BSNL LAUNCHES CHOOSE YOUR MOBILE NUMBER SCHEME

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has
launched a “Choose Your Mobile No.” scheme in its
Andhra Pradesh circle, allowing its customers to select
the mobile number of their choice from a database of
over 100,000 different numbers. BSNL's new scheme,
which comes into effect from today, is available for
free. The list of available mobile numbers can be found
on BSNL-AP's official website – www.ap.bsnl.co.in.
Users will receive a unique PIN from BSNL after
selecting the number of their choice. The number will
disappear from the list soon after one selects that
particular number. The user will then need to go to the
customer service center to activate that number.
Customers can book a maximum of two numbers.
BSNL will be updating every day to make sure that
users are furnished a list of 100,000 different numbers.
Besides, BSNL-AP has also launched a new
Removable User Identity Module (RUIM)-based
CDMA service to boost its available WLL network.
BSNL's WLL services are pretty similar to what offered
by other CDMA operators.
According to Rajeev Agarwal, chief general manager
of BSNL-AP circle, BSNL has been a major gainer in
the circle after the launch of Mobile Number Portability
system. He says over 200,000 subscribers have joined
the BSNL network through MNP.
“The circle has become the market leader in net
addition of customers, selling more than double the
number of connections of the second operator in rest
consistently from the last couple of months,” says Mr.
Aggarwal.