BSNL reworks pulse duration

BSNL has re-jigged pulse durations for calls made within and outside its network. Starting May 25, basic calls (including WLL) within Tamil ...

BSNL has re-jigged pulse durations for calls made within and outside its network. Starting May 25, basic calls (including WLL) within Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, UP (East), UP (West) and Uttaranchal will be treated as calls within a circle.

Calls from basic to cellular networks in the same state will be charged under a pulse rate of 45 and calls to other networks at 60 seconds.

However, in Maharashtra, calls to all other cellular networks including MTNL in Mumbai shall be charged under a 45 second pulse rate.

For basic-to-basic calls within 50 km, the pulse duartion is being placed at 180 seconds in Maharastra, while for a wireless in local loop (WLL) call, the duration will be 90 seconds. For distances beyond 50 km, the pulse duration for basic-to-basic and WLL calls is 60 seconds.

BSNL may offer phones on demand

NEW DELHI

: Another year and BSNL may finally be able to offer phones on demand. Starting May 31, BSNL will launch a massive exercise to lay the lines that will provide GSM phones in the North, South, West and East of the country. By September, the expansion spree, which will allocate four lakh lines to each region, will have extended coverage to sub-divisional headquarters and national highways. The plan was announced by Telecommunications Minister Dayanidhi Maran last week.