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.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Toll-free number yet to become functional
Hyderabad, March 30:
The toll-free distress helpline (1091) for women is yet to be implemented in Cyberabad because of lack of connectivity.The facility provided by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is already in operation in Hyderabad.The police department has also sought conversion of the helpline to a three digit number but there has been no response from the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited so far.As such, there are many complaints that when 1091 is dialled there is no response.
“I was standing at the Basheerbagh bus station when some eve teasers came there,” said Ms P. Rajani, an MNC employee.“I called up the toll free number but there was no response from the other side,” Ms Rajani complained.However, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited official told this correspondent that the service was active and lack of response was only an occasional problem.
The official further said that the police request to convert it into a three-digit number could not be effected since it is a centralised number being used throughout the country.“A policy decision at is needed at top level to convert it into a three digit number,” said Mr V.V. Prasad, divisional engineer of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited .
The divisional engineer also said that the department had not got any request from the police department to give a separate connection for the Cyberabad zone.The Inspector General (CID), Mr S. Umapati, said that the proposal to convert the helpline to a three digit number had been submitted long back.
The toll-free distress helpline (1091) for women is yet to be implemented in Cyberabad because of lack of connectivity.The facility provided by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is already in operation in Hyderabad.The police department has also sought conversion of the helpline to a three digit number but there has been no response from the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited so far.As such, there are many complaints that when 1091 is dialled there is no response.
“I was standing at the Basheerbagh bus station when some eve teasers came there,” said Ms P. Rajani, an MNC employee.“I called up the toll free number but there was no response from the other side,” Ms Rajani complained.However, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited official told this correspondent that the service was active and lack of response was only an occasional problem.
The official further said that the police request to convert it into a three-digit number could not be effected since it is a centralised number being used throughout the country.“A policy decision at is needed at top level to convert it into a three digit number,” said Mr V.V. Prasad, divisional engineer of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited .
The divisional engineer also said that the department had not got any request from the police department to give a separate connection for the Cyberabad zone.The Inspector General (CID), Mr S. Umapati, said that the proposal to convert the helpline to a three digit number had been submitted long back.
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