coolboyashok 23 Report post Posted February 22, 2009 BSNL launches 3G services Press Trust of India / Chennai February 22, 2009, 19:07 IST State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) today launched next generation 3G mobile services in the country even as the private operators are still waiting to get spectrum through auction process. BSNL and another PSU MTNL (for Delhi and Mumbai) were given 3G spectrum last year ahead of auction for private players keeping in mind the cumbersome tendering process involved in the public sector procurement system. For the private operators, the government has referred the issue of 3G spectrum auction to a Group of Ministers in view of inter-ministerial differences over the reserve price. The Department of Telecom (DoT) had earlier announced a reserve price of Rs 2,020 crore for pan India 3G spectrum but later the Finance Ministry proposed doubling it. The DoT later took the matter to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), which referred it to the GoM, which is yet to meet for the first time. The 3G mobile services would be made available on commercial basis from April 20 this year in Tamil Nadu, BSNL CMD Kuldip Goyal said. Goyal said 3G services customers would have three monthly subscription options of Rs 350, Rs 650 and Rs 1,350. Apart from this, customers would also get the 3G services through a bundle offer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arun 795 Report post Posted February 22, 2009 Economic Times 22 Feb 2009, 1639 hrs IST By the 27th of this month, mobile telephony will enter its third generation (3G) in 12 cities in India, courtesy the state owned telecom service provider BSNL. Union minister for communication and IT A Raja launched BSNL's 3G services pan India, from Chennai, on Sunday, by making the first video call to TN chief minister M Karunanidhi. The PSU was awarded one block of 2*5 MHz 3G spectrum in all telecom circles in the country, six months before, without participating in the auction, at a price equal to the winning bids in the respective circles, in the auctions to be held before March 31st. "Considering the need for faster penetration of 3G, and the need for telecom access to rual areas, the Government policy will allow telecom infrastructure sharing between commercial telcos as well as infrastructure providers," Mr.Raja said. DoT also plans enable mobile number portability (MNP) in major cities by August, and in other towns by end of this year. Bids have been invited of providing MNP switches. On the occasion, BSNL also launched its India Golden 50 tariff scheme, where, by increasing the pulse duration for all calls to 120 s, the tariffs have been have been reduced by 50-80%. Presently, a pulse is calculated at 90 s for national calls to other networks and 60 s within network. "Besides upgrading mobile data speeds to 2 mbps from the present 144 kbps, we will also offer video screening of calls, video on demand, mobile surveillance, Live TV, movie downloads etc on our 3G platform," BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal said. For this, the company will scale up tie-ups with its existing content providers. However, the telco will not be providing its previously launched IPTV service, which has garnered 5000 subscribers, on 3G. "We plan to operate 5 million lines spanning all district headquarters and important towns by end of this year at an investment of Rs.2700 crore," Mr Goyal said. "We expect 5% of our 2G subscribers to migrate to 3G." The company expects a revenue addition of Rs 500-1000 crore by this customer addition, and a 20% revenue augmentation by infrastructure sharing. BSNL has tied up with Nokia, Sony and Samsung for handset bundling, the cheapest of which is priced at Rs.7000. Voice tariff schemes begin from a fixed monthly charge of Rs.350 for prepaid, and Rs 500 for postpaid. Data subscriptions are available starting Rs 250. The company has tied up with Micromax and Huawei for offering laptop data cards at prices ranging form Rs 3800 to 6000. "Trials are on to launch mobile banking on our 2G and 3G platforms," Mr Goyal said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 BSNL announced launching of 3G service in tamilnadu for April Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nawalsingal 1 Report post Posted February 23, 2009 Tariffs for BSNL 3 G services, Visit : http://bsnl.in/newsdetailed.php?news_id=448 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted April 20, 2009 Times of India 20 Apr 2009, 0000 hrs IST BSNL puts 3G network plans on hold Ahmedabad : State-owned BSNL has put on hold its ambitious 3G network plans for Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The problem being that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has mandated a fine of Rs 50,000 for mobile service providers who choose to erect towers on buildings that do not have Building Use permission. This permission happens to be absent for 65 per