BSNL to launch 3G mobile service in Bangalore in July
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 04 May 2009, 19:36 IST
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BSNL to launch 3G mobile service in Bangalore in July
Bangalore: With an investment of around Rs 650 crore, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-owned telecom service provider, will launch 3G mobile services in Bangalore in July this year, reported Business Standard. The 3G mobile services will be available across the state after December this year, a senior BSNL official said here. In South India, Bangalore will be the second city to get 3G mobile services from BSNL after Chennai, where the service was launched in February this year. BSNL 3G mobile services are currently available in 10 north Indian cities. "In Bangalore 200,000 lines will be provided with the services in the beginning. The customers of 3G services will get three main services like video on demand, video conferencing and broadband on mobile and the tariffs have been fixed," R Mani, General Manager, Mobile Services, BSNL said. He added that BSNL is currently engaged in installation of core equipment like base station switches and towers to roll out 3G services and by July, it aims to complete the work. BSNL has already launched Blackberry services in Bangalore under three tariff plans and has introduced three handsets in the price range of Rs 14,000 to Rs 35,000. While, Wipro is providing the backend support, the handsets are being supplied by Bharti Tele Tech. The third generation mobile service enables a range of upgraded services, including rich voice, data and video services, to the subscribers. 3G makes possible video streaming applications such as Live TV, movie downloads, high speed data download on mobile phones with 3G services enabled. Callers can also see each other on their mobile phone screens. Shubhendu Ghosh, principal general manager, BSNL Bangalore Telecom District, said the landline subscriber base has grown by 13 percent to reach 188,000 lines during 2008-09, compared to the previous year. Its broadband subscriber base has gone up by two and half times to 250,000 subscribers during year ended March 31, 2009 compared to the previous fiscal.

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