MESSAGE
FROM CHAIRMAN
Dear Visitor,
Greetings!
Through this article, I am reaching you and sharing with you the present status
of MTNL. Inspite of all the constraints the company is facing being a PSU, and
intense competition from other operators, we have been able to expand and grow
with the support of our esteemed customers and dedication & hard work of all the
officers and employees of MTNL. I would like to give a brief about MTNL 's
achievements.
1. Seeing
the present trend towards mobile services, we have expanded our GSM based mobile
service under the brand names Dolphin & Trump in a big way. Since launch of
MTNL’s GSM mobile services in the year 2002, the number of GSM connections has
reached 3.44 million as on 30.6.2008. The present GSM Network is EDGE enabled
and hence can provide high data rate to mobile customers.
We have recently added 0.75 million lines capacity
in GSM network at Delhi. Similarly, 0.75 million lines are being added in
Mumbai.
We have already planned for 3G Network capacity of
0.25 million lines each in Delhi & Mumbai in 2008-09. 3G Network is expected to
be rolled out by the end of year 2008-09.
2. Broadband
is the buzz word today. We are proud that MTNL is quite ahead in Broadband
services having a subscriber base of 0.584 million customers. At the end of
June,2008, MTNL is ranked 2nd in Broadband service on All India basis
and largest Broadband service provider in Delhi & Mumbai.
3. MTNL
has been in the forefront to launch new technologies for the benefit of
customers. MTNL has launched ‘Voice over Internet Telephony’
(VoIP) Service all over the world which provides ISD call at a very cheap rate
to more than 168 countries.
Similarly, MTNL has launched ‘Internet Protocol
Television’ (IPTV). IPTV technology has now matured and nearly 5000
customers each in Delhi & Mumbai have subscribed to this service. IPTV gives
quality TV viewing at affordable rates. IPTV also provides other services like
Video on Demand, Time-Shift TV, Audio on Demand etc.
4.
MTNL shall be rolling out ‘Fibre to
the Home’ (FTTH) network to provide high bandwidth to the customers on the
reliable media of optical fiber.
5. Modern
Next Generation Switch has been planned to be commissioned in 2008-09 which will
pave the way for all IP based converged Network enabling MTNL to provide new
services at cheaper rates.
6. Recently,
MTNL has launched m-commerce services. Various futuristic applications like Bill
payment, Railway Reservations, money transfer etc. are possible through this
technology while on the move.
7. In
line with the present trend, MTNL is also providing a host of value added
services to its GSM customers like Mobile TV, News, Weather, Cricket, Astrology,
Chat, MMS, Polyphonic ring tones, video ring tones, video games, PNR alerts,
commodity, stock status, booking of movies ticket, GPRS, and e-mail access etc.
8. Today
is an era of Internet and transparency. In line with the policy of the
e-governance, MTNL has made provision for subscribing the various services (PSTN,
GSM, Dolphin connections etc), complaint booking, complaints tracking, payment
etc On-line via Internet. This is not only convenient but very cost effective to
the customers.
9.
MTNL has been reviewing its tariffs
frequently, inline with the competition. Some of the plans like Vidyarathi,
Jeevan Saathi etc have been quite popular.
10.
I am happy to share with you that
MTNL is expanding its operations in both domestic as well as Overseas markets.
MTNL is operating in Nepal through a Joint venture called UTL (United Telecom
Limited) & is also operating in Mauritius through a 100% subsidiary called MTML
(Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited). MTNL & STPI have joined hands for
setting up data centre for data-Farming applications through a newly opened
company MTNL-STPI Ltd with 50-50% equity participation.
11.
MTNL through Millennium Telecom
Limited (MTL) is also laying Submarine OFC Cable from India to South East Asia
and to Middle East with an aim for onward connectivity to Europe and USA.
R.S.P. SINHA
CMD MTNL
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