The Smartlinx would provide the video tutor services under the brand name “Live Tutor” - Hindu.com - ‎Sunday, Jun 28, 2009‎

The Smartlinx would provide the video tutor services under the brand name “Live Tutor”, which would give user accounts to those who avail themselves of the service.

Mr. Chrisostom further said equipment was being installed at the BSNL’s city facility on Bandar Road for offering 3G mobile services. It involves offer of high quality voice and high speed transfer of data. As the installation of equipment was nearing completion, the service was expected to be launched here soon.

Mr. Chrisostom said the broadband service was being offered in a special package in rural areas where they would be allowed to open a kiosk and offer internet services at Rs. 5 an hour. He said all efforts were being made to install necessary equipment and increase the reach of broadband in the district.


BSNL Offers 2 New Value Added Services - Techtree.com - ‎Mar 27, 2009‎

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched 2 broadband value added services Live Video Tutoring and BSNL Hungama portal .

BSNL Live Tutoring service (with Smartlinx as franchisee) is aimed at giving a personalized Tutor service to students within India and outside through Indian tutors located anywhere in the country. This service will be available at all times, announced BSNL (planning and new services) director R K Aggarwal.

Depending on the class and type of teachers to be used, each session will will be charged from Rs. 50 to Rs. 240.

BSNL Hungama portal will offer subscribers services like audio music, video music and gaming facilities at monthly charges.


BSNL launches broadband value added services  - Livemint - ‎Mar 27, 2009‎

BSNL launches broadband value added services.

BSNL customers can utilise the BSNL Hungama services free of cost for next one month, BSNL official T N Sudhindra Kumar said

Hyderabad: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s largest telecom operator, on Friday launched two innovative broadband value added services ‘Live Video Tutoring’ and ‘BSNL Hungama portal’ here.

“BSNL is committed to provide services to broadband users at affordable rates,” BSNL (planning and new services) director R K Aggarwal after inaugurating the services said.

BSNL Live Tutoring service (with Smartlinx as franchisee) is aimed at giving a personalised Tutor service to students within India and outside through Indian tutors located anywhere in the country and will be available at any time, he said.

The charges for one session will vary from Rs50 to Rs240 per session, depending on the class and type of teachers to be used, he said.

BSNL Hungama portal — a digital entertainment portal available on bsnl.hungama.com will be offering audio music, video music and gaming facilities to BSNL broadband customers at monthly charges. As part of Ugadi festival, BSNL customers can utilise the BSNL Hungama services free of cost for next one month, BSNL official T N Sudhindra Kumar said. Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, MD and CEO Neeraj Roy said, “On demand entertainment storefront will shortly include films and television programmes.”



BSNL launches ‘Live Tutor’ and ‘Hungama’  - The Hindu - ‎Mar 27, 2009‎

Hungama, an entertainment portal offers audio and video music besides gaming facilities Live Tutor is a tutor service for students within the country and abroad through Indian tutors

HYDERABAD: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday launched ‘Live Tutor’ and ‘Hungama’ services, the latter on a free of cost basis for one month for BSNL broadband customers all over the country. The occasion marked the commercial launch of Live Tutor but the BSNL aimed to do so for Hungama shortly.

The ‘Hungama’ is a digital entertainment portal which will offer audio and video music besides gaming facilities to customers. Rentals With a monthly rental of Rs.149, the subscribers would have unlimited access to over 50,000 audio songs, 1,000 video music and 600 games that are available in BSNL library. The ‘Live Tutoring’ is a personalised tutor service to students within the country and abroad through Indian tutors located anywhere in the country. The services will be available at any time anywhere basis.

The charges per session varied from Rs. 50 to 240 depending on the class and type of teachers availed. Launching the twin services, BSNL Director (Planning and New Services) Rakesh Kumar Agarwal said the telecom service provider would soon shift to new generation soft switches for voice, video, messaging, data, multi-media and location based services.

The BSNL was evaluating the six bids that were received and it would place order for procurement of material in one-and-a-half months. About one million lines were proposed in 2009-10. Mr. Agarwal also said the BSNL would launch 3G mobile and wireless services in the southern cities in two or three months. The services were presently confined to 12 cities elsewhere in the country. The equipment for expansion of 3G services would arrive in a couple of weeks. He added that the BSNL had a share of 56 per cent in five million broadband connections all over the country. Anil Jain, General Manager (Broadband), BSNL, said the BSNL would launch video surveillance in business premises with cameras for customers running security risks. It would also experiment broadband on cable television.

T.N. Sudhindra Kumar, Chief General Manager of BSNL, Andhra Pradesh, said there were 2.6 lakh broadband customers of BSNL in the State.