MTNL launches Internet telephony Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), which operates in Delhi and Mumbai circles, on Friday launched Internet telephony by utilising its broadband network. It offers subscribers a call rate of Re. 1 per minute for international calls made to the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and other countries. Four-in-one facility MTNL has tied up with Aksh Optifibre to offer Netfone, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. MTNL subscribers, having broadband connections, will be able to make international calls just like making calls from a normal telephone without the need of a personal computer, said MTNL Chairman and Managing Director, R. S. P. Sinha. MTNL will now be providing a four-in-one facility on a single landline connection a normal telephone service, Internet, VoIP phone and IPTV simultaneously. This facility will also be available to all MTNL PCO holders, said Mr. Sinha. Registration According to Aksh Optifibre Managing Director, Kailash Choudhari, We will invest Rs. 110 crore in VoIP service in the next three years. About tariffs, MTNL (Delhi) Executive Director, A. K. Arora, said the service would be available to about 150 countries. Subscribers opting for the service will have to pay Rs. 500 as registration and installation charges. Source: http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/25/stories/2007082555701800.htm Thanks, Amit Bhatt Mob: +91 986-820-1812 Windows Live: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: amitbhattindia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
