Background

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), a Navratna company, is an Indian Government owned Telephone service provider offering services in the NCR of Delhi, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, and Gurgaon; and in Mumbai, including Navi Mumbai and Kalyan. It was incorporated on April 1, 1986 by the GoI. In 2001, the company launched GSM and WLL mobile services and in 2005 launched broadband services. The Govt. of India currently holds 56.25% stake in the company.

Business Profile

MTNL provides fixed wireless telephone services, GSM and CDMA mobile services as well as internet services. The company provides GSM cellular mobile services under the brand name Dolphin; WLL and CDMA mobile services under the brand name Garuda; where as pre-paid GSM services are provided under the brand name Trump. MTNL also provides ADSL based broadband services under the brand TRI BAND, apart from pre-paid and post paid internet connections. The company also offers IPTV and VoIP services on its broadband network. MTNL started 3G services in India in December 2008 under the name of "MTNL 3G Jadoo" Services offered under 3G include Video call, Mobile TV and Mobile Broadband with high speed data connectivity up to 2 Mbit/s speed. As of Sep 09, the company had a customer base of 4.37 mn. MTNL reported a total income of Rs. 9.72 bn for the second quarter ended Sept 09. During the same period, MTNL had 558 digital exchanges with an equipped capacity of 10.72 mn lines. MTNL rolled out its BlackBerry solutions on the 2G and 3G networks by launching India’s first 3G enabled BlackBerry Bold smart phones.