According to a release issued by PT, the Exchanges which were inaugurated at the hands of H Sundaresan, chief general manager, Maharashtra Telecom Circle, will have the latest state-of-the-art EWSD technology enabling them to offer all modern services like ISDN facility and Phone Plus services.

With the commissioning of these exchanges, 51,000 new lines have been added to PT's capacity, said R K Agarwal, general manager (Development), along with new exchanges at Mahrishi Karve Road, Kothrud and Kondhwa. PT plans to add 23,000 lines to its network this month by opening EWSD exchanges at Baner and Sanghvi. The Bhosari Main telephone exchange will take over the present area of Bhosari RSU and the new one at Akrudi will take over the present area presently being serviced by the Chinchwad telephone exchange.