BSNL Launches Free Roaming , To Put Up 5,000 Additional Towers

15 June, New Delhi

BSNL has launched free roaming from today, allowing all its mobile customers across the country to receive incoming calls at no cost. In a statement, Chief Managing Director of BSNL Anupam Shrivastava said, it will benefit crores of existing as well as new subscribers of BSNL.

He said, now BSNL mobile customers will not need to carry multiple SIMs and handsets during roaming.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had made an announcement to this effect on the 2nd of this month.

Meanwhile, talking to reporters in Nawada, Bihar Sunday Prasad said, BSNL is to put up 5,000 Base Transceiver Station towers across the country to provide better services to its customers.

He said, out of the 5,000 towers, 1,250 will be established in Bihar to improve the communications network in the state, especially in the interior areas.