Airtel lowers broadband rates, triggers price war

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ew Delhi, Jul 31: Dropping the rates of its broadband service, Bharati Airtel is all set to spark off a war in the country's broadband arena.

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Airtel subscribers are now being offered 1 Mbps browsing speed at Rs. 1,699 per month while the Kbps plan will cost Rs. 1,099 per month. The company is also planning on introducing free Value-Added Service (VAS) package worth up to Rs 500 per month.


Following this news, Airtel's main competitors, the government-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) announced that they will bring down their prices lower than that of Airtel.

"If our private competition reduces tariff, then we will certainly react and have a look at our tariff," said MTNL director (technical) Kuldeep Singh claiming that MTNL was 'more competitive than our competitors'.

BSNL tariffs too are set to go down. "New plans are being finalised and we will soon announce them," said a BSNL official who wished to remain anonymous.

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Meghalaya Gears up to Host Indian League Football

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hillong, Jul 31 : To ensure that Meghalaya is ready to host the prestigious Indian League Football Tournament, Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Sports Bindo M Lanong today inspected the progress of the renovation work at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Shillong is supposed to host the Premier Indian League in September this year.

Speaking to newsmen, Lanong said, “The government is trying its level best to complete the renovation work before league 1 starts,” adding that almost 50 per cent of the repairing work has been completed. Turfs have been placed in the ground in order to provide an excellent surface for the players in league 1.”

Lanong said the gallery, seats, dressing rooms and other areas in the stadium would also be renovated and an amount of Rs 53 lakhs has been sanctioned for the purpose.

He said, “Around Rs 34 lakhs more has been sanctioned for the construction of walls in the second and third ground which belong to the Shillong Sports Association.

A wall is necessary because people are misusing the grounds by using them for driving, cattle grazing and the like.”

He further said that a conference of the Sports Ministers of the different States of the country would be held on August 3 in New Delhi, where he is also participating. He promised to discuss the problems being faced by sports lovers in the State.

Others who accompanied Lalong included Commissioner of Sports DP Wahlang, Director of Sports Jebon Marak, officials from the Department of Sports and members of the Meghalaya Football Association.

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