Pradesh, today presented a Fiat Palio car to Mr P. Venu (phone number: 0866-638851), the first prize winner of ‘Festiv Phonanza,’ at a function held at the Tata Teleservices work centre in Patamata, Vijayawada.

The ‘Festiv Phonanza,’ a unique promotional offer from Tata Teleservices Limited, was open to customers — both wireline/ fixed and wireless/ Tata Mobitel — from October 27 to December 31, 2001. The scheme was open to TTL customers in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Guntur, Eluru, and Rajahmundry.

The company had conducted the Diwali draw during November 2001, and the New Year draw on January 15, 2002, at Hyderabad.

The first prize of a Fiat Palio was won by Mr P. Venu of Vijayawada. The second and third prizes winners were from Hyderabad. Mr Manyam Ramesh and SagarBhai Jewellers won a Samsung colour TV each as the second prize.

The third prize winners — M/s Zen Securities Ltd., Abdul Haseeb Khan and Shant Kumar Reddy — won Samsung refrigerators.

The winners of the 4,000 consolation prizes are being informed by mail.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr P. Venu, winner of the Fiat Palio, said, “ I was extremely delighted to receive a call from Tata Teleservices on January 15, 2002, informing me that I have won the first prize of a Fiat Palio. I wish TTL all the very best in their future endeavours. I look forward to more such customer-friendly schemes from the company in future.”

TTL received an overwhelming response to the 'Festiv Phonanza' offer. This successful offer was designed in such a way that every third customer was eligible to win a prize. The offer has been a contributing factor to achieving a customer base of over 1,20,000 within a very short period.

Tata Teleservices Limited is a part of the Tata Group, India's largest business house with 80 companies. The Tata Group has over 2.6 lakh employees, 27 lakh shareholders, and a turnover of US$ 8.8 billion.