1882

First telephone exchange in Mumbai

1911
Establishment of Delhi telephone system with manual exchange

1926
opening of 1st automatic exchange

1986
MTNL- by Government of India to oversee the telephone services of Mumbai & Delhi

1988
Introduced Phone plus services

1992
Voice mail services introduced

1996
ISDN service introduced

1997
Wireless in local loop introduced

1999
Internet service introduced

2000
Millennium Telecom Limited, a wholly owned subsidary of MTNL is born
 2001
Launched GSM Cellular Mobile service under the brand name Dolphin
Launched WLL Mobile services under the brand name Garuda

2002
Launched pre-paid GSM Mobile services under the brand name Trump

2003
Introduced CDMA, Introduced Virtual Phone services

2005
Launched broadband services under the brand name TRI BAND

2008
First time in India, launched 3G Mobile Service

2011
Launch of FTTH services

2019
Government of India approved the merger of BSNL with MTNL