Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.(MTNL) has instigated its third generation (3G) mobile services, dubbed as Jadoo, in limited areas of Delhi. On 12th December’08, it had soft launched its 3G services in Delhi.

• For activating Jadoo, one needs to pay Rs.500 plus taxes as activation charges and a monthly rental of Rs.599.

• An MTNL-to-MTNL video call will cost Rs.1.80 per minute, while such calls to other networks will cost Rs 3. The voice STD will cost Rs.3.75, and the voice ISD remains as high as Rs.30.

• A voice call on MTNL’s own network will cost 60 paise per minute, where calls to other networks will cost Re.1 per minute.

• The domestic and international long distance (STD and ISD) call tariff will be as per the budget plan.

MTNL Chairman and Managing Director R.S.P. Sinha had promised last month about rolling-out 3G services in Delhi around beginning of February.
‘We have spent Rs.300-400 crore (Rs 3-4 billion) on the 3G services roll-out so far,’ Sinha said.
He further said that the company can presently support around 150,000 subscribers on its 3G infrastructure.

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