Who is the owner of MTNL India - Wiki and Logo
Who is the owner of MTNL India - Wiki and Logo

MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.) telecommunications Company in India. Know more about the owner of MTNL and the Company more information. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), is a state-owned telecommunications services provider in India. The company provides fixed-line telecommunication, broadband, and mobile services in Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL company started in 1986 and has its registered office located in Delhi.


About the owner of MTNL

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam was created by the Government of India in 1986. In order to upgrade the quality of telecom services, expand the telecom network, introduce new services, and raise revenue for the telecom development needs of India’s key metros Delhi and Mumbai.


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Company Name Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited
Founder  Government of India
Founded   1 April 1986
Official Website www.mtnl.net.in/

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Who is the owner of MTNL India - Wiki and Logo
Who is the owner of MTNL India – Wiki and Logo

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The Government of India currently holds 56.25% stake in the company. MTNL is a completely retained daughter company of BSNL. Millennium Telecom (MTL), incorporated on February 17, 2000, was a subsidiary of MTNL. Formed to do practically any type of telecom business with a focus on value-added services. Besides it intends to roll out a router-based packetized telecom network and create facilities like Application Development Centre, Internet Data Centre, STP facilities, and payment gateway.

United Telecom Limited (UTL) MTNL has initiated a joint venture company in Nepal, namely United Telecom (UTL) in association with a few other private companies like Telecom Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), and NVPL (Nepal Ventures Private Limited, a Nepalese Company). The company is operational since October 10, 2001, providing WLL-based basic services in Nepal. Additionally,  In Nepal against the switching capacity of 50K, 21K telephone connections are working.

Currently, Sunil Kumar is the CEO of the company MTNL.


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In the first place, The Company’s segments include Basic and Cellular. It proffers mobile services in Delhi city, embracing Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ghaziabad, and Mumbai city along with the areas falling under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, New Mumbai Corporation, and Thane Municipal Corporation.

Its telecommunication services include fixed telephone service, global system for mobile communication (including third-generation (3G) services), and code division multiple access (CDMA)-based mobile service, Internet, broadband, integrated services digital network (ISDN), and leased line services. Likewise,  Its telecommunication technologies include Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line 2+ & Very High-Speed Digital Subscriber Line2 in broadband, Internet protocol television on Moving Picture Experts Group 4 technology, Voice over Internet protocol, and 3G mobile service.

During the year 2001, the company launched GSM Cellular Mobile service under the brand name Dolphin and in the same year, MTNL also launched Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) Mobile services under the brand name Garuda. In addition, MTNL has formed a Joint Venture company in Nepal by the name of United Telecom Ltd. (UTL) in collaboration with Telecom Consultants India Limited (TCIL), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), and NVPL (Nepal Ventures Pvt. Ltd., a Nepalese Company).

Then again, CLI-based Internet express service was added to the service line of the company in the period of 2001. Later, The Company made tied up with Billjunction.com in the year 2001. In order to provide online bill presentation and payment facility to its customers. The Company launched pre-paid GSM Mobile services under the brand name Trump during the year 2002, and in the same year, MTNLs Email on PSTN lines was introduced under the brand name MTNL mail.

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