New Delhi, Aug 3:  State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) Wednesday said it will not raise its call rates even though leading telecom operators hiked their tariffs last week.

"In the backdrop of the industry trend of increasing call charges, MTNL is not only assuring its customers of keeping the tariffs at the same level, but will continue to take many other measures to further benefit its customers," MTNL's executive director (wireless service) A. K. Bhargava said.

Somil Mehta of Sharekhan has maintained its buy rating on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) stock with a target of Rs 175.

The interested investors can buy the stock with a strict stop loss of Rs 63.

The stock of the company, on Nov 05, closed at Rs 67.65 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 92.80 and a low of Rs 51.80 on BSE.

Current EPS stood at -55.66.

On Nov 02, MTNL announced that it bagged Rs 794 crore refund from IT division.

Ventura Securities Ltd has maintained 'buy' rating on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) stock with a target of Rs 72.

According to analyst, the interested investors can buy the stock around Rs 67 with stop loss of Rs 65.

The stock of the company, on Oct 06, closed at Rs 66.55 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 92.80 and a low of Rs 51.80 on BSE.

Current EPS is -45.73.

After Tata, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited has entered into the CWG rivalry and tries to make the most of the game frenzy.

Stock market analyst Rakesh Bansal of New Age Wealth has maintained 'buy' rating on MTNL stock with target of Rs 77.

According to analyst, the investors can buy the stock with stop loss of Rs 66.

The stock of the company, on Aug 04, closed at Rs 68.70 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 103.80 a low of Rs 51.80 on BSE.

Current EPS is -39.32.

MTNL broadband subscribers in Delhi and Mumbai will enjoy MTNL Nova Navigator Services launched by Novatium Solutions Private Limited.

The services can be used for both Internet access and wide-ranging computing applications. Main highlights of this service are Internet, gaming, digital entertainment, online education, telephony and business productivity.

The device is trouble free and can be easily plugged and played with zero maintenance. The main features loaded in this device are 3G support, plug and play printer support, faster browsing and multimedia.

State-owned Mahanagar Telephone limited (MTNL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) under which pupils can access the local area network of JNU by making use of the operator's 3G network.

MTNL has established four extra 3G towers on the JNU campus to guarantee good coverage and best quality service to the students.

The pupils will have to pay just Rs 199 in place of Rs 599 on a monthly basis in order to enjoy speedy internet browsing.

Stock market analyst Rakesh Bansal of New Age Wealth has maintained 'sell' rating on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) stock with 10-15 day target of Rs 45.

According to analyst, the investors can sell the stock with stop loss of Rs 57.

Today, the stock opened at Rs 53.85 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The share price has seen a 52-week high of Rs 119.90 and a low of Rs 54.20 on BSE.

Current EPS stood at -39.32.

According to sources, MTNL, on June 01, lifted around Rs 2,500 crore from Axis Bank at less than 7%.

On Wednesday, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd announced the launch of its full PC security service. This will be for the broadband users of the company and has been launched only for the Delhi circle.

The service is a anti-virus and PC threat protection in nature and has been made by MTNL in collaboration with F-Secure Corporation.

F-Secure is an international provider of such services and is a leading player in the field of ISPs.

The service will be made available to the customers at a minimal price of Rs. 60. Free trial period of 30 days will also be there.

The leading telecom company of the country, MTNL has announced to introduce India’s first 3G-based mobile TV streaming service. The French communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent and the Delhi-based IPTV service provider Aksh Optifibre will provide the service jointly.

Aksh Optifibre is an optical network solution provider which provides Fibre to the Home (FTTH) solution, broadband, IPTV and VoIP services in the metro cities. According to MTNL, this new service will be available for the MTNL subscribers in Delhi and Mumbai.

Those who have been waiting to change their telecom operators by retaining their existing mobile number needs to have patience for more time as the government has extended the deadline to introduce much hyped mobile number portability (MNP) to March 20, 2010.

