* Radio Netherlands Worldwide to be available on Mobile Portal R World for 125 million Reliance customers
MUMBAI: Reliance Communications, India’s leading telecom service provider, has announced signing an agreement with Radio Netherlands Worldwide, an established player in news and entertainment broadcasting for over 60 years. Under the agreement, R World – the mobile portal accessible to over 125 million Reliance 3G, GSM and CDMA customers — would offer 24/7 live streaming of Radio Netherlands Worldwide and will showcase its RNW WAP news feed on RWorld, which includes regularly updated international news.
Prashant Gokarn, 3G Head, Reliance Communications, said, We are delighted about our collaboration with Radio Netherlands Worldwide to offer live news to our 125 million customers at the touch of a button on R World. We are focused to utilize every opportunity and technological advancement to offer enhanced value and benefits to our customers…
Jan Hoek, Director General, RNW, said, I am very pleased with our entry into the Indian telecom space with one of the biggest telecom operators, Reliance. We are an important partner to its valuable subscriber base as a major value-added service. Interestingly, this is the first telecom company with which we have a partner relationship and we are looking forward to many more on a global basis along with advancements in technology….
RNW is available on RWorld (News N TV) at a browsing cost of 5 paise/10kb. RNW and Reliance Communications will be celebrating their successful partnership during the GSMA Mobile World Congress on February 14 – 17 in Barcelona.