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Plintron Becomes India's 1st National Unified License- Virtual Network Operator Kicks off the USD 4 Billion VNO Industry
[May 17, 2017]

Plintron Becomes India's 1st National Unified License- Virtual Network Operator Kicks off the USD 4 Billion VNO Industry


NEW DELHI, May 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Plintron, the world's Largest Multi-country Virtual Network Enabler/Aggregator (MVNE/MVNA) has announced its commercial entry into the US$ 37 Billion Indian Telecom market.


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Plintron is the first company to have been awarded Unified License - Virtual Network Operator (UL VNO) for all services, for all 22 circles, from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, and has become the first National UL VNO. Prior to the entry into India, Plintron's global experience includes the launch of 80 VNO brands and inter-connection with 30+ leading Telecom operators in 25 countries across all the six continents.

On the occasion of the License award, Mr. Mohan Kumar Sundaram, Co-Founder and Chairman, Plintron Group said "Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi, the Department of Telecommunications under the able leadership of Honorable Minister of Communications, has published a forward-looking VNO Policy, which will tremendously benefit the cause of affordable, quality connectivity for all Indians. We are grateful to the DoT, Government of India, for issuing Unified License (VNO)-All Services, for all 22 circles to Plintron. As an industry leader, we are looking forward to pioneer the VNO revolution in India and will soon announce arious products."



To commence operations, Plintron is investing in building capacity, radio coverage and infrastructure in India, and is in talks with Network Service Operators (NSOs) to access their network on a VNO model, especially for rural Indian markets. Once wholesale network access is provided to the MVNO - the entire cost of sales, marketing and customer acquisition is borne completely by the MVNO making such a partnership attractive to NSOs, to acquire higher market share.

"With proven experience of activating in excess of 80 million subscribers on Plintron's network, Plintron will offer specialized solutions to Enterprises with established customer base and additionally introduce internationally successful products into Indian market to help Enterprises reap immediate gains through an increase in customer loyalty and an enhanced 'share of wallet' in their customer spends with minimal upfront investment," stated Ms. Subhashree Radhakrishnan, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, Plintron Group.


With its Global Technology Delivery Centre in India employing 1,000+ Telecom professionals and years of global experience across 25 countries in the MVNO space, Plintron has extensive experience in delivering solutions that are fully compliant to all regulatory requirements of the DOT and TRAI, including requirements on Mobile Number Portability, Lawful Interception, Network Security, Subscriber Registration and Customer On-boarding Norms.

About Plintron:

Plintron is a global leader in Cloud Communications Solutions and sports the telecom industry's most comprehensive rollouts for MNOs, MVNOs and Enterprises. During last nine years of rapid growth, Plintron has enabled VNOs in varied industry segments including Retail, Youth, Insurance, Financial institutions, Postal Departments, IoT/M2M, Travel and Ethnic communities to name a few. Commanding the largest global presence in its area of business, the company leverages its multi-country network to stay ahead of the curve.

The key factors in this global success are commitment to excellence, customer centricity, quality focus, flexibility and ownership. The company constantly endeavors in enhancing value and developing new and innovative solutions.

Plintron houses its 24x7 Global Technology Delivery center in India. Regional Business and Support offices are present in London (UK), Sydney (Australia), Seattle (US), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Singapore (Asia).

For more information visit: http://www.plintron.com


For further details contact: 
Sreenivas V
Corporate Marketing
+91-8754595584
[email protected] 
Plintron Global Technology Solution Pvt Ltd



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