Gone are the days when public sector companies were the most lazy ones around and it would have been all too easy to trump them in customer services. Mahanagar Telphone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigal Limited (BSNL) have come up with more aggressive pricing for their broadband offerings, starting from August 15, 2008. Yes, MTNL has cut its broadband charges by almost 50% in its bid to boost its user base in Delhi and NCR.
According to reports, the PSU has decided to offer its 2Mbps connection to the users at a minimal rental of Rs 99 per month, offering 150MB of free downloads, and Rs 149 for 400MB of free downloads. For the powers users, it has also slashed the rates of its unlimited downloads (night unlimited) plan from a decent Rs 899 to Rs 599 per month.
However, the reduced rates shall be open from the 15th of August for new customers and on September 1st for its existing customers. The company’s Executive Director (Delhi), A K Arora, said that MTNL planned to boost up its existing user base of 2.6 lakhs broadband users, riding on the reduced tariffs.
In the mean time, taking advantage of the automatic allotment of 3G services to the state-run mobile service provider, MTNL has decided to run more aggressively in the race and has already launched TV services for mobile handsets, christening the service as ‘MTNL-TV’. The service shall be available in Delhi and NCR for MTNL customers, both on Dolphin and Trump, at a nominal rate of Rs 99 per month. As of now, only 20 channels shall be available for viewing, not currently offering Fashin TV and religious channels. No details could yet been confirmed on which ones MTNL might be planning to offer as a part of its bouquet of 20 channels.
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