Government owned telecom bigwig Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. formed in October, 2000, is World's 7th largest Telecommunications Company. In Rajasthan it is providing quite a big range of telecom services, i.e.
- Land line Telephones
- Broadband :Internet/ IPTV
- Mobile (GSM) & Now 3G :Postpaid and Prepaid
- CDMA :WLL Fixed / WLL Mobile (prepaid and postpaid)
- Internet and Networking :Leased line / ISDN / MPLS VPN
/ MLLN
- Intelligent Network :Free Phone Service
India Telephone Card
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Tele Voting
Today, BSNL Rajasthan has about
24 SSAs, 2327 Telephone Exchanges, 1466788 line basic landline telephone connections, 288957 WLL connections, 2702497GSM connections, 147180 Broadband connections, 1375 IPTV connections with
293 Customer Service Centers all across the state.
Although many other private telecom operators are functional in the state but none has as wide approach as it has.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is continuously putting efforts and money to expand its GSM and broadband capacity in Rajasthan. The company is also investing for rolling out WiMax enabled common service centres (CSCs) in the rural areas.
Currently, 1,600 out of 2,300 exchanges are broadband capable.
Private players in Telecom sector• Escotel (Idea Cellular)- Provides mobile and internet connections
• Bharati Cellular Limited (Airtel)- Provides mobile, landline, broadband and digital TV connections
• Reliance India Mobile- Provides mobile, landline, internet and digital TV connections
• Tata Indicom- Provides mobile, landline and internet connections
• MTS- Provides mobile telephony and Fixedline connections
• Vodafone Essar Limited- Provides mobile connections
STD codes of Rajasthan