Tata DoCoMo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices announced its launch of services in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand i.e. circles of UP (East) and UP (West) on Monday.

It is offering its popular pay per second billing tariff as well as pay per character for SMSes.

For these two circles, the company has earmarked $ 500 million worth of investments.

The service will cover 505 towns and about 17,000 villages in the two circles. A retail network comprising of more than 50,000 outlets will compliment the sales & distribution and customer service processes.