Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is planning to launch its 3G operations across
India covering at least 700 cities during 2009.
The total cost of the launch is likely to be Rs.2,700 crore. As per the plan,
BSNL would launch its services across North and East India by June 2009 and in
the south and west India by July 2009. The services are slated to be launched in
east and west of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana,
Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam. Besides, plans are also afoot to launch these
services in Kolkata by April 2009.
BSNL has launched its 3G services on 27 February 2009 in Jammu, Lucknow,
Jaipur, Ambala, Shimla, Jalandhar, Agra, Dehra Dun, Patna, Ranchi, Haldia and
Durgapur.
Also See:
BSNL's 3G services launched in Chennai (25-Feb-09)