With Durga Puja round the corner, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was going all out to launch a product for BSNL pre-paid connections in Kolkata. | |
| The user of a pre-paid BSNL connection in Kolkata cannot use a BSNL recharge voucher bought in any other state. |
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| This was because the BSNL marketing codes for recharge vouchers in different states were different. Before Durga Puja this year, BSNL planned to start a toll free number where irrespective of the state, users could call a toll free number from a BSNL mobile phone and through a Docking system, trace the BSNL landline number. |
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| The money would be charged on the BSNL landline bill while the BSNL mobile would get recharged. |
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| "So even if the user was outside Kolkata, he can recharge the mobile by calling the toll free number from anywhere in India," explained S Chakraborty, CGM, Calcutta Telephones. |
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| Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) recently signed an agreement with BSNL for MPLS-VPN (multi protocol label switching - virtual private networks) based corporate network to connect DVC's four thermal power stations to six sites in Kolkata. |
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| The project cost is estimated at Rs 4.3 crore. |
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| DVC's thermal power projects in Bokaro, Chandrapura, Mejia, Maithon (operational head quarters), Durgapur and Kolkata would now be connected using MPLS-VPN of BSNL. |
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| A K Barman, chairman of DVC, said, "This tie-up with BSNL would enable video conferencing through all our project stations." |
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