India’s leading mobile service provider Airtel, has introduced “Tuney Talk” a new Value added service for its subscribers in Gujarat. Through this service Airtel reiterates its promise to make music more accessible to its customers who will now enjoy accompanying music during phone conversations.

Tuney Talk is a value added service for mobile-to-mobile peer calling wherein a customer is allowed to create one’s own ambience during a call by playing music in the background. In order to use the service, the user needs to dial a prefix (456) before the phone number for the call to be connected with the background music. The service allows a customer to select different background music to suit the mood of the conversation. Moreover it offers personalized features that enable customers to select different music according to different caller group. The service is available at a monthly rental of Rs 20. In addition to this, Tuney Talk customers can make all local/national calls at a cost of Rs 2 per minute

Commenting on the launch of the service, Mr. B.P Singh, COO Airtel Gujarat said, “Tuney Talk is special value added services that will enable customers to personalize and enrich their calling experience. Customers can choose the music of their choice from a wide array of options like Gujarati, instrumental, devotional, ghazals etc and will redefine the mobile telephony experience of our customers”

Tuney Talk also offers personalized emotion expressions through a variety of sounds like a car honking when are you caught in traffic or expressing anger through a sound of a glass crashing and likewise. Subscribers can enjoy their talking experience through the service which will redefine the way we express our feelings. The service is available to all pre and post- paid Airtel customers.

Pidilite Industries Ltd, makers of Fevicol, speciality paints, wood finishes and waterproof coatings, have launched Upscale Emulsion, a super white water-based paint for walls and ceilings.

The paint gives superior whiteness, smoother finish and higher coverage than any other paint in its category and all this at a low cost.

Upscale Emulsion is specially formulated by manufacturers of Pidilite, from a highly efficient co-polymer emulsion binder and special pigments, to lend extra brightness to interior surfaces. The new emulsion is a water-based paint that yields/renders a high quality matt finish for long lasting decoration/finish and protection of inner walls, ceilings and other surfaces like gypsum and particle board.

Upscale Emulsion is available at any hardware/paint store in the city, in convenient 1kg, 5kg, 10kg and 20 kg packs. The paint can be easily applied with a brush or roller, straight from the pack, and is quick drying.

Maruti Udyog Ltd., India’s largest car maker, will be increasing the number of Maruti Driving Schools in the country from the current nine to 20 by September, R.K. Parimoo, deputy general manager in charge of the driving school initiative at MUL, said here on Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters after the inauguration of Maruti Driving School, in assocation RKS Motor, the biggest Maruti dealer in Hyderabad, Mr Parimoo said the schools were part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of MUL. "We are not doing this with the intention of making money. We believe the schools will help in creating responsible drivers," he said. The schools are set up in a franchise model, and each school is estimated to cost Rs 50 lakh. According to Vinay Kumar Saboo, managing director of RKS Motor, the school in Secunderabad has a state-of-the-art driving simulator.