BSNL Mobile
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| State-owned enterprise | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | October 2000 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Area served | India |
| Services |
Mobile Network Broadband |
| Revenue |
 $$ 8 billion (2010)[1] |
|
$2.313 billion (2010)[1] | |
| Profit |
$2.26 billion (2010)[1] |
| Total assets |
$14.37 billion (2010)[1] |
| Members | 8.13 crore [2] (2014) |
Number of employees | 2,81,635 (December 2010)[3] |
| Parent | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited |
| Website | BSNL mobile |
BSNL Mobile is a mobile phone service provider provided by the Indian public enterprise BSNL. It was formerly known as CellOne. It provides both pre-paid and post-paid mobile services as well as many value added services.[4]
BSNL Mobile has a pan-India presence with presence in all the 21 telecommunication cellular circles in India. BSNL Mobile provides all of India with roaming access, including Delhi and Mumbai, and International roaming access to more than 300 networks across the world.
Many private Telecom Operators have entered the Indian market and acquired many customers and have given stiff competition to CellOne in recent years. The major private players are !DEA, Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata DoCoMo, Aircel and many more.
The company's CellOne network (GSM/GPRS) was launched in late 2002 and has coverage in major cities and towns and more places are being covered. BSNL Mobile offers both GSM as well as CDMA prepaid and postpaid services.
CellOne was renamed BSNL Mobile in 2007.
State-owned BSNL unveiled an app through which its customers travelling abroad will be able to connect their landlines through mobile and make calls through them without attracting ISD charges (5).
References
- 1 2 3 4 "About Us". Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Mobile subscriber base now all time high at 97 crore". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ↑ "Staff". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ↑ "BSNL's share in mobile business dips to single digit". Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2015.