The government is likely to sell its residual stake in privatised firms like Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd and CMC to strategic acquirers soon, Divestment Minister Arun Shourie said on Monday.
VSNL Lanka Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Tuesday said that it has been granted external gateway operator license by the Telecom Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has inked a pact with ICICI Bank Ltd, whereby the private sector bank will distribute the former's Tata Indicom dial-up Internet services through its ATMs in the country.
The bottomline of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, a Tata group company, is under pressure due to a fall in long distance rates, according to VSNL managing director S K Gupta.\n\n\n\n
Feeling the heat turned on by private sector players who have slashed rates, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Monday that it will review National Long Distance plans despite having commenced services in around 10 stations.\n\n\n\n
The Tatas-owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the Internet gateway and service provider, is likely to receive around Rs 786 crore ($169 million) from the sale of its 5.42 per cent stake in US satellite company, Intelsat Ltd.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Thursday announced a 25 per cent cut in ISD rates for calls to the United States, Australia, New Zealand, South East Asian countries, Gulf, Africa and SAARC nations.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has recorded 3.29 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 91 crore (Rs 910 million) for the second quarter ended September 30, 2005.
Modelled loosely around the National Highway System of the US, he in 2001 launched the Golden Quadrilateral and the North-South & East-West Corridor projects to build 4/6 lane highways between four top metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata as well as from Srinagar to Kanyakumari and Porbandar to Silchar.
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