Telecom Minister announces pan-India free roaming for MTNL customers

NEW DELHI: Indian telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) customers can enjoy pan-India free incoming roaming facility from today.

"From today MTNL joins @BSNLCorporate to offer nation wide free roaming. So travel across the country without roaming charges," said Prasad on his microblogging website Twitter.

On the other hand, State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is lareday offering free roaming across the country,

"Launched @mtnlmumbai data centre at Mumbai, developed in collaboration with the IIT. This will boost cloud computing in India," he said.

Currently, state-owned telecommunications service provider MTNL customers have to pay roaming charges for incoming calls when they go outside of Delhi and Mumbai.

Going ahead, MTNL has also launched its Data Center in Mumbai.

"Launched @mtnlmumbai data centre at Mumbai, developed in collaboration with the IIT. This will boost cloud computing in India," he said.

Funded by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the data centre has been developed by a group at IIT Bombay’s Gigabit Networking Laboratory. A data centre is used to house very dense computer systems and associated components. It offers features such as security, high speed and reliable infrastructure.