BSNL to launch special drive to woo Aircel customers
Friday, March 16, 2018
Tirupati: The BSNL has launched a special drive
to get the customers of Aircel into its fold. Aircel had resolved to
close its operations owing to huge losses. Accordingly, BSNL will
conduct a ‘special mela’ to woo Aircel subscribers in Chittoor district
where the private telecom operator is a having huge customer base of 1.7
lakh which is top among the 13 districts in AP.
Disclosing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, BSNL
General Manager (Tirupati) MSA Nutan said BSNL will conduct ‘special
mela’ in which BSNL SIM cards will be provided free of cost to Aircel
subscribers.
Assuring Aircel customers of BSNL’s best services, he made an
appeal to Aircel customers in the district to opt BSNL in Chittoor
district where he said the PSU telecom player is having a strong
presence in extending good service to customers.
He further said that the Aircel subscribers without changing their
Aircel mobile number can switch over to BSNL network so that there will
be no inconvenience to them by taking up other mobile service. In this
connection, Nutan said BSNL is bracing up for expanding its customer
base in the district by upgrading its network.
As many as 342 towers including 210–2G and 132-3G will be
strengthened with Nokia Siemens equipment for better performance, he
said adding that 70 more new 3G towers will also be set up across the
district within a month to ensure a strong network. In addition, 10
Wi-Fi hotspots with 5G speed in many places in the district to fine tune
mobile network service, he averred.
Nutan stated that as part of promoting paperless concept, the BSNL
has taken up a special campaign ‘go green’ to pursue its landline
customers to opt online service for getting their monthly bill. BSNL
will provide a rebate of Rs 10 to the customer for giving up postal
service for receiving up the bill, he said adding that this will help to
minimise usage of paper and manual labour.
He took the occasion to explain in detail the wide range of
prepaid plans introduced by BSNL to withstand the stiff competition from
private players more so Jio. Deputy General Managers Chandrasekhar,
Sudhakar, and other officials were present.
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