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AOL’s wireless division, Tegic bullish about Indian market

US based AOL’s wireless division Tegic is optimistic about the Indian market as they plan to launch new services in the country targeting the B and C class cities.

AOL mobile senior country manager Mridul Srivastava spoke about their plans for the Indian market: “We are very optimistic and bullish about Indian market mobile solutions for data transfer where mobile handsets are projected to grow very fast in the Indian market.”

He added: “We are close to launching several new solutions like mobile search, mobile navigator and text output softwares. The major growth in new users of mobile will come from B and C class towns. And, there we are optimistic because users in smaller towns prefer to send SMS in local languages”

The company launched its T9 software, which supports eight Indian languages like Hindi, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil and Urdu in addition to 55 global languages. This software is embedded in mobile phones and would be beneficial for the regional customer base in the Indian market.