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Bharat Mobile to be launched on Jan 26 in Patna, Hajipur

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will commercially launch its mobile service, Bharat Mobile, for the first time in the country on January 26 in Patna and Hajipur, the Lok Sabha Constituency of Union Communication Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan.

The chief general manager, Bihar telecom circle, BSNL, R K Bhatia said in Patna on Tuesday that registration would begin on January 24 and the allotments would be made on a first-come-first-served basis.

To start with, BSNL would provide the service to 1,000 customers in Patna and 500 in Hajipur.

The security deposit for BSNL mobile connection, Bhatia said, would be Rs 3,000 (refundable), besides Rs 50 each for registration and activation charges, Rs 400 as monthly rental and Rs 25 as monthly clip charges.

Reliance in Patna charges Rs 3,000 as security deposit (refundable), besides Rs 1,200 as activation charges, Rs 500 as monthly rental and Rs 35 as clip charges, the total cost to the consumer, excluding air-time charges, comes to be higher than what BSNL plans to charge.

Initially, a post-paid service would be launched and other services to match the tariff structure of Reliance Telecom's Smart Card and Oxygen, would be announced next month, Bhatia said.

He said BSNL would charge Rs 3.50 for both outgoing and incoming calls during peak hours and Rs 3 per unit at a pulse of 30 seconds during off-peak hours.

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