Panaji, Oct 24: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar yesterday launched BSNL's countrywide mobile service, Cellone, in the state. Parrikar made the first call to Nirmal Saroop, Chief General Manager, Maharashtra-Goa circle from Panaji. Prior to the launch, General Manager, Goa Telecom, N Chenchaiah, told reporters here that in the first phase of the bookings, to begin from Oct 28, 12,000 connections would be released while another 20,000 connections would be provided before March end next year. A subscriber base of 32,000 connections is approved for Goa, Chenchaiah added.



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