Following a directive from the Delhi high court, Reliance Infocomm has deposited Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
The Delhi high court has asked BSNL to maintain a status quo on the question of interconnect agreement with Reliance Infocomm.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam will be able to provide mobile connections to wait-listed subscribers within two months as major expansion programme is likely to be over by January 2005, according to K G Sharma, chief general manager of BSNL, Maharashtra circle
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, whose earlier 45.5 million GSM line tender was cut to half, will invite fresh bids for installing up to 50 million lines to expand its cellular capacity.
In a move to build up the telecommunication network in Jammu and Kashmir, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd would provide telephone connections based on wireless in local loop technology in Jammu and Kashmir, a company spokesman said.
United States-based telecom vendor Motorola on Wednesday said it will once again join the race in case fresh bids were called.
The whole order had included both 2G, the currently used technology, and third generation lines (used for high-speed mobile Internet access).
The deal will be limited to 2G lines only.
BSNL, once the country's flagship telecom company, posted a net loss of Rs 1,823 crore (Rs 18.23 billion) on revenue of Rs 32,046 crore (Rs 320.46 billion) in 2009-2010.
In a blow to private operators, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday that private cell operators would have to continue to pay Access Deficit Charge to Bharat Sanchar Nigam for the next two years.
Telecom Regulatory Authority said on Friday that it is planning to cut access deficit charge for incoming international calls to Rs 2 a minute from the prevailing Rs 4.25 per minute.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited said on Friday it would seek a lower price from vendors Ericsson and Nokia ahead of awarding them an estimated $4.8 billion contract for adding 45 million GSM lines to its network.
Sikkim, one of the tiniest and youngest members of the Indian union, has earned the distinction of being a state with the highest mobile phone density in the country.
State-owned Bharat Snachar Nigam has bagged about 80 per cent of the Department of Telecom's Rs 2,500 crore
Telecom tariffs set to fall significantly across the board as sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India announced on Wednesday a cut of more than 37 per cent in the levy paid by private players to BSNL.
Eight telecom equipment suppliers including Nokia, Motorola, Alcatel, Nortel and Ericsson on Tuesday submitted bids for supplying 1.1 million cellular lines worth upto Rs 5,000 crore of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Wednesday indicated a reduction of upto 15 per cent in international long distance call rates especially for the US and UK.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has decided to expand mobile telephony network in Jammu and Kashmir by 100,000 more connections to meet the growing demand.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd plans to provide broadband services in a big way in 2004 and would introduce the service in seven major cities in the country, including Chennai, BSNL chief managing director Prithipal Singh said on Thursday.
State-owned BSNL has rationalised the call charges from its public call office booths under which local and intra-circle calls to any network will be Re 1 per minute for a 60-second pulse, while STD calls will be cheaper by 50 paise.
The major area of expansion has been identified as the mobile phones and a 60 million tender for GSM lines has been floated by the company.\n\n
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's profits have declined after its corporatisation, mainly on account of the sharp increase in wages, higher depreciation rates, provision of bad debts and wealth tax, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Friday said that the concept of unified license regime as propounded by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was not harmful from the point of view of the operators.
Even after the rejection of its financial package of Rs 23,000 crore (Rs 230 billion) by the Cabinet, BSNL on Tuesday said it was hopeful that the proposal would eventually be accepted.
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