BSNL Launches 3G Services in Pune !!!

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Third generation (3G) mobile services have arrived in India and Pune will be the first city to sample it. Beginning Tuesday, around 2,000 ‘high value’ customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will be able to access 3G services at select areas of the city if their phones are 3G enabled. Third generation services will also be provided only in Pune city, not Pune rural. BSNL has three lakh mobile customers in the city.

BSNL has invested Rs 300 crore to enable over 198 city Base Transmission Stations (BTS) towers with third generation equipment, before the commercial launch six months down the line.

“We have selected 10 spots in the city where these services will be made available for around 2,000 customers of the Rs 750 plan. Within two km of the 10 BTS that are 3G enabled, customers will be able to access 3G services. There will be no additional cost for the time being as we are in the trail period, customers will be able to access 3G services at 2G rates,” said Chandra Prakash, Chief General Manager, Maharashtra circle, BSNL.

The 10 3G hot spots in Pune are the exchanges at Satara Road, Bajirao Road, Bhavani Peth, MHS – Camp, Atur Park, Shivaji Nagar, Model Colony, Janavadi, Chinchwad and Bal Gandharva. Once the 3G spectrum is auctioned, BSNL will provide this service at 56 cities in the state, said Prakash.

For the time being though, telephone users of BSNL will only be able to make video calls (as against audio calls in 2G) among all the 3G services. Principal General Manager V K Mahendra said that the rest of the 3G services are still in the testing stage at BSNL.

However, when 3G is launched commercially, it will make possible other services like video conferencing, online gaming, high speed internet, video streaming, live IPTV, video-on demand on 3G enabled mobile phones.

“We have been asked to design the equipment for 20 per cent of the customer base,” said Neeraj Sinha, Alcatel-Lucent, the vendor company for BSNL.

At present, BSNL is waiting for 3G spectrum to be officially auctioned. “The cost of the services will depend upon the auction of the spectrum. The number of people opting for 3G services will also matter, but it will still be expensive if the spectrum is auctioned at a high price,” said Mahendra.

While 3G services never took off in Europe because of high call charges, it has seen relative success in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries. In Korea,. 3G is enabling online gaming over phones. “In the APEC countries, the costs are over 20-30 per cent higher than 2G services,” said Sinha.
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Source: Pune is first city in country to roll out 3G services - Express India
 
They will have to undergo a selection process wherein the likes of vodafone and Airtel will have to bid for the 3G spectrum and if they win the bid, they will be allowed to start the services. It will take almost 8-9 months to get things going
 
Gurpartap Singh said:
steroids khade si veer? :p
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:hap2: ek do hor kha laindaa taan 10G bhi aa janee see:hap2: Well dude work in progress.BSNL has many future upgrades in different phases.After 3G services they gonna move to 4G and 5G .
 
virus32win said:
:hap2: ek do hor kha laindaa taan 10G bhi aa janee see:hap2: Well dude work in progress.BSNL has many future upgrades in different phases.After 3G services they gonna move to 4G and 5G .
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The first thing I will do when that 3G and customizable service provider on same number thing will start in punjab, will be change from Spice to something more reliable, only BSNL fits this word. yukky spice they want to loot me every time. dakku
 
I am also BSNL lover..dakku hai bakke sareee.In third generation imagine internet speed of 2mb,video calls etc on mobile set with enhanced bandwidth:D Well in compassion to 3G in mobiles they must upgrade broadband bandwidth to at least 4MB with data download limit of 10Gb(10PM---8AM Night unlimited) in Home-500 plans:eek:hyeah:
 
Roxtin said:
I just got this yesterday and is indeed good. AFAIK it was already available in South (Kerla)
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really?:S .now now...I have to check with my uncle's bsnl connection(as most of the ppl dumped it for idea and vadaafone):eek:hyeah:
 
How about thinking how much providers are gonna charge you for all those data hogging video calls and internet use? :bleh:

No such thing as a free lunch :p
 
techie_007 said:
How about thinking how much providers are gonna charge you for all those data hogging video calls and internet use? :bleh:

No such thing as a free lunch :p
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Quite true..
at first expect da rates to b quite high..
wid sum tym and da competition btw da operators wil ultimately bring da price down..
 
well i have airtel 599 postpaid plan.
would it be great advantage to shift to BSNL and use net on mobile?
need to check...will update u guys later..:)
 
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