MTNL to launch 3G services in Mumbai next month

NEW DELHI: State-run telecom service provider MTNL today said it will launch its third generation (3G) services in Mumbai next month and is targeting a 1 lakh user base for 3G mobile service by year-end. MTNL has already launched its 3G services ��� ���Jadoo��� in certain pockets of Delhi.

The state-owned telco, which operates in two cities Delhi and Mumbai, is expected to extend the service to remaining parts of Delhi in next 3 months.

"We will begin aggressive marketing our 3G services when we would have a good user base and cover major parts of Delhi," MTNL Director (Technical) Kuldeep Singh said on the sidelines of Managed Services India 2009 conference in Delhi. The telco currently has about 500 subscribers in its 3G network in Delhi.