The Hindu Business Line : BSNL, MTNL to launch broadband services today

CONSUMERS will get access to high-speed Internet services from Friday onwards for as low Rs 500 a month, with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd launching its broadband services across the country.

The services will be inaugurated by the Communications and IT Minister, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, in Chennai on Friday, an official statement said here.

While BSNL would provide broadband services starting at 256 kbps in 198 cities spread across 24 telecom circles progressively by the end of March 2005, in Delhi and Mumbai, the services would be provided by MTNL.

BSNL, under its brand name `Data One,' will provide eight tariff plans, four each under Home Plan and Business Plan. The minimum monthly charges under the Home Plan range from Rs 500 to Rs 3,300, and from Rs 1,200 to Rs 9,000 under the Business Plan, depending on the bandwidth.

MTNL will offer the services under `Tri Band' in eight tariff plans, monthly charges for which will range from Rs 749 to Rs 42,999, with bandwidth between 256 kbps and 2 Mbps with unlimited hour-free monthly usages. It will also offer a free 15-day trial plan (DSL-399) at Rs 399 at 256 Kbps download speed. BSNL and MTNL have decided to provide 1.5 million connections by 2005-end.The service will be launched simultaneously from Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata through video conferencing.

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