BSNL next to bring 3G to India

Residents of Ambala, India have just been blessed with an exciting new reason to pay close attention to their overage charges -- and it's about time. Following MTNL's recent launch, fellow carrier BSNL has recently flipped the switch on its own 3G service, which is currently limited to the Ambala area. Data rates run between 2 and 3 rupees per megabyte -- about 4 to 5 cents -- which actually seems like an insanely awesome deal, all things considered. Considering the red tape developing up in the hallowed halls of government, it could be a long while yet before anything goes national, but hey, at least a few cities are getting blessed with the good stuff in the meantime.

[Thanks, Jeelz]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:10PM]

BSNL launched 3G today in Jallandhar Punjab also

[Ankit Posted Mar 4th 2009 6:08PM]

Its funny to see this.
Esp. considering that BSNL is not a private company its a Government owned company.
Not, to disregard all the corruptions and lines and all you would have to go through I must say I am impressed.
Other Cell phone providers in India are pretty huge compared to BSNL atleast to the part I went Gujarat. Vodafone was the biggest and Airtel bharti telecom. BSNL was diminished, but glad to see india is going towards 3g last i checked in december when i was there they did not have edge.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 6:46PM]

awesome. i can get 3g while i pass thru there on the way to that texaco just a little north on the map :P

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 7:44AM]

And meanwhile, here in China we're still waiting... And TD-SCDMA doesn't count; I want something that's actually used outside China.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 5:25PM]

When will Airtel have the 3g?