Articles tagged with: Mtnl and GSM

Alcatel-Lucent delivers first IP-based NGN to India's MTNL

Alcatel-Lucent and India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (mtnl) have announced the commercial launch of the operator's first IP-based mobile next generation network (NGN) in Mumbai. The mobile NGN solution, provided by Alcatel-Lucent, is 3G and IMS ready.  more

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Will 3G Launch Revitalise India's MTNL

mtnl recorded its best ever third-quarter figure for net additions in the three months ending 31s t December 2008, Q3 of its 2008/9 financial year. The gain of 229k took its total customer base over the 4m mark to 4.07m at the end of the quarter. mtnl is one of the smaller operators in India, the world's second largest mobile market by customer numbers, and it had an end- quarter national market share of just 1.2%.  more

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3G Phones Bypass Jammers in Indian Parliament

A failure in the specifications for equipment designed to block mobile phones working inside the Indian Parliament resulted in 3G based phones starting to work last week after mtnl installed a 3G base station in the vicinity of the building.  more

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