This story is from June 16, 2016
BSNL 'free national roaming' facility extended by one year
NEW DELHI: State-run telecom firm BSNL today extended free roaming service for its mobile subscribers by another year.
The PSU had launched the scheme last year.
"The decision to extend the facility has been taken in view of overwhelming response of its customers in mobile number portability (MNP) and achieving highest growth of the customer in February and March months as per Trai report," BSNL Director for Consumer Mobility RK Mittal said.
As per data released by telecom regulator Trai, BSNL had a growth rate of 1.67% in February. It was followed by Bharti Airtel with 1.18%, Vodafone with 1.04%and Idea Cellular with 0.85% whereas the industry average stood at 0.85%.
In March, growth rate of BSNL was 1.79 per cent against the industry average of 0.68%.
The PSU had launched the scheme last year.
"The decision to extend the facility has been taken in view of overwhelming response of its customers in mobile number portability (MNP) and achieving highest growth of the customer in February and March months as per Trai report," BSNL Director for Consumer Mobility RK Mittal said.
As per data released by telecom regulator Trai, BSNL had a growth rate of 1.67% in February. It was followed by Bharti Airtel with 1.18%, Vodafone with 1.04%and Idea Cellular with 0.85% whereas the industry average stood at 0.85%.
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In March, growth rate of BSNL was 1.79 per cent against the industry average of 0.68%.
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