3G cell service to take more time

hyderabad
March 29: The wait for 3G and 2G services in the city seems to be endless.The much-awaited 3G services will be not be launched before July this year. The service has already been introduced in Delhi and Chennai.Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited plans to launch 3G services in 29 cities in the country.

Interestingly, there are many dealers in the city who claim to provide 3G and 2G services on BSNL mobiles. BSNL officials, however, contradict the claim and said they have not yet introduced the facility here.“So far we have not yet received the equipment, so there’s no possibility of providing 3G and 2G services in the city by any dealer,” said Mr V.V. Prasad, divisional engineer, BSNL.

“Launch of 3G and 2G services will provide value-added services like mobile television, mobile broadband and subsequent services like mobile commerce. They will help save cost and time for users,” said Andhra Pradesh Telecom Circle chief general manager T. N. Sudhindra Kumar.

BSNL is expected to spend Rs 780 crore for 3G and 2G equipment in the state.“Besides upgrading mobile data speeds to 2 mbps from the present 144 kbps, we will also offer video screening of calls, video on demand, mobile surveillance, live TV, movie downloads etc on our 3G platform,” Mr Kumar said.