style . the references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . november 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message tata teleservices limited type public bse 532371 industry telecommunications founded 1996 headquarters mumbai maharashtra india key people cyrus pallonji mistry chairman 1 srinath narasimhan md & ceo ashish pachory cio products fixed line and mobile telephony broadband and fixed line internet services digital television and network services revenue 31.91 billion us 470 million 2011 2 members 6.61 crore 3 2014 parent tata group divisions tata docomo cdma gsm website www.tatateleservices.com tata teleservices limited ttsl bse 532371 is an indian broadband and telecommunications service provider based in mumbai maharashtra india . it is a subsidiary of the tata group an indian conglomerate . it operates under the brand name tata docomo in various telecom circles of india . contents 1 history 2 market data 3 business areas 4 branding 5 rural telephony 6 retail 7 value added services 8 ntt docomo exit 9 see also 10 references 11 external links history edit in november 2008 japanese telecom giant ntt docomo picked up a 26 per cent equity stake in tata docomo a subsidiary of tata teleservices for about 130.7 billion us 1.9 billion or an enterprise value of 502.69 billion us 7.5 billion . 4 ntt docomo announced on 25 april 2014 that they are going to sell 100 % of their shares in tata docomo to tata teleservices and exit indian telecom . the reason for exit is because of huge loss of 1.3 billion . 5 in february 2008 ttsl announced that it would provide cdma mobile services targeted towards the youth in association with the virgin group on a franchisee model basis . by april 1 2015 all virgin mobile cdma & gsm customers have been migrated into the umbrella tata docomo brand tata indicom for delhi ncr . currently tata teleservices provides mobile services under the following brand names tata docomo cdma & gsm mobile operator wireless broadband t24 mobile gsm mobile operator market data edit tata indicom in april 2009 crossed the 35 million subscribers mark in the wireless category with an overall subscriber base of over 36 million . tata teleservices is 2 in terms of market share in delhi ncr region with a subscriber base of 5 million . business areas edit tata teleservices offers multiple tariff plans in both the post paid and pre paid category . it also offers mobile value added services to subscriberss . branding edit tata teleservices launched the virgin mobile brand to target the youth segment . rural telephony edit ttsl also maintains a distribution network across villages wherein people are appointed and trained by ttsl who visit villages on a bicycle or a two wheeler at defined times on defined days of the week selling recharge vouchers and servicing equipment ; each runner covers between 200 and 300 customers . the company joined hands with tata chemicals tata kisaan sansar network disseminating information through these centres and using them as local distributors . retail edit the company s retail business has around 3 000 outlets nationally comprising 600 ttsl owned stores and around 2 500 stores in the franchisee format . tata indicom now known as tata docomo cdma already covers the top 700 towns in india in terms of population through tata docomo cdma exclusive stores . tata docomo also maintains an online portal for its customers i choose where the customers can buy tata docomo cdma post paid connections and prepaid recharge vouchers with an upfront commitment of activation and delivery of the handset within 72 hours . value added services edit tata teleservices in october 2007 launched tata zone an infotainment portal on tata docomo brew enabled mobile phones in hindi . this service has applications pricing details downloads and browsing instructions in hindi . the rationale behind this was simple 66 % of all indians speak hindi while less than 5 % understand english . under its vas bouquet ttsl offers services such as news games faith and prayers ringtones streaming tv fun shows video zone song download express cricket internet surfing astrology and mobile office among others . tata docomo cdma plans to provide m commerce mobile advertising and social networking under its vas offerings . ntt docomo exit edit ntt docomo announced on 25 april 2014 that they are going to sell 100 % of their shares in tata docomo to tata teleservices and exit indian telecom . the reason for exit is because of huge loss of 780 million during financial year ending 31 march 2014 . 6 see also edit companies portal nano ganesh mobile phone companies of india tata docomo vsnl telecommunications statistics in india references edit chairman of tata sons by the board of directors after ratan n tata . tata group . retrieved 21 june 2009 . company info print financials . moneycontrol.com . retrieved 2012 06 28 . mobile subscriber base now all time high at 97 crore . dnaindia.com . retrieved 2015 02 08 . ntt docomo buys 26 % in tata tele for 2.7 bn . business standard.com . retrieved 2010 07 16 . docomo exit docomo exit external links edit official website official website of tata indicom broadband website of tata docomo website of tata docomo business solution v t e tata group divisions and subsidiaries crom the indian hotels company gateway ginger taj hotels resorts and palaces tajair tata advanced systems tata business support services tata chemicals british salt tata chemicals europe tata chemicals magadi tata communications vsnl international canada tata consultancy services cmc tata research development and design centre tata elxsi tata global beverages eight o clock coffee good earth tea tata coffee tetley tata housing development company tata interactive systems tata investment corp tata motors jaguar land rover tata daewoo tata hispano tata power tata power sed tata steel tata steel europe tayo rolls tata technologies tata teleservices titan industries tanishq trent star bazaar westside voltas tatacliq.com joint ventures airasia india 41 % tata aia 74 % tata aig 74 % tata mcgraw hill vistara 51 % tata sky 80 % tata starbucks 50 % tata docomo 74 % virgin mobile india 74 % telcon construction solutions 40 % shareholdings piaggio aero 33.3 % people jamsetji tata ratanji dadabhoy r gopalakrishnan dorabji tata nowroji saklatwala