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ISD tariffs for its GSM and 3G subscribers were slashed by MTNL on Wednesday. Calls will cost Re1 per minute for countries like China, US, Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore with effect from July 1, it came down from
6.20-9.20 per minute.
An invitation for the bid of 3G spectrum has been send to the operators of Delhi and Mumbai who could not acquire one such .The invitation went from the state owned company, MTNL. The spectrum is used to provide roaming facilities to the subscribers in the PSU’s network.
According to the CMD MTNL, Kuldeep Singh, PSU from this business opportunity earns annual revenue amounting to Rs. 300 crore thus making the 3G operations commercially viable.
Only Bharti, Vodafone and Reliance communications succeeded in acquiring 3G spectrum in the two metro cities of Delhi and Mumbai.
Giving a three month extension to the scheduled launch of mobile number portability (MNP), government has set March 31st as the dead line for its launch across the country. This start was scheduled for today in all metros and category A circles, and will be succeeded by rest of the circles. This will allow the mobile users to retain their numbers even after changing the operators.
State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam has launched a new broadband service based VDSL technology, aimed at supporting HDTV and triple play services.
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