Rediffmail 1GB launched
Rediff.com India Ltd (Nasdaq: REDF), one
of the premier worldwide online providers of news, information, communication,
entertainment and shopping services, has announced the launch of Rediffmail 1GB effective
2000 hours IST on June 17, 2004, giving virtually unlimited storage space of 1 gigabyte to
all its free e-mail users in India and worldwide. With immediate effect, Rediffmail users
will also be able to send in a single e-mail a message of size up to 10 megabytes.
Earlier this year, Rediff.com had
launched Rediffmail with enhanced security and feature-rich add-ons. Rediffmail users
already enjoy a simple-to-use, fast and secured experience. Rediffmail is secured with an
exclusive spam shield and enables one to write e-mails in 11 Indian languages.
Rediff.com will also start freeing up
over 15 million e-mail addresses that have not been in use over the years, giving new
users a better chance of finding an e-mail ID of their choice. For the premium paid users,
Rediffmail Plus and Rediffmail Mobile, the storage space available will be 2GB each. The
storage previously available with Rediffmail was 5 MB and the mail message size 1 MB. For
the paid Rediffmail Plus and Rediffmail Mobile users, storage was 10 MB and the mail
message size 5 MB.
"Our endeavour has always been to
provide Rediffmail users with continued innovations and product enhancements,” said
Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman & CEO, Rediff.com. “Rediffmail 1GB is a reality and
available today, ahead of any other e-mail service available in the world, particularly
for the Indian e-mail user. Users no longer have to worry about deleting mail to stay
within the storage limit. They can instead keep all the mails they want, for as long as
they like.”
Rediffmail 1GB innovations
include:
Largest storage space with increased
attachment capacity: Will provide virtually unlimited storage space of 1 gigabyte. Single
e-mail can take a message size up to 10 megabytes. Sending and receiving heavy files up to
10 MB benefits users who want to mail photos, music collections, business presentations
and other large attachments.
More address options for opening of
e-mail accounts, as a result of over 15 million e-mail addresses to be made available.
The extensively tested and proven spam
filter, featuring multiple standard spam detection and elimination methods, checks for
known spamming techniques that keep unwanted mails from reaching the users' inbox.
The new Rediffmail provides users the
option to write mails in 11 Indian languages with special emoticons and a rich-text
facility. Features include a new print-mail facility and an automatic reply option among
others. It also gives users the flexibility to buy additional storage, POP3 service and
'SMS packs' as per individual requirements.
The simplicity of design and navigation
with easy-to-understand terms for first time-users is the promise of the newly-designed
service.
Rediff.com is one of the premier
worldwide online provider of news, information, communication, entertainment and shopping
services for Indians. Known for being one of the first with news and providing accurate
and trustworthy information, Rediff.com provides an ideal platform for Indians worldwide
to connect with one another online fast.
Rediff.com additionally offers the Indian
American community one of the oldest and largest Indian weekly newspapers, India Abroad.
Founded in 1996, Rediff.com is
headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York, US.
