To celebrate the festive season with excitement and joie-de-vivre, Spice Telecom , Punjab 's premier cellular service provider, today announced the launch of Diwali bumper bonanza. The special Diwali bonanza includes a host of attractive value added services and an exciting contest for pre-paid and post-paid subscribers.

Spice Diwali Bumper Bonanza

Spice has also launched a host of exciting services on the occasion Diwali. Subscribers can access Diwali content like wallpapers, picture messages, ring tones and even religious quotes through multiple platforms ranging from GPRS, USSD, IVR - Caller Songs service & through the popular Juke Box service . Moreover, they can also participate in a Diwali special contest, ‘Dice ka kamaal' and win attractive cash prizes.

Spice subscribers can also download FREE Background Music (available under Special Diwali Category) by dialing 143 at Rs.6/- per min, FREE Diwali special ring tone downloads and song dedications by dialing 57024 and 5701 at Rs.6/- per min and Rs.5/- per dedication, respectively .

Commenting on the launch Mr. Navdeep Kapur, AGM - Marketing, Spice Telecom , said that “Diwali is a very special festival and to make this festival even more exceptional for our subscribers we have launched a host of exciting contests and services. Spice subscribers can participate in the ‘Dice ka Kamal' contest and win exciting cash prizes. They can even send SMS greetings, FREE ring tone and Diwali special song dedications, background music and access wallpapers, themes, animations, picture messages based around Diwali.”

Dial 124 to play ‘Dice ka Kamal' contest

Dial 124 to play the exciting contest, where subscribers will be asked questions based on celebrities like actress Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, singer Jazzy B, Gurdass Mann, cricketers Harbhajan Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu. To start the contest subscriber has to throw a dice by pressing 8, the dice stops randomly at a number assigned to each of the celebrity, ranging from 1 to 6. Based on the number, the participant is asked question on that particular artist. Every correct answer will add 5 points to participants account. All calls to IVR 124 will be charged at a nominal of Rs.10/- per min .

Prizes

• Highest daily scorer can win a cash prize of Rs.1100/-
• Bumper prize winner will get a cash prize of Rs.31000/-

Diwali content on Spice GPRS & USSD

To access Diwali content, a special link by the name of "Diwali Dhamaka”" has been added on Spice's GPRS portal www.spiceindia.com/wap . Through this special link subscribers can access Wallpapers, Themes, Animations, Ringtones and Games at nominal rates. To download, ‘Diwali' content, ranging from ring tones, picture messages and logos, subscribers need to dial USSD *555# and select the ‘Diwali' special link.

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 421 International operators across 201 countries.