MTNL Mumbai has announced a one-month free offer in Mumbai, waiving installation charges (Rs 500) and 3 months' fixed charges for new landline telephone bookings.

BlackBerry on MTNL has become a reality in Mumbai with the launch of Blackberry services by MTNL in the city. Government-owned MTNL today announced that it will launch three models of BlackBerrys in Mumbai on its network - BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve 8310 and the BlackBerry 8700g.

Aircel Mumbai has commenced operations today. Aircel rolled out its prepaid mobile services on Thursday, and will launch post paid mobile services later. Aircel is majority owned by the Malaysia-based Maxis Communications. Airtel postpaid cards will come for Rs 99. Aircel data cards for internet browsing are also on cards in Mumbai.

MTNL Mumbai 3G service Jadoo will be operational in April. 3G services will be available to MTNL subscribers who are using Dolphin and Trump services. Dolphin is MTNL’s post-paid (billing) cellular service, while Trump is its pre-paid service.