Touchtel, which claims to be Delhis first private fixed line service provider, has introduced a special Voice Portal value added service, to mark what it terms the worlds biggest event - the ICC World Cup 2003. In a bid to include all subscribers in the special cricketing jamboree, Touchtel is all set to bring the fever across miles through this innovation.
 

The current phone plus service 'Dial for Cricket' is being shifted to speech interactive voice portal during the world cup period. This novel speech-activated system lends access to the cricket information service. Subscribers need to dial 1750 and then just speak out the cricket information from a given menu they wish to access. 

Through 1750, a Touchtel subscriber can access information on live commentary, details of scorecard, position of teams, points gained by teams and schedule of matches. The service will be charged Rs. 2.40/pulse (one pulse=180 seconds). The system runs on a unique speech recognition based software and allows people to conduct a truly natural dialogue with an automated system.

Bharti Telenet Limited, Delhi is a licensed Private Basic Service operator for the Delhi Circle. It launched its brand of fixed line telephone services and solutions under the brand name Touchtel last March.