BSNL launches Value Added Services for its Mobile Customers

Bangalore, Jan 28 (UNI) Public Sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today launched six value added services to its mobile customers.

Speaking to newsmen here after the launch, BSNL Chief General Manager (Karnataka Circle) T S Kuppuswamy said the Resource Tracking Management System (RTMS) was a real time tracking enabling monitoring and communication with field employees and work force having mobile phone.

It was designed to manage and track their resources over the intenet and useful for transport, logistics and corporate employees work forcemanagement. A control centre with internet connectivity would be able to locate the required vehicle at any point of time, he explained. Added advantage was that control centres not having internet facility could also track the movement of the vehicles by sending SMS message, he added.

He said another value added service was People Finder Service to locate, monitor and communicate with their children. It could be used by kids, teenagers and young adults and more importantly, parents could monitor their children.

He said the Instant Messaging Service provided functionality for sending and receiving instant messages through GPRS to subscribers of BSNL. Another new service was Mobile TV which could be accessed by subscribers who had GPRS enabled mobile phones for both post paid and pre paid customers.

He said the BSNL Karnataka offered free Premium Ring Back Tone to its esteemed customers.

Replying to queries, he said the broadband connections in Karnataka circle had crossed two lakhs during last week. Over 700 additional locations in Karnataka had been extended with broadband facility including 330 in Bangalore and 350 in rest of the state.

During next two months additional 100 locations in Bangalore and 200 in rest of the state would also be provided with broadband facility, he added.

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