MTNL Launched Low-Cost Pre-Paid 3G Services

Crown Corporations Indian operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has pre-paid 3G services in the capital New Delhi for the integration of its new high-speed mobile data services. MTNL prepaid 3G

The move should help MTNL more quickly build a customer base for 3G one of its rivals to high-speed mobile data services in New Delhi and Mumbai, the two circulars MTNL offering its services.

Although the majority of mobile service providers in India can not offer 3G services yet - they are still waiting for the long delays auction of spectrum will take place - MTNL already own 3G spectrum, in collaboration with the India other SOEs operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).

MTNL has launched its first 3G service, called jadoo in New Delhi in December 2008 and started 3G services in Mumbai in May BSNL's 3G services in several cities at the end of February.

MTNL's first, but was directed to contract subscribers - only 5 percent of clients MTNL mobile post-paid contracts - and was limited to a few areas of New Delhi, only 50 base stations were initially deployed.

Accordingly, MTNL told reporters he has signed 400 customers for its 3G services to date.

Today, however, the carrier says it has deployed 225 base stations around New Delhi, with more to come, and its 3G services with pre-paid options: MTNL had nearly 2.1 million customers in the capital in late April of this year, the vast majority of them use prepaid services.

The airline's Chairman and CEO, Mr R. Sinha, told local media that the pre-paid 3G services would be launched in Mumbai, where the operator has more than 2.4 million mobile users in the coming days and that MTNL expects to sign between 200,000 and 300,000 3G subscribers in the next 12 months. [Ed. Note: So, a neighborhood, then.]

MTNL, which claims that its 3G service offers downlink speeds of 3.6 Mbit / s, and customers using services like mobile TV, video calls and voice over IP now offers 3G SIM cards only 300 Indian rupees (U.S. $ 6.39), and has a range of pre-paid coupons available 3G little INR99 ($ 2.11). (See MTNL TANLA loan using the 3G.)

This means that anyone with a compatible 3G device to start using mobile data services in New Delhi today INR399 ($ 8.49).

This low-end coupon - Trial Pack 3G "- allows users to download up to 50 MB of data within 15 days, but does not include free minutes of local video calls.

At the top of the pre-paid coupon 3G range is the "3G in 2500" coupon. It takes INR2, 500 ($ 53.22) offers unlimited downloading data and 150 minutes of free video calls over a period of 30 days.

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