Calcutta, Feb 24 :     Haldia, which until now was seen as a poor market for cellular services, is all set to get two cellular service providers. Reliance Telecom, the cellular licence holder for the West Bengal circle which has ignored Haldia until now, is planning to launch its cellular services in the next few months. The department of telecom services-which was spun off recently from the department of telecom-is also headed for Haldia. 'Haldia is the second most important town in the state after Calcutta and the minister of telecommunications Tapan Sikdar has taken a special interest in ensuring that a cellular service is available there in the first phase of DTS' operations along with Calcutta,' said top officials in the West Bengal telecom circle. Sources in the industry ministry, however, indicated that Lakshman Seth, the chairman of Haldia Development Authority, had done a fair amount of lobbying to persuade DTS to come to Haldia. The cognoscenti has been intrigued by Reliance Telecom' decision to establish its cellular networks in Siliguri and Durgapur and not in Haldia. Haldia is widely regarded as an attractive destination as it houses the icon of Bengal's industrial resurgence - the Rs 5,170 crore Haldia Petrochemicals - and other top projects funded by overseas investors which gives it a huge growth potential. Reliance Telecom officials in Calcutta, however, denied that there was any delay. 'We plan to start operations in other centres. Haldia will be in the next phase of expansion. The time span we are looking at is by April,' officials said. That seems to coincide with the plans announced by DTS which will be providing the Indian Mobile Personal Communication Services using the GSM technology.