Honest 836 Report post Posted August 27, 2008 BSNL unveils 3G services in Pune Business Standard, Pune August 28, 2008, 0:42 IST The first time in India, third generation (3G) mobile phone services have been rolled out by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) in Pune. The pilot launch will enable 2 mbps data connectivity to 2,000 BSNL post-payment mobile subscribers in Pune free-of-cost for the time being. While the controversial procedure for spectrum allocation for 3G services across the country continues, BSNL rolled out its 3G services for subscribers having Plan-725 on a first-come-first-serve basis in Pune. Thanks to the 2 mbps bandwidth, BSNL will provide facilities such as video conferencing, video calling, video MMS and visual mail box to the subscribers. Chandra Prakash, chief of BSNL's Maharashtra and Goa circle, said, "We have partnered mobile solutions vendors ITI and Alcatel-Lucent India to provide 3G services. With the present capacity, we will offer this facility to 2,000 subscribers. Being a pilot project, the service will be free-of-charge." Initially, the subscribers will only enjoy video-call facility. The other facilities would be provided over the next six months. BSNL plans to introduce 3G services in 56 cities and towns across the Maharashtra and Goa circle, for which the company has invested Rs 300 crore. "The charges for the service will be finalised only after completion of the bidding procedure for spectrum allocation. The entire bidding process is expected to be wrapped up in six months, after which we will finalise the rates," Prakash added. The 3G services are expected to cost 20 to 30 per cent more than the costs of prevailing GPRS or EDGE services that provide 144 kbps wireless connectivity. One megabite is equivalent to 1,000 kilobyte. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Thtas great news. Hope bsnl keep up its lead and maintain quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 Let the others (private telcos) suffer a run for their money's worth for once atleast. Hope BSNL extends it soon all over India. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 I hope the Service would not be upto the mark the EVDO i got barely gets any singnal in Major Places of Nashik Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted August 28, 2008 My dear friends, hope that MTNL too should follow the suite soon. We are eagerly waiting for MTNL to start the 3g services. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abhi12 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2008 BSNL is first Indian service provider who launched 3G technology in India. In Pune now BSNL launched 3G technology. What about Reliance? When reliance will launch 3G technology In India ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ssr 10 Report post Posted September 2, 2008 Is 2Mbps is completely for single mobile or shared for all the ppl in the area ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spknair 1 Report post Posted September 3, 2008 (edited) One megabite is equivalent to 1,000 kilobyte. Many people have confusion between bits and bytes Please note that its 2 Mbps and not 2 MBps 1 mbps speed = 125 KBps only. "B" for Byte and"b" for bit 1Byte=8bit If we are getting 1Mbps stable (?) speed we have to wait more than 8 seconds to download a 1 MB file As in case of bsnl 2.4 Mbps is false (CDMA 3G). We shouldn't get more than 900 kbps. All EvDO customers are experiencing the same problem But their 1x service is super. In kerala 1x subscribers have been getting stable speed of 133-155 Kbps to most customers Edited September 3, 2008 by spknair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
