VEECON ROK, along with BSNL, launches 25-city-wide Wi-Fi networks and 3D mobile phone

VEECON ROK has unveiled the City Wide Wi-Fi Network, to be established in 25 cities across India, in the presence of Anupam Shrivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, BSNL; Gaurav Kumar Srivastava, Chairman, VEECON ROK; Jonathan Kendrick, Co-Chairman & Co-Founder of the ROK Group of Companies; and John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder of the ROK Group of Companies. In line with the Government of India’s digitization efforts to provide internet accessibility to every Indian, the city-wide Wi-Fi Network will offer internet access across large portions of India. The City Wide Network will be operated in association with BSNL.

VEECON ROK has also announced a new line of Veecon ROKiT mobile handsets, including India’s first 3D glasses-free mobile phone.

The City Wide Wi-Fi Network will include cities like Vijayawada, Navi Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Panaji, Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Jaipur, Patna, Cochin, Guwahati, Tirupati, Shimla, Chandigarh, Noida, Gurugram, Dehradun, Indore and Agra.

Five models of VEECON ROKiT mobile phones were displayed. The ROKiT One and ROKiT F-One are classic calling devices featuring Wi-Fi calling. As its name suggests, the ROKiT IO Light is a lightweight smartphone that boasts impressive processing power. The ROKiT IO 3D and ROKiT IO Pro 3D are the first glasses-free 3D smartphones to be introduced for sale in India. The ROKiT mobile series will be available for sale from early next year and will be bundled with BSNL SIMs.

Gaurav Kumar Srivastava, Chairman, VEECON ROK, says, “We believe technology should improve everyone's quality of life. The ROKiT range of phones are going to revolutionize the smartphone business the country as these are backed by the rich technological prowess of NASA Engineering. The unique feature of the 3D mobile phone is you don’t need to wear 3D eyeglasses to use it. Indian consumers today are well read, tech-savvy and expect new technologies to come their way to surprise them."

Anupam Shrivastava, Chairman & Managing Director, BSNL, comments, “I am pleased to be here at the launch of City Wide Wi-Fi project for 25 cities. This is, indeed, going to be a landmark initiative towards providing internet to every Indian, quite in sync with the Government of India’s Digital India programme. In the wake of arguably cutting-edge technology and government initiatives, we are also pleased to associate with an emerging player like VEECON ROKiT and roll out this new range of mobile handsets.”

Veecon ROKiT range of mobile phones will be made available through the BSNL outlets cities from the first quarter of 2019.