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BSNL to roll out one crore mobile phone connections
Srinagar, Aug 21: Buoyed by the success of its Cellone service, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today said it had set a target of rolling out one crore mobile telephone connections in the country for which work would begin from April next year.
Srinagar, Aug 21: Buoyed by the success of its Cellone service, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today said it had set a target of rolling out one crore mobile telephone connections in the country for which work would begin from April next year.
"We are planning to roll out one crore telephones on mobile and hope that it can be started from April next year," BSNL chairman-cum-managing director Pritpal Singh told reporters here.
Singh said the state-run telephone service provider would roll out another 25 lakh connections by the end of current financial year, which would also cater to expansion of subscriber base in Jammu and Kashmir. "We are improving the infrastructure that will cover 800 important towns, which were not covered until now, roads and highways all over the country," Singh said.
He said BSNL was also in the process of improving the services provided to the customers by way of value addition. The customers will not only be able to access voice telephone but data services as well, he said, adding infrastructure for the purpose had already been tested and the services would be implemented in near future.
Singh said BSNL, which has marked a 100 per cent increase in subscriber base in the past four years and registered 36 lakh mobile subscribers since October last year, would soon introduce short message service (SMS) facility on the fixed landlines. Bureau Report
Singh said the state-run telephone service provider would roll out another 25 lakh connections by the end of current financial year, which would also cater to expansion of subscriber base in Jammu and Kashmir. "We are improving the infrastructure that will cover 800 important towns, which were not covered until now, roads and highways all over the country," Singh said.
He said BSNL was also in the process of improving the services provided to the customers by way of value addition. The customers will not only be able to access voice telephone but data services as well, he said, adding infrastructure for the purpose had already been tested and the services would be implemented in near future.
Singh said BSNL, which has marked a 100 per cent increase in subscriber base in the past four years and registered 36 lakh mobile subscribers since October last year, would soon introduce short message service (SMS) facility on the fixed landlines. Bureau Report