Among the services include video SMS
and Live Video Sharing. Bharat
Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has
announced the launch of its new 3G
Value Added Services for its
customersacross the nation.With this,
BSNL becomes the first service
provider in India to
havelaunched specialised VAS
services for 3G users. Although these
VAS services
areprimarily targeted at 3G users,
some of these can also be used by the
exiting 2G
users.“With the launch of these value
added services BSNL services will
receive a boost,
andwould transform communication
for its users,” said Sachin Pilot, Union
Minister
ofState for Communication and
Information Technology. SS Sirohi,
chief general
manager telecom, Punjab circle, hoped
that the new services will “go a long
way in boosting adoption and uptake
of 3G services”. The services launched
include video SMS, an alternative to
text SMS, where user can make avideo
call to 58877, record the video and
send it to
anysubscriber with GPRS facility and
subscriber of any network. This
service is only for
3Gusers, but the receiver can be on
2G network also. Live-Share (Live
Video Sharing)
allowsusers to create and share his
video with family and friends instantly,
via SMS or on
social networks like Facebook, Twitter
and You Tube. It can be used by both
2G and 3G users. Dial-a-Video is a
service that allows 3G users to stream
live music and movie videos, news,
TV and cartoon of their choice.
Allthe user needs to do is make a
video call to ’ 51010′ from 3G
mobile and choose the
typeof video they want to see. These
are premium VAS services and the
charges may
varyfrom location to location. BSNL
users can dial 9417024365 for more
Information.
