• BSNL to Bring us iPhone 3G. With 3G

    BSNL to Bring us iPhone 3G. With 3G

    Techtree News Staff, Sep 10, 2008 1757 hrs IST

    To bring us iPhone 3G along with 3G in December. Makes us believe in miracles

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This is just a little hilarious.

There has been a lot of hand-wringing over 3G, or lack thereof in India. Especially so in the light of the iPhone 3G availibility: without 3G, the iPhone loses a lot of its allure. We knew that 3G was coming, it's the when that has been nebulous. Will it be end of this year, or middle of next, or sometime in between?

We also know that BSNL and MTNL will have the leg up on any other 3G operator, because the babus have dictated it be so. The big question hanging in the air was: will BSNL or MTNL bring us the iPhone 3G? The answer to that question appears to be a yes.

The Financial Express brings us news that BSNL will bring us the iPhone by December, along with its 3G service. Here's what Mr. Chakravarty, chief general manager of Calcutta Telephones has to say on this possibility: "On September 30, we will have a meeting of the circle heads where we may take a decision on making iPhones available to our consumers".

Is the sky falling, or is this a miracle?

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(12) Comments
kavish
,delhi, on Jan 03, 2009 01:50 PM
what this 3 g mobile
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kavish
,delhi, on Jan 03, 2009 01:47 PM
What 3 g mtnl pone & fetures
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Abhishek
,Raipur, on Sep 10, 2008 06:56 PM
what should be the cost bcoz iphone is of only 200 us dollar where as here from airtel its come in rs. 31000 will it come at real cost ? think
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nitin
,bangalore, on Dec 12, 2008 10:31 AM
baby.....in us its $200 becoz there we have to sign a contract of 2 yrs....in india we have no contract so its 31,000
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Anonymous
,Chennai, on Sep 13, 2008 10:27 AM
Price ???????
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Raju Kumar
,Muzaffarpur, on Sep 12, 2008 10:37 AM
Some details plese
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Sanjay
,New Delhi, on Sep 12, 2008 10:23 AM
BSNL (Bhai Sahib Nahin Lagega)
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Sanjay
,New Delhi, on Sep 12, 2008 10:21 AM
BSNL(Bhai Sahib Nahin Lagega)
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VSP
,Delhi, on Sep 12, 2008 10:02 AM
Its good. lets not underestimate BSNL and MTNL. These are the two companies which have taken telecom to the remote areas of India without considering the ARPU. There service is as good as others.
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PRASAD
,NOWRANGPUR, on Sep 12, 2008 09:12 AM
YET ANOTHER SERVICE OF BSNL FOR ABUSE
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Jitender
,Chennai, on Sep 11, 2008 10:03 AM
Wow...thats a great news, unless the handset is subsidised...
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Raj
,Delhi, on Sep 11, 2008 02:06 AM
So they will have a meeting where they may or may not make a decision about making iPhones available to their customers. The 'decision' he's talking about could just as easily be "No, no we're not and we're going to screw you over but it sounds nice to make the announcement to sell more iPhones"
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