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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited




  Company Name Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
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  Foundation 1986
  Location New Delhi , India
  Industry Telecommunication
  key People RSP Sinha (CMD)
  Homepage http://wwwmtnlnetinhttp://wwwmtnlnetin]


The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited () is an Indian Government owned Telephone service provider in the cities of Mumbai , Thane , New Delhi and Navi Mumbai in India . The company was a Monopoly till 2000 when telecom sector was thrown open to other service providers.

'''Maha' = big or great, 'Nagar' = city or town, 'Mahanagar' = metropolis or megacity, 'Nigam' = venture or enterprise.''


PRODUCTS

MTNL provides Fixed Line Telephones , cellular connection of both GSM''Dolphin''(Postpaid) and '''''Trump''''' (prepaid) and WLL ( CDMA ) — '''''Garuda-FW''''' And '''''Garuda-Mobile''''' and internet services through Dialup and DSLBroadband Internet '''''TriBand'''''. MTNL has also started Games on demand, video on demand and IPTV services in India through its Broadband Internet service called Triband.
Phone numbers belonging to MTNL start with the prefix 2 in Fixed Line Telephones and WLL & in GSM Mobile servises its start from 9869/9969/9868/9968.
MTNL also provides other services such as VPN and Leased Line s through BSNL and VSNL .

MTNL has been actively providing connections in both Mumbai and New Delhi areas and the efficiency of the company has drastically improved from the days when one had to wait years to get a phone connection to now when one can get a connection in even hours. Pre-activated Mobile connections are available at many places across both Metros. MTNL has also unveiled very cost-effective Broadband Internet access plans (TriBand) targeted at homes and small businesses. At present MTNL enjoy's the largest of the market share of ISP services in Mumbai and Delhi.

Former Indian Communications Minister Thiru Dayanidhi Maran had declared year 2007 as "Year of Broadband" in India and MTNL is gearing up to provide five million Broadband connectivity by the end of 2007. MTNL has upgraded existing TriBand (Broadband) connections for a speed of up to 2 Mbit/s without any extra cost. This 2 Mbit/s broadband service is being provided by MTNL at a cost of just US$5.00 per month.


JOINT VENTURE(S) OF MTNL


United Telecom Limited (UTL)

MTNL has formed a Joint Venture company in Nepal by the name of United Telecom Ltd. (UTL) in collaboration with Telecom Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) and NVPL (Nepal Ventures Pvt. Ltd., a Nepalese Company) The Company is operational since 10 October, 2001 for providing WLL CDMA based basic services in Nepal . In Nepal, 21,000 telephone connections are actually operational from a total switching capacity of 50,000.


Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited (MTML)

MTNL has set up its 100% subsidiary, Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited. (MTML) in Mauritius , for providing basic, Mobile and international long distance services as second operator in Mauritius . Necessary licenses were obtained in January 2004. MTML has already started its ILD & CDMA based basic services in Mauritius. In Mauritius, 8000 telephone connections are actually operational from a total switching capacity of 50,000. Moreover, through joint ventures with local telecommunications providers, MTML plans to offer internet access through its wireless network to its users in February 2007.


MTNL-STPI IT Services Limited

MTNL-STPI IT Services Ltd. is a 50:50 Joint Venture between Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, (MTNL). The JV formed in 2006 combines the STPI's rich experience as an ISP and MTNL's track record of being India's leading telecom operating company to offer niche portal services to the Indian community. The JV was formed to realize one of the 10-point agenda of MoC&IT, which are of extreme importance to India for bringing about an all-round economic development. The JV aims to provide exclusive data center services, messaging services, business application services to the identified sectors of economic activity and thereby also popularizing the .in domain in the networked community across the world.


Millennium Telecom Limited (MTL)

MTNL has restructured Millennium Telecom Ltd. (MTL) as a Joint Venture company of MTNL and BSNL with 51% and 49% equity participation respectively. The company will now be entering into new business stream of international long distance operations and will be executing a project of submarine cable system, both east and west from India.


RECENT HAPPENINGS

  • In July,2006 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) has launched its new Garuda mobile service with a range of attractive features from its state-of-the-art CDMA 2000 1x network.

  • In December 2006 MTNL has deployed state of the art MPLS infrastructure to provide the latest and varied IP based value added services like IP VPN services to its customers. MPLS is an acronym for "Multi Protocol Label Switching”. MPLS is fast emerging as the best approach for simplified enterprise connectivity. It will be possible for MTNL to offer assured growth to its customers without having to make significant investments because of inherent features MPLS offers to build secure Virtual Private Network and its further scalability. MTNL would now be able to provide Bandwidth on demand, Video Conferencing, IPTV -though only in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai , Voice over IP (VoIP) and a host of other value-added services. MPLS based VPNs reduce customer networking complexity as customers need only one connection instead of individual point-to-point circuits between each office using pair of Leased Lines, thereby cutting networking costs and technical work force.

  • Significant advantages of MPLS are enhanced reliability, security, flexibility and scalability. MPLS based solution supports SLA with customer and provide end to end QoS to ensure proper handling of traffic.



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