MTNL Broadband is high Speed internet service from Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). MTNL is a telecom service provider in the metro cities of India. Currently MTNL Broadband is available in Mumbai and New Delhi.
Long form and Meaning
M - Mahanagar (Maha- big, Nagar- City i.e. mahanagar = Metrocity)
T - Telephone
N - Nigam (enterprise)
L - Limited
Monopoly until 1992
Motto of the company - Transparency
About
Company Type: publicly listed state owned enterprise
Establishment year: 1986
Headquarters: New Delhi, India
Chairman: Kuldip Singh (MD)
Revenue for year 2010: $788.7 million
Net income for year 2010: $ 567.5 million
Total assets for year 2010: $6.988 billion
Total equity for year 2010: $1.351 billion
Total No. Employees for year 2010: 45,000
Website URL: www.mtnl.net.in
Current Maximum speed offered: 2 Mbps
Plan starts at: Just Rs. 49 per month (200 MB limit)
Unlimited usage plan at Rs. 395 pm (under fair usage policy)
First 3G mobile service in India (MTNL 3G Jadoo) 3.6 Mbps
Products
Fixed line telephones
GSM and CDMA Cellular connection
GSM- Dolphin(Postpaid)
GSM – Trump (prepaid)
CDMA (WLL) — FW And Garuda Mobile
Internet services through dialup and DSL — Broadband internet TriBand
Games on demand through broadband (Triband)
Video on demand and IPTV services through broadband (Triband)
Phone Numbers – series
Starts with the prefix 2 FL (Fixed Line) telephones and WLL
GSM starts with 901xxxxxxxx , 9868xxxxxxxx, 9869xxxxxxxx, 9968xxxxxxx, 9969xxxxxx
Other Services
VPN
Internet Telephony- VOIP
Leased lines through BSNL and VSNL
New Improvements and features
Actively providing connections in both Mumbai and New Delhi within hours
Pre-activated Mobile connections in both Metros
Affordable tariff plans (TriBand) targeted at homes and small businesses
Largest of the market share of ISP services in Mumbai and Delhi
Related companies
MTML (Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited)
Subsidiary co. in Mauritius
ILD & CDMA based basic Mobile services
2nd operator in Mauritius
Started from 2004
44,312 telephone connections
web: http://www.mtmltd.net/mtml/
MTNL-STPI IT Services Limited
Joint Venture between Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and MTNL
50 – 50 % partnership
Millennium Telecom Limited (MTL)
Joint Venture company of MTNL and BSNL
50% and 50% equity participation
BSNL – MTNL Merger Plans
proposal for the merger of state-owned operators BSNL and MTNL
DoT said the government should set up a multi-stakeholder committee to develop a restructuring plan for both companies