BSNL to launch mobile portability by August

By siliconindia   |   Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 21:28 IST   |    1 Comments
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Chennai: The state run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is looking to implement mobile number portability (MNP) in major cities in India by August and the system will be expanded to other cities by the end of this year. Union Communication and IT Minister A Raja said bids for providing the MNP switches have already been invited. The minister also mentioned that BSNL's 3G services will be started in 12 cities by the end of this month. Raja believes that the faster penetration of 3G would enable people to use the services with greater accessibility. India's teledensity has increased from 12.74 percent in 2006 to 34 percent in January 2009 which shows stupendous annual growth of about 50 percent. Raja pointed out that the government is aiming at 700 million telephone connection by 2012.