www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/bharti-airtel-la New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Wednesday launched a navigation application - SmartDrive - that enables users to view their location on a map and plan the route from one place to another.
"SmartDrive is assisted by a voice based turn by turn navigation that gives real time information updates on traffic situation on roads around," the company said in a statement. "It also suggests the subscriber an alternate route in case of traffic congestion on the normal route," it added. SmartDrive offers services such as search for points of interests like restaurants, theatres and shopping malls, and voice navigation. It also offers live traffic information. Currently, it is available in Delhi and NCR, Mumbai and Bangalore and will be made available in Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune by December. While search and map views are being offered for free, a daily pack for navigation services costs Rs.10, its monthly pack would cost Rs.99. Live traffic services would cost Rs.3 per day while a monthly pack would be for Rs.49. The company is offering data browsing free till Nov 30, post which normal data usage charges will apply as per the data pack availed by the customer. Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Probationary Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in