In an attempt to boost its Corporate Fixed Line services, Mumbai’s largest Broadband and Land line service provider today announced the launch of India’s first “Number Retention Facility” (Local number portability with in the operator) for its Land-line/Fixed Line customers in Mumbai telecom circle.
With the launch of this “Number Retention Facility”, now MTNL Mumbai ’s Fixed Line subscribers can retain their existing landlines number in case of shifting of their land line phone from one telephone exchange area to other telehone exchange area, anywhere in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Panvel and Uran MTNL Fixedline service area.The subscriber also get two telephone numbers (one existing and one new) on his same landline phone.
This unique facility ensure continue receiving calls on new land line number (after shifting in other exchange) if old number is called. It provides no hassle of change of land line number when any one shift their offices or residence out of certain telephone exchanges in Mumbai circle. Whats more one can get two contact number on same land-line phone too.
This service will cost Rs.50 per month as and add-on rental. For more details one can call 1500 (toll free from MTNL) or 022-22221500 from any other network phone.
Deepak January 5, 2011 at 10:16 am
The people in MTNL do not know how to activate it?
Arif December 6, 2010 at 12:08 am
@Sanjay Bafna.
I totally agree with you. But some one or two years back Mr. A. Raja, ex-telecom minister had said that one day all local mobile call will become 10p/min and STD all over India any number 25p/min, when this mobile rate will come will LL sustain?
MNS December 5, 2010 at 12:42 am
@Arif
Hey say & write Mumbai instead of Bombay.
Prashant Naik December 5, 2010 at 12:40 am
Now a days MTNL hike their Play tunes rent & also their is no new offers for GSM subscribers, I think they are trying to recover their 3G auction spectrum money. No new offers for 3G/UMTS subscribers but network signals are upgraded very nicely in most of the areas in Mumbai circle.
Sanjay Bafna December 4, 2010 at 12:36 pm
On Local PCO MTNL gives 40% commission to PCO Owners so actual call cost is just 60p for 2 minute. And on Local PCO there is No Rent (minimum earning grantee is Rs.150/month) and no service tax!!
Sanjay Bafna December 4, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Yes customers is free to chose life time prepaid mobile connection and mtnl also offering that !! All the products are available any one can choose as their pocket and need.
Webly December 4, 2010 at 12:12 pm
That’s a good initiative.
dskushwaha December 4, 2010 at 9:44 am
If MTNL/BSNL cannot give landline @ zero rental because of their limitations then customer is also free to choose cheaper prepaid mobile services which are lifetime nowadays and offers cheaper call rates and customer can carry the connection with him.
Arif December 4, 2010 at 8:21 am
@Vaibhav4
I agree with you but when the local call charge from mobile is 25p/min who will pay 1r/min by landline? Already PCO both are facing problem. Some thousand PCO in Bombay shut the business.
vinay December 3, 2010 at 11:11 pm
@PD rightly said.
@dskushwaha yes. however, they hv scheme in fw garud service. which had rs 700/- lifetime payment for instrument.
riju December 3, 2010 at 11:04 pm
good move
Rajesh December 3, 2010 at 9:21 pm
@PD
In case of call diverts all incoming calls are charged whereas here they are charging only Rs 50 per month
dskushwaha December 3, 2010 at 9:20 pm
That means the number shown in caller ID for the calls originated from the connections will be the newly alloted number and not the old one.
dskushwaha December 3, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Lifetime prepaid landline will also be a good idea, talk as much as you recharge.
PD December 3, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Rightly noticed the covert action !
Vaibhav4 December 3, 2010 at 3:18 pm
Infrastructure and maintenance cost of land line services are very high compare to mobile/wireless so rental is there however now a day every customer want FREE only except business users, if they offer landline phone without rent to low-end user than it will be loss making business.
If u see, MTNL already trying to give more and more benefits to its landline subscriber without any hidden charges like cheapest ISD callings/ Deposit free ISD service for 5 countries / Free all Phone Plus Services / Cheapest BB service in India with, there is no landlines operator which gives better offer from MTNL.
Some technical limitations are their with existing landline infra with both MTNL/BSNL so as of now they cant change this Pulse billing to offer call charges as Mobile Phone.
AmitS December 3, 2010 at 3:10 pm
it is nothing but simply is call diverting to new number.
Arif December 3, 2010 at 2:29 pm
WOW! Great offer from MTNL. But MTNL should think of its rental and call charges seriously as the call charges/rental of mobiles are going down day by day.
PD December 3, 2010 at 2:08 pm
MNP type portability should considered for fixed lines too, rather than addon number(s) with monthly rentals. In fact the relevance of fixed lines are more or less now greatly used by BUSINESS FIRMS. Individual home users use F-lines for BB and not specifically for making calls. Thus the rental with free calls should be abolished and NO RENT and NO free calls system would be more acceptable. BSNL should implement the number portability inter & intra circles including fixed lines
dayle December 3, 2010 at 1:38 pm
good move, surprisingly they started this in Mumbai first- its a trend for them to do everything new in Delhi normally