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Old 26-08-2008, 11:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Third generation (3G) mobile services have arrived in India and Pune will be the first city to sample it. Beginning Tuesday, around 2,000 ‘high value’ customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will be able to access 3G services at select areas of the city if their phones are 3G enabled. Third generation services will also be provided only in Pune city, not Pune rural. BSNL has three lakh mobile customers in the city. BSNL has invested Rs 300 crore to enable over 198 city Base Transmission Stations (BTS) towers with third generation equipment, before the commercial launch six months down the line.
“We have selected 10 spots in the city where these services will be made available for around 2,000 customers of the Rs 750 plan. Within two km of the 10 BTS that are 3G enabled, customers will be able to access 3G services. There will be no additional cost for the time being as we are in the trail period, customers will be able to access 3G services at 2G rates,” said Chandra Prakash, Chief General Manager, Maharashtra circle, BSNL.
The 10 3G hot spots in Pune are the exchanges at Satara Road, Bajirao Road, Bhavani Peth, MHS – Camp, Atur Park, Shivaji Nagar, Model Colony, Janavadi, Chinchwad and Bal Gandharva. Once the 3G spectrum is auctioned, BSNL will provide this service at 56 cities in the state, said Prakash.
For the time being though, telephone users of BSNL will only be able to make video calls (as against audio calls in 2G) among all the 3G services. Principal General Manager V K Mahendra said that the rest of the 3G services are still in the testing stage at BSNL.
However, when 3G is launched commercially, it will make possible other services like video conferencing, online gaming, high speed internet, video streaming, live IPTV, video-on demand on 3G enabled mobile phones.
“We have been asked to design the equipment for 20 per cent of the customer base,” said Neeraj Sinha, Alcatel-Lucent, the vendor company for BSNL.
At present, BSNL is waiting for 3G spectrum to be officially auctioned. “The cost of the services will depend upon the auction of the spectrum. The number of people opting for 3G services will also matter, but it will still be expensive if the spectrum is auctioned at a high price,” said Mahendra.
While 3G services never took off in Europe because of high call charges, it has seen relative success in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries. In Korea,. 3G is enabling online gaming over phones. “In the APEC countries, the costs are over 20-30 per cent higher than 2G services,” said Sinha.
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Old 26-08-2008, 12:10 PM   #2 (permalink)
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wtf??? thats awesome!! wil check today..
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^^its in "beta testing" stage..
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great going BSNL i hope other operators will start with 3G tooo
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i am leaving to pune now!?! lol.....!! kiddin....!!
hope comes in punjab too....
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WTH??? Hope Vodafone launches the same in Bangalore
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Old 26-08-2008, 03:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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WTH??? Hope Vodafone launches the same in Bangalore
They cannot.They have to wait until:

a. Government invites them for bidding for 3G spectrum
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c. They upgrade their infrastructure.

Its gonna take a long time for that to happen.
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Gr8....

Going to Pune within 2-3 days.. Have to carry BSNL card with me now !!

Let me experience 3G...
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The smiley was my post. It was my reaction on 3G getting launched in India, in Pune of all places and that too by BSNL. All that info was enough to make my eyes pop out.
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Its not invisible post, websense at work !
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^^ Eh? You mean you guys don't see my awesome smileys?! What do you guys think I've got Unismilies installed in my Firefox for anyway?
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^^ Thankfully no , our org blocks certain image hosts/sites and your smileys are hosted at some place which is blocked at our end.
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It is Photobucket. Why would anyone want to block Photobucket?!
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Good start , but widespread deployment will take some time.
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Ne idea what the cost structure is like?
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They said its costs 20-30% more than edge/gprs. So I guess companies will be charging atleast 50% more than what they provide edge services at.
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any comments on speed ??

wht can we expect ??
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Ya what speed we will get ???
Any ideas??

Or is it UMTS 384 kbps ??
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humm if bsnl is saying that cost is about 20-30% of gprs/edge then at my place it would b 240to 260 INR for unlimited....!!!! great
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Which is this 750/- plan of BSNL? I dont find any such plan listed in the site..
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its great atleast someone is progressing towards 3G, hey the iPhone Operators, Airtel and Vodafone, do something WILL YA
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