Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
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| Publicly listed state-owned enterprise | |
| Traded as | : MTNL : OTCQX: |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1 April 1986 |
| Headquarters | 124, Connaught Circus, New Delhi, India |
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Areas served
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India (Mumbai & New Delhi) Mauritius |
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Key people
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Pravin Kumar Purwar (Chairman & Managing director) |
| Products | Fixed-line, mobile telephony, wired and wireless broadband, Fibre-to-the-home, dial-up internet, IPTV, digital television |
| Revenue |
 $788.7 million (2010) |
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$-567.5 million (2010) |
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| Total assets |
 $6.988 billion (2010) |
| Total equity |
$1.351 billion (2010) |
| Owner | Government of India (100%) |
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Number of employees
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45,000 (2010) |
| Subsidiaries | Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited (MTML) |
| Website |
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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is a state-owned telecommunications service provider in the metro cities of Mumbai and New Delhi in India and in the island nation of Mauritius in Africa. The company had a monopoly in Mumbai and New Delhi until 1992, when the telecom sector was opened to other service providers. "Transparency makes us different" is the motto of the company. The Government of India currently holds 100% stake in the company. In recent years, MTNL has been losing revenue and market share heavily.
'Maha' = big or great
'Nagar' = city or town
'Mahanagar' = metropolis or megacity, metrocity
'Nigam' = venture or enterprise or corporation
Bombay Telephone was founded in 1882. The first telephone exchange in Mumbai began operations on 28 January 1882. Delhi's first telephone system was established in 1911. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam was created by the Government of India in 1986 to oversee the telephone services of Delhi and Mumbai.
MTNL provides fixed line telephones and WLL services. It also provides mobile services on GSM and CDMA platforms. MTNL various service brands are:
Phone numbers belonging to MTNL start with the prefix 2 in fixed line telephones and WLL. In GSM, mobile numbers start with the prefixes 901x, 9868, 9757, 9869, 9968, and 9969.
MTNL's efficiency has drastically improved over the years. In the past, a customer had to wait much longer to secure a connection but now he/she can receive a connection within hours of the subscription request being filed.
MTNL started 3G services in India under the name of "MTNL 3G Jadoo." Services offered include video calling, mobile TV and mobile broadband with high speed data connectivity up to 3.6 Mbit/s from 11 December 2008. MTNL plans to offer 3G services across India by mid-2009. MTNL also provides 3G data cards for usage in devices other than mobile phones. MTNL will be installing 15 lakh 3G lines in the first phase of its 3G roll-out in Mumbai and Delhi (which currently have 40 lakh existing mobile lines). MTNL announced in Jan, 2012 that they will upgrade its 3G network to more advanced HSPA+ with download speeds up to 28.8Mbit/s before the end of 2012.
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