Café coffee day

Cafe Coffee Day, the country's leading chain of cafes, has tied up with Microsense, provider of wireless computing solutions, to wi-fi enable its coffee outlets across the country.

Partnering with Microsense, Cafe Coffee Day has already wi-fi enabled 50 of its outlets across Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. The number would increase to 100 by March, Cafe Coffee Day, the country's leading chain of cafes, has tied up with Microsense, provider of wireless computing solutions, to wi-fi enable its coffee outlets across the country.

Partnering with Microsense, Cafe Coffee Day has already wi-fi enabled 50 of its outlets across Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi and Chennai. The number would increase to 100 by March,

Mr Krishna said the wi-fi customers can access internet any Cafe Coffee Day outlets across the country as well as its other hot-spots.

Cafes beyond India
Cafe Coffee Day has planned to open 15 outlets in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and is also actively looking at Austria and China to make a foray, Mr Malhotra said. “We opened an outlet in Dubai last week. We are planning to open 15 in UAE”, he added.

Asked about the proposed investment for overseas expansion, Mr Malhotra said setting up of an outlet entails an investment of anywhere between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 25 lakh. “We hope to open 50 to 60 outlets overseas in the next one year.” In India, he said, “The number will be definitely increased to 250 outlets.”