MNP would be introduces in a one-go throughout the nation instead of first launching it in metros and then to other cities. The services was due to be implemented from December 31 in metros and category A circles and by March 20, 2009 in the remaining parts of the country.

The state owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the top broadband service provider in Mumbai, has introduced 20 Mbps high-speed broadband with Triple Play service in the city.

The service based on VDSL technology is the first ever in the Mumbai telecom circle by any service provider which would help to increase the data speed from 1-2 Mbps to 10-20 Mbps.

New Delhi, Nov 27 : Keeping in mind the problems of the minorities, the National Commission for Minorities has set up a Toll Free MTNL Telephone number 1800 110 088 for their benefits.

This will make the jobs of the members of the minority community easier as they can get their grievances registered and can also share vital information concerning the minorities.

The help desk will provide information about the functions and activities of the Commission and smooth the progress of the enquiry. (ANI)

India-based state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has decided to acquire a stake in Zambian telecom firm Zamtel.

The sources informed that the company has inked non-disclosure pact with Zamtel.

Public-listed Zamtel is Zambia's only licensed fixed-line provider of voice as well as data communications.

As per official sources, the government of Zambia plans to sell up to 75% equity of Zamtel as part of a privatisation drive.

As per reports of media, for the year to end-December, Zamtel's revenue figure stood at $100 million.

New Delhi, Sep 30 : India's telecom major Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN Wednesday terminated their talks for a proposed $24-billion equity swap-cum-strategic alliance that could have potentially created the world's third largest mobile phone enterprise.

According to Bharti, the proposed deal was called off after the South African authorities declined to accept certain regulatory constraints on the part of both sides.

Dell has tied up with MTNL to provide 3G services on its laptops. Under the alliance, MTNL will offer its 3G wireless services on selected range of Dell laptops and netbooks.

The selected models will come embedded with a 3G Ericsson module with GPS and an in-built MTNL SIM.

MTNL will offer a 3G pre-paid mobile broadband data package with national roaming facility on these Dell models. Users don’t have to connect any external USB modem to access internet.

Micromax and MTNL, on Wednesday, have launched a new 3G-enabled handset: Micromax H360, which is claimed to be the cheapest 3G handset available in India, with a price tag of Rs 5499.

The new Micromax model is loaded with a fast network mode HSDPA providing speedy connectivity to the internet.

Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director, Micromax said that their top priority is to deliver the best technology to the users, and they have been aiming to provide Third Generation mobile services to the masses.

State-run MTNL's 3G bid has got response from Richard Branson's Virgin Group and BK Modi-run Spice Group; while many private and international telecom giants refrained from participating in the 3G bid, given its low scope, dominance of other private players and less effectiveness.

MTNL Director (technical) Kuldip Singh said: "We have got bids from Virgin and Spice and are evaluating the technical parameters. We will look at their financial bids only if they are technically qualified."

In a significant move, UK-based Virgin Mobile and B. K. Modi-promoted Spice Group submitted bids to market Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) 3G services in two telecom circles.

Confirming the development, Kuldip Singh (Director Technical, MTNL) said: "We have received bids from both the firms on it. This bid will evaluate both the technical as well as financial bids. The firm offering better price points will be selected."

Singh further informed the media persons that the successful bidder will be announced within a month.

Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (), the state-owned telecom service provider in metros, has invited bids to sell its Wi-Max hi-speed wireless broadband services across the lading towns of the country, including Delhi and Mumbai. The firm wishes to adopt franchise route on revenue sharing basis for Wi-Max services, like its 3G services, to get better revenue realization.

The company said in its expression of Interest (EOI): "The bidder shall jointly work with the MTNL for working out strategies for advertising, marketing and promoting the broadband services, which shall carried out under the MTNL brand."

As per the media reports, Friday saw an invitation being extended by State-owned telco MTNL to global players for bids for the setting up and running of its WiMax operations in Delhi and Mumbai, on a franchisee basis for a six-year period.

A revenue sharing agreement would be entered in by MTNL with successful bidders.

The contract, which can be terminated if the franchisee partner does not meet the prescribed targets, will be reviewed every two years.