BSNL launches 3G services in city

United News of India
Kozhikode, Jan 4:
The public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched Third Generation (3G) mobile services in Kozhikode telecom circle in Kerala today.
Senior Congress leader M K Raghavan, MP, launched the project envisaged to provide 37,758 3G lines in Calicut City, suburban areas and 1,469 lines in Kalpetta in hilly Wayand District, by a video call to General Manager (Mobile) Charley Mathew this morning.
Offering enhanced services such as multimedia, high speed mobile broadband and Internet access with ability to view video footage on mobile handsets, the consumer needed 3G-enabled handset for availing the facility.
The BSNL, which also launched the project simultaneously in Kannur district today, proposed to expand it to other districts by the month end with a total investment of Rs 650 crore.