MTNL introduces prepaid broadband in Mumbai

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), in association with Sterlite Technologies Limited, a transmission services provider, has announced the launch of prepaid Broadband for its residential and enterprise customers in Mumbai.
The state owned company, which currently has 400,000 broadband subscribers in Mumbai and around 340,000 in Delhi, says that this service will enable users to customise their broadband subscription plans, based on their Bandwidth usage.
In an email interview with Telecom Yatra, GVRS Kumar, general manager, marketing and public relations, MTNL, said that vouchers for this service will be available at MTNL customer care centres located in all MTNL offices and will be shortly available through distributors. The recharges can also be done online.
On why MTNL is also targeting corporate customers for this service, Kumar said, “The enterprise customers will have better control over their usage and there are no hassles of paying bills at counters.”
He added that prepaid broadband will be shortly introduced in Delhi, the other circle where MTNL operates.Sterlite Technologies is providing end to end solution to MTNL for its pre paid broadband service. Sterlite’s scope of work for this project includes project management, installation and deployment, network operations, network maintenance, integration and testing.
The pre paid broadband service comes in three plans – Rs 499 with 1.3 GB free download and one month validity, Rs 3999 with 15 GB free download and 12 months validity and Rs 5999 with 25 GB free download and 12 months validity.