DataWind and Yahoo! India enter into a strategic partnership for UbiSlate7+

DataWind, a leading provider of wireless web access products and services, today announced a strategic partnership with Yahoo! India, to enable Yahoo! services on its soon to be launched tablet Ubislate7+. As a result of this partnership, the tablet will come preloaded with Yahoo! Cricket as the exclusive cricket application along with the popular Yahoo! Mail app. The Yahoo! India Homepage will be the default browser landing page for Ubislate7+.

Ubislate 7+ is an Android based tablet device offering anytime and anywhere internet access via GPRS and WiFi. Priced at an MRP of Rs. 2999, the tablet is the only Android device in the Indian market to offer DataWind's patented UbiSurfer browser. Datawind will also enable data plans for less than Rs.100 for anytime anywhere internet access bringing in a new segment of users who have been left out of the internet age.

Commenting on the partnership, Suneet Singh Tuli, CEO, DataWind said, "Yahoo! is a leading global digital media brand with market-leading content and communication services. Through this partnership we look forward to facilitating the use of Yahoo's popular online content by people who have not been touched by the Internet revolution so far."

Arun Tadanki, Managing Director, India & Southeast Asia, Yahoo! said, "The launch of Ubislate7+ will see a new wave of new-to-net users, using Internet for the very first time. Through this partnership, we will have the opportunity to bring Yahoo!'s premium content & communication experience to new internet users in a simple and intuitive way."

The partnership with DataWind strengthens Yahoo!'s continued focus on growing the new-to-net user-base in India. It will offer users from all socio-economic strata to enjoy the advantage of being on the Web ' communicating with people and consuming content most relevant to them.