BSNL's mobile services to enter 43 cities by 2002

INDORE: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will provide mobile telephone

services in 43 cities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh by March, 2002

The provision will be cheaper than the existing services, provided by private

players, according to a top BSNL official on Wednesday. Talking to reporters

here, BSNL General Manager (GM), Dhruv Kumar Agrawal, said the mobile phone

services provided in the cities will be far better than the existing services

and will be at a much cheaper rate as existing players in the market will not be

able to match BSNL's vast network

These services will be available throughout the road and rail network,

specially on national highways and state highways, unlike the existing services,

where after some distance the link fails, Agrawal added.

However, the department has so far bee