Spice Telecom, Punjab's premier cellular service provider along with its co-sponsor Singapore Airlines, today announced the mega prize winner of Caller Songs contest - 'Hit song karo play, jeeto Singapore mein holiday'. The lucky subscriber who has won the mega prize - air travel courtesy Singapore Airlines and a three nights four days, all expense paid holiday to Singapore - is Mr. Aziz, a local lottery seller and a resident of Ludhiana. The winner was felicitated today at a select gathering by Mr.Navdeep Kapur, Senior Manager-Marketing, Spice Telecom & Mr.Vimal Rai, Manager Punjab, Singapore Airlines.

Caller Song 'Hit song karo play, jeeto Singapore mein holiday' Contest

Spice had announced the 'Rocking offer' contest titled 'Hit song karo play jeeto Singapore mein holiday' for all pre-paid & post-paid subscribers who activated the Caller Song service. All subscribers who chose the most popular song as their Caller Song during the promo period would have a chance of winning an all expense paid holiday to the beautiful country, Singapore. Among all the eligible subscribers of Caller Song service one lucky winner would be chosen. The most popular song would be decided by the choice of songs by subscribers of Spice Caller Songs service. Ludhiana resident, Mr. Aziz, 37 years old, emerged as the lucky winner, as he had chosen the popular hit song 'Dus Bahane' from the movie Dus as his Caller Song.

Congratulating Aziz on his lucky win, Mr.Navdeep Kapur, said "We received an overwhelming response to the Caller Songs service as well as contest, from all our subscribers across various socio-economic groups. It is indeed a pleasure to announce that Mr. Aziz, a lottery seller by profession, has been given a one-of-its-kind opportunity to holiday for three nights & four days, with all expenses paid, to Singapore. By launching exciting value added services such as Caller Song and contest such as holiday in Singapore we want to make mobile usage a pleasurable experience for our valued subscribers."

Caller Song Service:
Caller Songs, is a Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) service, which is a personalized mobile music service where the caller hears songs instead of the traditional switchboard 'ring-ring' tone. Spice Caller Songs can be accessed by both pre paid and post paid subscribers by simply dialing 678. Subscribers can choose from popular categories like Spice Sizzlers, Punjabi, Bollywood, English, Remix, Devotional and Amazing Voices.

Spice Caller Songs Charges:

Monthly Rental	Song Selection
Rs. 30/-	Rs.15/- per song (one time fee)
IVR Charges: Subscribers are charged a nominal fee of Rs.6/- per min. for using IVR No. 678

The tickets have been sponsored by the world's premier airline, Singapore Airlines. Mr.Vimal Rai, Manager Punjab from Singapore Airlines was present on the occasion. He stated that "First my heartiest congratulations to Mr. Aziz, the mega prize winner of Caller Songs contest, and I hope that he has a wonderful trip on board Singapore Airlines and a great holiday in Singapore. Singapore Airlines partnered with Spice Telecom to create an environment of fun & excitement for all Spice subscribers who access the popular, Caller Songs service. This promotion gave them an opportunity to win a chance to travel and experience our world-class products and services and visit exciting destinations."

Expressing his delight, Aziz, said that "When I was informed that I was the lucky winner of the Caller Song Contest, I felt that I had won a bumper lottery. In fact it appeared to me as if someone was playing a prank, I could not believe my luck, it felt as though for the first time instead of selling a lottery I have actually won it. It took some time for the news to sink in. The win has brought immense happiness to my family & me."

About Spice Telecom, Punjab :
Spice is Punjab's premier mobile phone service provider and has an extensive network across more than 205 cities and towns in the state, covering 95% of Punjab's urban area. In addition, it also covers more than 3250 km of roads and highways in Punjab including connectivity on the National Highway and GT Road. Spice subscribers can roam on national and international networks. In fact, Spice has the highest International roaming coverage involving tie-ups with over 419 International operators across 200 countries.

About Singapore Airlines :
Singapore Airlines, which started operations to Chennai in 1972, operates 47 weekly flights to 8 destinations in India viz-double daily flights to Mumbai, daily flights to Delhi & Chennai, 5 times weekly to Bangalore 4 times weekly to Kolkata & Hyderabad and, 3 times weekly each to Ahmedabad and Amritsar. In addition, its subsidiary regional airline SilkAir operates 5 flights to Kochi and 3 flights to Thiruvananthapuram. Singapore Airlines, a Star Alliance member, flies to 91 destinations in 37 countries and will be the first airline in the world to fly the Airbus A380 in 2006.



Singapore Airlines' Schedule from Amritsar (15 February - 01 December)

Flight Number	Route	Day of Operation	Departure / Arrival
SQ448	Singapore - Amritsar	Wed, Fri, Sun	1730/2115
SQ447	Amritsar - Singapore	Wed, Fri, Sun	2245 / 0710*

* arrival the next day in Singapore.

About Spice Telecom, Punjab:
Spice is Punjab's premier mobile phone service provider and is the first cellular operator in India to be ISO 9001-2000 certified for its entire operations. Spice has an extensive network across more than 205 cities and towns in the state, covering 95% of Punjab’s urban area. In addition, it also covers more than 3250 km of roads and highways in Punjab including connectivity on the National Highway and GT Road. Spice subscribers can roam on national and international networks. In fact, Spice has the highest International roaming coverage involving tie-ups with over 416 International operators across 199 countries.