Bharat Sanchar Nigam on Tuesday announced a major reduction in the international long distance call rates for Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Gulf and SAARC countries to Rs 12 per minute from the existing Rs 18 a minute.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd may have to take a hit of upto Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million), with the Tatas-owned company losing a substantial ISD traffic originating from telecom PSU Bharat Sanchar Nigam to Reliance Infocomm.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd have entered into a strategic alliance, under which the two public-sector telecom companies will jointly offer their voice and data services.
India has recorded the fastest growth in mobile telephony in the world with as many as 13 lakh cellular additions every month, Minister for Communications and IT Arun Shourie said on Friday.
Private basic operators increased their mobile subscriber base to 57.69 lakh (5.769 million) during November with Reliance alone accounting for 52.13 lakh (5.213 million) WLL subscribers.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has proposed to introduce eight-digit numbering for telephone connections in Bangalore urban area shortly, top officials said on Friday.
Bharti on Tuesday slammed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's move to put levy on national and international roaming calls, which will be paid to state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam
With an aim to provide cheap connectivity to students, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Thursday announced a new basic telephone tariff scheme for students to access Internet with a monthly rental of Rs 99 and a usage charge of 60 paise per three minutes.
State-run telecom public sector undertaking Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Thursday announced an investment of a whopping Rs 78,000 crore (Rs 780 billion) in next three years to expand its mobile, basic and broadband operations across the country.
Mobile phone services in the Kashmir valley have been cut off since Monday night owing to a technical snag in the system caused by incessant rains, snowfall in some areas and shortage in electricity supply.
Close on the heels of the announcement of revised interconnect usage charges by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Monday that it will have a "relook" at all tariff structures
BSNL is seeking retaining of the old ADC amount of Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) a year from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's prescribed Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion).
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is unlikely to participate in the tender floated by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to carry its STD traffic in Delhi and Mumbai even as the NYSE-listed MTNL has agreed to pay some of the STD dues immediately.
The Association of Basic Telecom Operators has asked the telecom regulator to make access deficit charge available to all private basic operators for sustainability of fixed line business.
Long-distance tariffs will crash from Tuesday with TRAI reducing the access deficit charge given to telecom operators Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd by up to 62 per cent.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is likely to register a lower profit of upto Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion) in 2005-06 compared to over Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the previous year.
Sunil Mittal promoted Bharti Group garnered the largest subscriber base of 37.50 lakh (3.75 million), followed by BSNL and Hutchison Group.\n
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Thursday said it had set a target of rolling out one crore (10 million) mobile telephone connections in the country for which work would begin from April next year.\n\n
The central government has no plans of divesting stakes in public sector telecom firms - BSNL and MTNL - as the two were performing well in the competitive telecom sector.
The Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday signed a memorandum of collaboration with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to cross-sell their products and services.
In a bonanza to its landline subscribers in urban areas, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has reduced the registration charges for new connections in urban areas from Rs 2000 to Rs 500.
BSNL, MTNL also reduce local call rates to Re 1 for a 3-minute call. But this comes with an increase in rental of Rs 49 to Rs 299 per month from the existing Rs 250.
The government said on Wednesday that it would consider on commercial ground the request from Ratan Tata to route international long distance traffic of state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd through Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Following a directive from the Delhi high court, Reliance Infocomm has deposited Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
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