NEW DELHI: Public sector telecom services provider MTNL on Wednesday slashed broadband charges by up to 50 per cent to increase user base in the national capital.
The PSU announced a plan that will offer customers high speed (2 mbps) Internet access at a monthly rental of Rs 99 and 150 mb free download. Alternately, users can opt for a monthly rental scheme of Rs 149 with free download of 400 mb.
These plans will be available from August 15. It has also reduced the monthly rental of another tariff plan by 34 per cent from Rs 899 to 599 that would be available to customers from September 1.
MTNL, which has 2.6 lakhs broadband customers in Delhi, plans to attract more customers with this reduction, company's Executive Director-Delhi A K Arora said.
The state-run telecom operator, which was the first to launch IPTV in the country, also added another first to its credit by launching Mobile TV.
"The TV service on mobile handsets 'MTNL-TV' is available in Delhi and the NCR for MTNL customers both on Dolphin and Trump. It will provide 20 channels, and the charges are Rs 99 per month," Arora said here.
Fashion TV and religious channels will be not be available on the service.
Source : EconomicTimes
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
BSNL Plans WiMax Testing In Vizag. BSNL, MTNL To Get 3G Spectrum
BSNL has plans to test WiMax in Vizag, along with Pune and Ahmedabad, reports The Hindu. In the recent times, broadband usage in Vizag has risen tremendously, and this new initiative, said Mr. G.V Ramakrishna, Deputy General Manager, BSNL, will help in meeting the rising demand for the broadband access.
In an interview, Mr. G.V Ramakrishna said,
In another news the Department of Telecommunication has decided to allocate one block of 3G spectrum to state owned carriers BSNL and MTNL , in the circles where they operate respectively, reports Business Standard. The spectrum will be allocated to these players at a price equivalent to the highest bid received for that circle.
A reserve price has been set up for different circles. The reserve price for Delhi, Mumbai and Category ‘A’ circles is Rs.160. And the reserve price for Category ‘B’ and ‘C’ circles is set at Rs. 80 crores and Rs.30 crores respectively.
Both of these things have been pending for ages now. I just hope we can get uniform and ubiquitous Internet connectivity via WiMax and my cell carrier finally offers me blazing fast downloads of Youtube videos.
Source : WatBlog
In an interview, Mr. G.V Ramakrishna said,
“Fourteen locations have been identified, including the special economic zone at Atchyuthapuram, to provide the facility. The cell towers will be used to install the equipment which will be arriving here by September-end. WiMax will take care of the demand for new broadband connections”
In another news the Department of Telecommunication has decided to allocate one block of 3G spectrum to state owned carriers BSNL and MTNL , in the circles where they operate respectively, reports Business Standard. The spectrum will be allocated to these players at a price equivalent to the highest bid received for that circle.
A reserve price has been set up for different circles. The reserve price for Delhi, Mumbai and Category ‘A’ circles is Rs.160. And the reserve price for Category ‘B’ and ‘C’ circles is set at Rs. 80 crores and Rs.30 crores respectively.
Both of these things have been pending for ages now. I just hope we can get uniform and ubiquitous Internet connectivity via WiMax and my cell carrier finally offers me blazing fast downloads of Youtube videos.
Source : WatBlog
Monday, June 23, 2008
Delhi High Court goes wi-fi
The Delhi High Court is all set to go high-tech as its premises is soon going to get a wi-fi facility.
"We have identified 10 hot spots where the instruments would be put in place so that lawyers and others could have wireless internet access in the court premises without facing any glitches", Delhi High Court Bar association's president K C Mittal told PTI.
Apart from wi-fi, all the lawyer chambers will soon be connected through intercom and lawyers could contact their colleagues by just dialling the concerned chamber number, he said.
"MTNL is working on the projects and we hope that at the end of this month wi-fi would be functional and all the chambers would be connected through intercom," Mittal said, adding that he has been consulting various authorities to implement an e-filing system so that petitions could be filed through internet.
Mittal said steps were also being taken to spruce up the security in the court complex in view of the recent terrorist attacks on court premises in different parts of the country.
"Security is a major concern for us and it is also being spruced up with scanning machines being set up at the gates so that unwanted elements could be prevented from entering the court premises," he said, adding that a railway reservation counter was also being set up inside the court premises.
Source : EconomicTimes
"We have identified 10 hot spots where the instruments would be put in place so that lawyers and others could have wireless internet access in the court premises without facing any glitches", Delhi High Court Bar association's president K C Mittal told PTI.
Apart from wi-fi, all the lawyer chambers will soon be connected through intercom and lawyers could contact their colleagues by just dialling the concerned chamber number, he said.
"MTNL is working on the projects and we hope that at the end of this month wi-fi would be functional and all the chambers would be connected through intercom," Mittal said, adding that he has been consulting various authorities to implement an e-filing system so that petitions could be filed through internet.
Mittal said steps were also being taken to spruce up the security in the court complex in view of the recent terrorist attacks on court premises in different parts of the country.
"Security is a major concern for us and it is also being spruced up with scanning machines being set up at the gates so that unwanted elements could be prevented from entering the court premises," he said, adding that a railway reservation counter was also being set up inside the court premises.
Source : EconomicTimes
Friday, June 6, 2008
BSNL pulls out of Singapore cable project
NEW DELHI: State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is understood to have pulled out of the over Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project.
BSNL had joined hands with another state-owned telecom firm MTNL in September 2006 to build an undersea cable from India to Singapore and Malaysia.
BSNL confirmed that they would be buying bandwidth from MTNL.
Following this, MTNL will be working alone on the Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project. However, MTNL officials declined to comment on the issue.
Scrips of the MTNL was quoting at Rs 94.65, up 1.18 per cent in late afternoon trade at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Source: EconomicTimes
BSNL had joined hands with another state-owned telecom firm MTNL in September 2006 to build an undersea cable from India to Singapore and Malaysia.
BSNL confirmed that they would be buying bandwidth from MTNL.
Following this, MTNL will be working alone on the Rs 1,500 crore Singapore undersea cable project. However, MTNL officials declined to comment on the issue.
Scrips of the MTNL was quoting at Rs 94.65, up 1.18 per cent in late afternoon trade at the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Source: EconomicTimes
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