The recently formed alliance between RCom’s Reliance Webstore and Coolpad Communications rolled out their first handset for the Indian market, the Coolpad 2938 dual-mode priced at Rs 10,999/- in the Southern state of Karnataka.

The model will be available over RCom’s more than 100 Reliance World and Reliance Mobile stores in the state. 

Commenting on the market roll-out, Mr Seshadri Ramaswami, Circle Head – Karnataka, Reliance Webstore Limited said, “Karnataka has earned its reputation as a technology hub and people here are quick to adopt new technologies. The Coolpad dual-mode smartphones offer the best of both worlds--CDMA & GSM—in the same handset, and we are certain that these phones will dial their way into the hearts of consumers in Karnataka.”

Coolpad’s Managing Director, Mr Sami Al-Lawati said, “Our partnership with Reliance Webstore Limited will help us access end-consumers in Karnataka, enabling Coolpad to drive product development in line with specific customer needs.”

Furthermore the tie-up plans to launch two more smartphone for the Indian market with in total four models to be launched in the Karnataka circle in the next three months.

The alliance is pitching the models under the pricing quotient with Reliance Webstore aiming Coolpad phones to contribute over 30 % of its overall handset sales in Karnataka.

All received and sent SMSes are saved automatically with ‘c’ or ‘g’ prefixes for differentiating between CDMA and GSM.