Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-owned telecom service provider, said 3G mobile services will be available to its subscribers in Bangalore from July this year.
BSNL is investing around Rs. 650 crore for installation of equipment and other infrastructure for launching the services in Bangalore. The 3G mobile services will be available across the state after December this year, a senior BSNL official said, reports Business Standard. In Bangalore, to begin with, 200,000 lines will be provided with the services. The customers of 3G services will get three main services like video on demand, video conferencing and broadband on mobile and the tariffs have been fixed, R Mani, general manager, mobile services, BSNL said.
The third generation mobile service enables a range of upgraded services, including rich voice, data and video services, to the subscribers. 3G makes possible video streaming applications such as Live TV, movie downloads, and high speed data download on mobile phones with 3G services enabled. Callers can also see each other on their mobile phone screens.
Bangalore will be the second city in South India to get 3G mobile services from BSNL after Chennai, where the service was launch in February this year. BSNL 3G mobile services are currently available in 10 north India.
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