Bangalore, February 20: State-owned telecom firm BSNL today said it plans to add 2.2 crore subscribers next fiscal and is mulling foray into the mobile banking and advertising space.
“Next year (2010-11) we are keeping a target of 22 million mobile connections- 20 million 2G connections and two million 3G,” Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL) Director (Consumer Mobility) R K Agarwal told PTI.
Agarwal also said BSNL is working on a mobile banking platform. “We have tested a platform, by which money can be transferred. Pilot testing has been done in Chandigarh on money transfer through (money) order by SMS.”
“We are in touch with the Postal Department, along with whom we will roll out mobile banking,” he said, adding that the proposed roll-out would be done step-by-step as RBI has a “cautious policy” as “they have to check frauds which may occur”.
–Agencies