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Which one of the following pairs of public sector joint companies runs telephone network in India?

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Airtel-Hutch
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Bharti Telecom-C-DEC
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MTNL-BSNL
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Reliance -Tata
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Solution

The correct option is C MTNL-BSNL

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is a state-owned telecommunications service provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSNLheadquartered in New Delhi, India. MTNL Provides services in the metro cities of Mumbai and New Delhi in India and in the island nation of Mauritius in Africa.

The company had a monopoly in Mumbai and New Delhi until 1992 when the telecom sector was opened to other service providers. "Transparency makes us different" is the motto of the company. The Government of India currently holds 57% stock in the company with the rest being held by public and institutional investors.


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