cent buildings in the city. BSNL being a government set-up cannot pay a "fine" as this will invite strictures from department of telecom of the Union ministry of communication and information technology. BSNL was to become the first mobile service provider in the city to provide broadband speeds on mobile phones in 3G technology. BSNL wanted to install 139 new towers and 3G installation on existing 180 towers for its technology. The total worth of the project is Rs 600 crore for Gujarat circle which also includes upgradation of 2G mobile service upgradation within Ahmedabad city and in the rural outskirts. BSNL had the announced its 3G plans for 12 cities in the country including Ahmedabad in early February. "BSNL officers have explained to us that private service providers have no hassles paying Rs 50,000 and legalising their towers on buildings without BU permission. As this is not possible for BSNL, we are working on an amiable way out of this rule," says a senior town planning officer. BSNL's woes don't end here. The fact that they will have to get stability reports from the three institutes too have axed their plans. "A letter by BSNL to AMC commissioner states that the stability tests for each building would take at least two months. This would only delay BSNL's plans of 3G installation," adds the officer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted February 20, 2010 BSNL launches 3G services in Bangalore BANGALORE: Union Minister for IT and Communication A Raja on Friday launched BSNL 3G services in Bangalore. The 3G mobile service enables the subscribers to get a range of upgraded services, including rich voice and data and video services. 3G makes possible video streaming applications such as live TV, movie downloads and high-speed data download. Callers can also see each other on their mobile phone screens. Additional services planned are video on demand, games on demand, music, m-commerce, multimedia, telemedicine, eeducation and e-governance. “The content can also be customised in local language at an affordable tariff,” said R K Agarwal, director of BSNL. “The 3G services are being launched in Bangalore with 430 sites. We are planning to expand it to 643 sites,” he said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 8, 2010 BSNL Launches 3G Services in Mangalore As a part of its expansion in Karnataka Of late, BSNL has been on a continuous 3G launch spree as some of you might have noticed. The services were launched in Kerala, Bangalore and some cities of Andhra Pradesh not long ago. This was after the launch in a few cities in North India and in the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. It's the turn of coastal town Mangalore to go 3G now with BSNL announcing the commencement of 3G services in the city. The expansion of services to Mangalore is a part of BSNL's expansion plan to equip 32 towns across Karnataka with 3G. All district headquarters in the state are slated to be 3G enabled in the next two months. BSNL is also increasing the number of towers under its aegis to support 3G services. The number of towers in Karnataka will jump from 3,000 to 6,000 very soon. Anyway, if you happen to be a lucky resident of Mangalore and use a BSNL connection, you might want to check the 3G service now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 9, 2010 BSNL Launches 3G Mobile Services in Kanyakumari Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today launched its much awaited 3G mobile services at tourist hot spot Kanyakumari in the state of Tamilnadu. The next generation 3G services allow telecom operators to offer Video calls, high-speed Internet with speed Up to 3.2 Mbps and live Mobile TV facility. Mr. D Varadarajan CGM BSNL Tamil Nadu Circle said that the company is geared up to rolls 3G Mobile and Data services in 38 more cities and towns across the Tamilnadu. According to the BSNL announcement the core 3G UMTS next generation network for next generation 3G GSM mobile and 3.75G HSPA Broadband services work is going on in 38 cities of 23 District headquarters apart, places include Kodaikanal, Hosur, Trichy, Thanjavur and Tiruvarur. After detailed examination and installation of other BTSs, commercial launch of 3G services will be commercial launched in all the districts/cities will be gradually launched by the end of this month. BSNL Tamilnadu already launched its 3G mobile services in Erode, Ooty, Nagercoil, Koonoor, and Coimbatore in apart from state capital Chennai. Recently BSNL wrapped more than 335 cities with its 3G mobile and HSPA 3.75G Broadband Data service Network in various telecom circles.Now the operator also geared up covering all the district headquarters and major towns across India. BSNL is the only service provider to procure the license to operate 3G services in India except Mumbai and Delhi region. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 what is 3.75G??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
