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Subsidiary of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL; transl. Metropolitan Telephone Corporation Limited) is an Indian public telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.3 It was founded by Government of India.1 It is headquartered in New Delhi.1 It is part of Life Insurance Corporation of India.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL; transl. Metropolitan Telephone Corporation Limited) is an Indian public telecommunications company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Headquartered in New Delhi, MTNL provides services in the metro cities of Mumbai and Delhi. It had a monopoly in Mumbai and Delhi until 1992, when the telecom sector was opened to other service providers in India.3
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is part of a group headed by Life Insurance Corporation of India. 197 entities, 11 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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What Mahanagar Telephone Nigam reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and equipment, net | $1.6B7 Mar 31, 2012 |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | $18.0M7 Mar 31, 2012 | $25.0M7 Mar 31, 2011 | −28.0% |
| Stakes in other companies (equity method) | $5.0M7 Mar 31, 2012 |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finite-lived intangibles, net | $1.7B7 Mar 31, 2012 |
| Item | Latest | A year before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory, total | $18.0M7 Mar 31, 2012 |
Founded by Government of India in 1986.1
Bombay Telephone was founded in 1882. The first telephone exchange in Mumbai began operations on 28 January 1882. Delhi's first telephone system was established in 1911. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam was created by the Government of India in 1986 to oversee the telephone services of Delhi and Mumbai.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6
MTNL provides fixed line telephones and WLL services. It also provides mobile services on GSM and CDMA platforms. MTNL's various service brands are:
Dolphin – a postpaid GSM service which also provides value-added services such as 3G
Trump – a prepaid GSM service, similar to Dolphin
Garuda – a WLL service which provides an FW tariff, and a mobile tariff
Phone numbers belonging to MTNL start with the prefix 2 in fixed line telephones and WLL. In GSM, mobile numbers start with the prefixes 901x, 9757, 9868, 9869, 9968, and 9969.
MTNL's efficiency has drastically improved over the years. In the past, a customer had to wait much longer to secure a connection, but now he/she can receive a connection within hours of the subscription request being filed.
MTNL owns spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, and 2100 MHz bands across two circle of country.
MTNL started 3G services in India under the name "MTNL 3G Jadoo." Services offered include video calling, mobile TV and mobile broadband with high-speed data connectivity up to 3.6 Mbit/s from 11 December 2008. MTNL plans to offer 3G services across India by mid-2009. MTNL also provides 3G data cards for usage in devices other than mobile phones. MTNL will be installing 15 lakh 3G lines in the first phase of its 3G roll-out in Mumbai and Delhi (which currently have 40 lakh existing mobile lines). MTNL announced in January 2012 that it would upgrade its 3G network to more advanced HSPA+ with download speeds up to 28.8 Mbit/s before the end of 2012.
MTNL rolled out its BlackBerry solutions on the 2G and 3 G networks by launching India's first 3G-enabled BlackBerry Bold smartphones.
MTNL is the largest ISP in Mumbai and Delhi (in terms of market share), and the third largest ISP in India though it has presence just in two circles. MTNL provides TriBand Internet services through dialup and DSL. It provides games on demand, video on demand, and IPTV services in India through TriBand. TriBand is targeted at homes and small businesses.
MTNL began offering fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) triple play (voice, video, and data) high-speed broadband service in Delhi on 9 November 2011. FTTH, with core network speed up to 1 Gbit/s, was launched in Mumbai on 1 March 2012. MTNL FTTH Broadband offers several services based on triple play services like IPTV, HDTV, 3DTV, video on demand, bandwidth on demand, instant video conferencing, interactive gaming, and several other value-added services.
In 2004, telecom regulator TRAI mandated a minimum speed of 256 kbit/s for all broadband connections. MTNL increased the minimum speed of all its broadband plans to 512 kbit/s from existing 256 kbit/s, effective 26 January 2012, becoming the first ISP in India to opt for a minimum broadband speed from 256 kbit/s to 512 kbit/s, without any mandatory regulation. On 12 November 2013, MTNL announced that it would upgrade the speed of all its existing unlimited broadband plans in Mumbai to a minimum of 1 Mbit/s, at no additional cost.
MTNL also provides other services such as VPN, VOIP, and leased lines through BSNL and VSNL.
MTNL-STPI IT Services Ltd. is a 50:50 joint venture between Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
From Wikipedia’s article on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6
From Wikidata.1
On 23 October 2019, the Government of India announced a revival package for BSNL and MTNL, which includes monetising assets, raising funds, TD-LTE spectrum, voluntary retirement scheme for employees. Apart from the package, Ministry of Communications decided to merge MTNL with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. Pending this, MTNL will be a subsidiary of BSNL.
From Wikipedia’s article on Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6
How Mahanagar Telephone Nigam is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.
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