Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) launched its branded cellular telephone service – Dolphin -- in New Delhi, on 7 February 2001. MTNL
expects to break even in the second year of operations.
MTNL has a
subscriber base of 10,000 for the service since the registration commenced on
15 January 2001.
The company
has targeted to attain a subscriber base of 60,000 in New Delhi and 1,00,000 in
Mumbai in the first year of operations.
MTNL is
investing Rs.160 crore in the cellular services project over the next three
years. Of this amount, around Rs.60 crore has already been spent in the
development of necessary infrastructure.