j. r. d. tata ratan tata pallonji mistry surya kant cyrus pallonji mistry jamshed jiji irani noel tata r. k. krishna kumar other bombay house tata centre tata dhan academy tata family tata football academy tata management training centre tata sons tcs amsterdam marathon tcs nyc marathon category v t e telecommunication companies of india mobile network operators aircel airtel cellone idea jio mtnl mts reliance t24 mobile tata docomo telenor vodafone defunct mobile operators loop mobile orange s tel spice telecom videocon virgin mobile internet service providers airtel broadband bbnl beam fiber bsnl gailtel hathway mtnl primenet railtel reliance jio sify spectranet spice communications tata teleservices tikona broadband dth operators abs free dish airtel digital tv dd free dish dish tv reliance digital tv sun direct tata sky videocon d2h zing digital v t e major indian companies economy of india list of companies of india automotive ashok leyland bajaj auto eicher motors hero motocorp hindustan motors mahindra & mahindra tafe tata motors tvs aerospace and defence bharat electronics drdo hal ordnance factories conglomerates aditya birla adani avantha bajaj bharti essar essel gmr godrej gvk hinduja itc jaypee jindal kirloskar jsw l & t lanco mahindra muthoot murugappa ramoji reliance adag reliance rpg sahara shapoorji pallonji sun tata tvs torrent ub videocon wadia civil aviation air india indigo jet airways consumer goods and retail britannia industries dabur flipkart future group godrej consumer hindustan unilever itc nirma reliance retail tata global beverages energy and natural resources bharat petroleum cairn india chennai petroleum coal india gail essar oil hindustan petroleum indian oil corporation l & t national aluminum nhpc nmdc nlc ntpc oil india ongc power finance power grid rinl reliance infrastructure recl sci sesa goa suzlon energy tata power finance andhra bank axis bank bank of baroda bank of india canara bank central bank of india hdfc bank icici bank idbi bank ing vysya bank jammu & kashmir bank kotak mahindra bank lic mudra bank muthoot finance ltd punjab national bank sbi tamilnad mercantile bank union bank of india yes bank healthcare pharmaceutical & biotech aurobindo pharma cadila healthcare cipla glenmark pharmaceuticals dr. reddy s idpl iil lupin sun pharmaceutical manufacturing and heavy industries acc ambuja apollo tyres bengal chemicals and pharmaceuticals bhushan bhel dlf gammon india havells hcc hindalco india cements jindal steel jsw mrf sail tata steel ultratech information technology hcl technologies infosys tata consultancy services tech mahindra wipro media sun group the times group living media telecommunications aircel airtel bsnl idea cellular micromax mobile mtnl reliance communications tata communications benchmark fy 2015 16 revenues of over us 1 billion v t e major information technology companies largest it companies largest internet companies largest software companies semiconductor sales leaders by year consulting and outsourcing accenture atos booz allen hamilton bt global services caci capgemini cgi group cognizant computer sciences corporation deloitte digital china fujitsu hcl technologies hitachi consulting hewlett packard enterprise services ibm global services indra sistemas infosys kpmg leidos nec ntt data orange business services t systems tata consultancy services tech mahindra unisys wipro imaging canon inc. hp inc. eastman kodak fujifilm konica minolta kyocera lexmark nikon olympus corporation panasonic ricoh samsung electronics seiko epson sharp sony toshiba xerox information storage adata dell technologies dell emc fujitsu hitachi data systems hewlett packard enterprise ibm kingston technology lenovoemc netapp oracle corporation plextor samsung electronics seagate technology silicon power sony toshiba transcend information western digital sandisk internet aol baidu facebook google iac interactivecorp microsoft naver netease netflix tencent twitter yahoo yandex cloud computing amazon web services google ibm microsoft oracle corporation rackspace salesforce.com e commerce only alibaba group amazon.com ebay groupon jd.com rakuten mainframes fujitsu ibm mobile devices acer inc. amazon.com apple asus bbk electronics oppo vivo blackberry limited hisense htc huawei i mobile karbonn mobiles lava mobiles lenovo motorola mobility lg electronics meizu micromax mobile microsoft nokia panasonic samsung sony tcl corporation true xiaomi zte networking equipment avaya cisco systems ericsson fujitsu hewlett packard enterprise huawei juniper networks motorola solutions nec nokia qualcomm zte oems celestica compal electronics flextronics foxconn jabil circuit pegatron quanta sanmina corporation tpv technology wistron corporation personal computers and servers acer inc. apple inc. asus dell fujitsu hp inc. lenovo lg electronics nec panasonic samsung electronics toshiba servers only cisco systems hewlett packard enterprise inspur oracle corporation point of sale casio ncr panasonic samsung electronics seiko epson sharp star micronics toshiba wincor nixdorf semiconductors advanced micro devices broadcom fujitsu infineon technologies integrated micro electronics inc. intel lg electronics marvell technology group mediatek micron technology nvidia nxp semiconductors freescale on semiconductor panasonic qualcomm renesas electronics samsung electronics sk hynix sony stmicroelectronics texas instruments toshiba via technologies foundries globalfoundries tsmc united microelectronics corporation smic equipment lam research tokyo electron software adobe systems apple inc. ca technologies google hewlett packard enterprise ibm intuit microsoft oracle corporation sap se symantec vmware telecommunications services bharti airtel am rica m vil at & t bell canada bharat sanchar nigam limited bt group centurylink china mobile china telecom china unicom comcast deutsche telekom hutchison asia telecommunications idea cellular kddi kpn kt corporation mahanagar telephone nigam mtn mts nippon telegraph and telephone ntt docomo oi orange s.a. reliance communications sk telecom softbank mobile sprint corporation tata teleservices telecom italia telef nica telenor true verizon communications vimpelcom vivendi vodafone video games activision blizzard electronic arts nintendo microsoft sony take two interactive tencent methodology fy2014 15