Basic Services Based on the recommendations of TRAI, the government announced guidelines in 2001 for issue of licences, with unrestricted open entry, to new basic service operators in all the service areas, including the six service areas where private licencees already existed. The country is divided into 21 territorial service areas for the grant of basic service licence. National Long Distance (NLD) service was opened to the private sector from August 13, 2000. The International Long Distance (ILD) service is basically a network carriage service, providing international connectivity to the network operated by foreign carriers. In accordance with the NTP 1999, the government opened the International Long Distance Service from April 1, 2002 to the private operators. There is no restriction on the number of operators.
CELLULAR SERVICES The country is divided into 19 telecom circles service areas and four metro service areas for the cellular mobile telephone service. There are three private operators and one state-owned operator in each service area.
INTERNET SERVICES Internet Services are opened for private participation since November 1998. Any Indian registered company is eligible for getting the licence and no prior experience is required. Foreign equity up to 100 per cent is permitted for Internet services providers (ISPs) without gateways and up to 74 per cent is permitted for ISPs with gateways.
Showing posts with label Mail System. Show all posts
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Modernisation' of Mail Services
Modernisation' of Mail Services As a part of the modernisation programme, computerisation of the registration sorting work in major mail offices has been undertaken. A beginning in this regard was made during the financial year 1995-96 by computerising registration sorting work at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai. Another area identified for computerisation is the Transit Mail Offices (TMOs). The TMOs have a vital role in the smooth handling and transmission of closed mailbags. To improve the ergonomics and ambience of the Mail offices, these are being modernised with better operational equipments and improved furniture. As a part of modemisation programme, computerisation of the Head Record Office (HRO) for proper maintenance of valuable records their prompt retrieval and efficient office management has also been undertaken.
International mail
International mail India has been a member of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) since 1876 and of the Asian Pacific Postal Union (APPU) since 1964. These organisations aim at extending, facilitating and improving postal relations among member-countries. India exchanges mail with more than two hundred countries by air and surface. With a view to improve the quality of surface mails, India initially introduced the Surface Air Lifted (SAL) Mail Service in respect of letters and parcels to four destinations, namely Germany, Great Britain, Singapore and the USA. In respect of parcels, this service has now been extended to more countries.
Mail system
Mail system First-class mail, viz., post cards, inland letter cards and envelopes, are given air lift, without any surcharge, between stations connected by air. Second-class mail, viz., book packets, registered newspapers and periodicals are carried by surface transport, Le., trains, buses and other means.
Local mail is segmented from non-local mail in order to ensure a dedicated mail transmission system catering to the special customer needs. For prioritisation in transmission non-local mail is further segmented as: household mail, official mail, corporate mail, patrika and periodical mail, packets and parcel. First-class household and official mails have been identified as priority mail.
The following mail channels have been introduced in cities and larger towns.
Rajdhani channel This channel was introduced in 1994 for transmission of mail from Delhi to six state capitals. The remaining state capitals were covered by August 1995. The Rajdhani channel aims at catering to mails emanating from Delhi and meant for the state capitals and vice versa. Yellowcoloured letter boxes have been installed for such letters.
Metro channel This channel was also introduced in 1994 to handle inter-metro first-class mail between Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. In these cities light blue-coloured letter boxes have been installed especially for such letters.
Green channel Special arrangements exist in all major cities for expeditious delivery of 10'cal mail through this system. Unregistered first-class mail emanating from a town and meant for delivery within that town are delivered the next day of posting. Green letter boxes are installed at selected post offices and at other public places for posting the local mail. The main objective of this channel is to segregate the local mail for its speedy processing and expeditious delivery.
Business channel Business channel comprises first-class unregistered letter mail posted by corporate bodies including government and semi-government institutions at the counter of a designated post office or a mail office. If the quantum to be mailed at a time exceeds 2,000, it is required to be pre-sorted by the customer based on the local parameters of the place of posting.
Bulk mail channel Postings exceeding 250 articles in case of registered mail or 2,000 pieces of unregistered mail are called bulk mail postings. Bulk mail has to be necessarily pre-sorted in registered bundles (for registered mail) and labelled bundles (for unregistered mail) as per the specified sorting pattern. There are designated post-offices called corporate post offices which are authorised to accept bulk mail.
Periodical channel This is a separate channel to ensure speedy transmission of newspapers and periodicals which are time-sensitive and are posted in bulk. This channel is operated in metro cities and major towns where heavy volume of such mail is received.
Local mail is segmented from non-local mail in order to ensure a dedicated mail transmission system catering to the special customer needs. For prioritisation in transmission non-local mail is further segmented as: household mail, official mail, corporate mail, patrika and periodical mail, packets and parcel. First-class household and official mails have been identified as priority mail.
The following mail channels have been introduced in cities and larger towns.
Rajdhani channel This channel was introduced in 1994 for transmission of mail from Delhi to six state capitals. The remaining state capitals were covered by August 1995. The Rajdhani channel aims at catering to mails emanating from Delhi and meant for the state capitals and vice versa. Yellowcoloured letter boxes have been installed for such letters.
Metro channel This channel was also introduced in 1994 to handle inter-metro first-class mail between Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. In these cities light blue-coloured letter boxes have been installed especially for such letters.
Green channel Special arrangements exist in all major cities for expeditious delivery of 10'cal mail through this system. Unregistered first-class mail emanating from a town and meant for delivery within that town are delivered the next day of posting. Green letter boxes are installed at selected post offices and at other public places for posting the local mail. The main objective of this channel is to segregate the local mail for its speedy processing and expeditious delivery.
Business channel Business channel comprises first-class unregistered letter mail posted by corporate bodies including government and semi-government institutions at the counter of a designated post office or a mail office. If the quantum to be mailed at a time exceeds 2,000, it is required to be pre-sorted by the customer based on the local parameters of the place of posting.
Bulk mail channel Postings exceeding 250 articles in case of registered mail or 2,000 pieces of unregistered mail are called bulk mail postings. Bulk mail has to be necessarily pre-sorted in registered bundles (for registered mail) and labelled bundles (for unregistered mail) as per the specified sorting pattern. There are designated post-offices called corporate post offices which are authorised to accept bulk mail.
Periodical channel This is a separate channel to ensure speedy transmission of newspapers and periodicals which are time-sensitive and are posted in bulk. This channel is operated in metro cities and major towns where heavy volume of such mail is received.
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