Gangtok, May 18: Good news for pre-paid mobile users. BSNL recharge cards will now be available at all the 22 major post offices across Sikkim.
S. N. Roychoudhury, general manager, telecom Sikkim, announced this here on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day today. The aim, he said, was to ensure that even customers in rural areas have access to prepaid vouchers.
While the tie-up with the postal department will benefit only the GSM subscribers, a slew of projects is in the offing for phones with wireless local loop (WLL) and CDMA technologies. Roychoudhury said the BSNL was laying optical fibre cables and installing WLL equipment at 16 locations. The general manager added that broadband service would be available in West and South Sikkim after the work on laying optical fibre at Singtam and Temi was completed in a few weeks’ time.
The BSNL is also strengthening its basic telephone network in North and East districts to make it less susceptible to faults, Roychoudhury said.
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