The Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited, being a facilitating partner of the Central Government’s Digital India project, is celebrating Digital India Week from July 1 to July 7. A series of events have been organised at each Secondary Switching Area (SSA) and many new services have been announced on this occasion. BSNl Chief General Manager Telecommunications of Jharkhand circle, K.K. Thakur unveiled the details on Monday.Next Generation Network (NGN) Exchanges at CMPDI and Mesra More were commissioned on the commencement of the Digital India Week last Wednesday and around ten Phase VII 2G/3G BTSs will be commissioned. Seminars under the special awareness campaign for BSNl employees will be held on Tuesday.
School visit to telephone exchanges and presentations and demos for school children about Digital India Week have been arranged at every SSA to make the younger aware of the initiative and its benefits. Fairs to promote the recently launched free roaming and full MNP services have also been organised.BSNl launched its free roaming service last month. The much awaited full MNP service, launched nation-wide, will allow its customers to keep the same number across the country.
BSNl has also launched its cell broadcasting service, BSNl Buzz, and mobile wallet Speed Pay in Jharkhand telecom circle. The former can broadcast a message to all cellular phones in an area and can be used to promote Government welfare programs and transmit other relevant informations. The latter is an Open Prepaid Instrument which can be used for DBT transfers, buying goods and services at card accepting merchant locations and allows cash withdrawal from ATMs.During the Digital India Week, BSNl will educate and help its customers so that they can recharge their mobile accounts online and pay their utility bills through internet banking and debit/credit cards.