New Delhi, Uninor, a joint venture between the 150 year old global telecom giant Telenor and Unitech Ltd., is providing much needed emergency communication support to the millions of Kumbh Mela visitors. Through a network of Assistance Booths set up for the visitors at Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest events in India, Uninor will be providing free emergency calling and maps of the area for the benefit of these million visitors.

At the Maha Kumbh Mela, Uninor tied up with the Kumbh Mela Committee to install the Uninor Emergency Assistance booths to provide free mobile phone services to the visitors of Maha Kumbh Mela for making emergency calls. During these months of Kumbh Uninor has also extended its reach to ensure better accessibility by adding more retail points in this area.

Maha Kumbh Mela is one of Indias largest events in terms of the number of people who visit it and Uninor is proud to be a part of this. We understand the needs of our customers and Uninors emergency assistance booths have been set up to help customers, thereby reinforcing our commitment to helping our customers in every possible way said Mr. Allan Bonke, Executive Vice-President, Delhi Hub, Uninor.

Maha Kumbh Mela is attended by over 50 million people, making it probably the largest such gathering in the world. Uninor has also extended its presence in and around the city to further strengthen its reach and service to support the large number of visitors at the Maha Kumbh Mela.

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About Uninor:

Uninor is the brand name for Unitech Wireless - the joint venture company of Indias second largest diversified real estate major Unitech Ltd. and the Norway based worlds 6th largest mobile services provider Telenor Group. At present, the Telenor Group has already invested INR 4113.46 crores through new shares in the joint venture company with an agreement to raise this to INR 6120 crores to hold 67.25% stake.

Unitech Wireless holds a pan-India UAS license to offer mobile telephony services in each of Indias 22 circles. It has also received spectrum to roll out these services in 21 of the 22 circles. At present, Uninor services are available in the eight circles of UP (West), UP (East), Bihar, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh