Uninor offers RED FM channels on mobile

Uninor has tied up with RED FM, powered by Hungama Mobile, to avail radio experience to its customers in various languages.

The tie-up will enable Uninor customers to enjoy a wholesome music experience, in their preferred language from their hometown radio station, accessible on mobile handsets.

With this a Gujarati in Bangalore can listen to the RED FM of Ahmedabad, or a Bengali in Mumbai can listen to the Kolkata radio Station. Customers can avail this Value Added Service by dialing toll free number 55935 from their Uninor number.

The customers can access 8 RED FM stations from across the country for a maximum charge of Rs 10 for a week with usage upto 100 minutes. The service will be available at different subscription charges from Rs 10 to Rs 1, with free minutes of music streaming.

''Both FM and telecom services have been known as the common man's product and have proved to be great medium of entertainment and communication respectively. We are hopeful that these two mediums when bundled together would yield delightful results for all our customers,'' said Amaresh Kumar, chief product officer, Uninor.

''We are glad to have Uninor joining hands with Red FM, the most popular radio station,'' said Nisha Narayanan, senior VP, projects and programming, RED FM.

''Hungama is pleased to power a platform for Uninor, backed by Red FM content to ensure Uninor consumers are able to easily access their favourite music from any Red FM station on their mobile device,'' said Albert Almeida, COO, Hungama Mobile.

The current service will enable the operator's customers to listen the streams through the RED FM stations of Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jamshedpur Chennai and Bangalore.