BSNL has entered into an MoU with Department of Posts to facilitate the sale of its products at post offices across the country.
Under this agreement, India Post would distribute telecom services products including BSNL SIM cards, top-up and recharge vouchers to consumers.
From Odisha perspective, 9500 postal outlets have been identified in the State for the commercial sale of BSNL products. Out of this, 6900 post offices are in rural areas, Chief Post Master General Tilak De said here on Thursday.
The services would start from November 1 at the post offices in undivided Cuttack district and the State-owned telecom and Internet service provider targets to reach out to all other districts by the end of this year, BSNL Odisha CGM, Bijayananda Mishra said while launching the service.
“The primary agenda of the set up is to increase our customer base, maximise accessibility and provide better customer services to BSNL users,” Mishra added.
On the occasion, a Technology Centre was inaugurated at BSNL Bhawan at Ashok Nagar. The centre would showcase various technologies and services offered by BSNL and customers can purchase mobile connections, data cards, WiMAX connections and DSL Modems.
An express service counter at the centre would enable SIM activation within a few hours, sources said.
A Telecom Museum at Regional Telecom Training Centre in Vani Vihar was also unveiled. The museum would house old and obsolete technologies which reflect the journey of the telecom industry during the last 100 years.