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Reliance Phones Get Educational Portal

09 Apr, 2008, 5:13 pm IST | tech2 News Staff | Mobile phones

Reliance Communications, has launched an exclusive educational portal on Reliance mobile phones, that offers a bouquet of useful information on exam results, college admissions, event calendar of exams, admission deadlines, mock tests and tips for performing well in exams.

It also contains the list of top universities, colleges, secondary education boards as well as career options. While the educational portal is an IVR based service, it also offers SMS alerts on subscription for exam preparation, performance and tips for de-stressing to enhance performance during exams. The service will be made available to both prepaid and post paid subscribers.

Users have to simply call 53030101 (Exam Guru) and they will be guided by an IVR instructing them to press 1 for exams and admission, 2 for information on top colleges and universities in the country, 3 for career options, 4 for Board Exams and 5 for SMS based subscription. These services can be accessed at a rate of one rupee per minute for which the user will have to subscribe to the "Exam Guru" pack, which is priced at Rs. 10 and carries a validity of 10 days.

These services are also available to the users at Rs. 3 per minute by simply dialing 53030303 for those who have not subscribed to the pack.

Krishna Durbha, Head of VAS Sales and Marketing of Reliance Communications said, "Thrust towards education is RCOM's contribution to take VAS beyond just entertainment. We have the reach now into millions of Indians and want to provide services critical to their daily lives. Education being the key aspiration and need for most Indians, we decided to use technology to advantage. Exam Results which were pioneered by RCOM about five years ago, revolutionized the way Indian students got access to results in their tense moments. The attempt is to provide not only exam results but also help students find the right course, seek admissions and provide all educational related information."

Students and their parents can access exam results of various educational boards instantly on their mobile phones any time, anywhere in India available on this educational portal.

Over 100 Exam Results are scheduled to be displayed on Reliance Mobile World's application suite "Exam Results" with Haryana Board's slated for mid April (Reliance Mobile World for 8th Standard and HB10 for standard 10th ) to 53030 and will receive a return message with the exam results.
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