Spice Mobile has newly launched a dual-mode handset wherein the handset can be used for both GSM as well as CDMA based mobile connectivity. The dual-mode phone will be available for Tier II and Tier III cities.

Spice Mobile is targeting at all those with two cell numbers. Such people will now enjoy the convenience of carrying just one phone and with no need of switching between SIMs. At the moment an estimated 8 percent of the total number of mobile phone subscribers own two numbers.

The dual-mode phone will be available in two variants; D-88 & D-80. The D-88 will support both GSM and CDMA active connections at the same time, while the D-80 will have two GSM active connections. The D-80 is price at Rs. 9,849 while the D-88 is around Rs.11,500.