Telecom major Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Monday said all issues with Reliance Infocomm over Flag Telecom
Private cellular and fixed line operators on Monday demanded direct inter-connectivity with Bharat Sanchar Nigam's Ltd cellular services.
Having made two major overseas acquisitions, Tatas owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is looking for further acquisitions to add to its services and customers base.
WiMax is a telecommunications technology that provides broadband speed without the need for cables. "The subscriber equipment cost or the cost of the instrument that facilitates WiMax is still priced at about $ 175-200 (Rs 8,225-Rs 9,400). So ways and means have to be worked out to offer a feasible tariff," explained a senior BSNL executive.
In a move that could hot up the telecom war, Anil Ambani owned Reliance Infocomm has accused Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd of killing the competition in bandwidth market by creating both price and non-price barriers.\n\n
The existing company is expected to continue as the holding arm of its huge real estate assets.
The rift between state-owned telecom services provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and the telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India over reducing access deficit charge is likely to benefit consumers.
Rural India is divided into 6000 blocks of population.BSNL has rights to 1000 blocks and has invited tenders for installing a WiMAX base station in each of those blocks to provide connectivity to villages. Rural India is divided into 6000 blocks of population. BSNL has rights to 1000 blocks and has invited tenders for installing a WiMAX base station in each of those blocks to provide connectivity to villages.
The government on Thursday broached plans for the public listing of telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd with its workers, but neither the proposal nor an offer of ESOPs found any takers.
A golden share means that the government would sell its 26.12 per cent stake in the company and in return ask for a single share with controlling stake.
Companies that invest heavily in firewalls and other protection measures forget that over 15 per cent of their employees are talking to headhunters and prospective new employers at that very moment, say experts.
Telecom monolith Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is the top profit-making public sector unit, while steel giant Steel Authority of India Limited had the dubious distinction of topping the list of loss making state-owned enterprises.
The Delhi high court on Thursday extended its interim stay on award of contract by state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for its Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) project, to add 45 million lines in its GSM network till February 12.
Even as Tatas owned Videsh Sanchar Nigam has challenged Telecom Regulatory Authority's order on reduction in international bandwidth prices, the government on Friday said there was further scope to bring the price down.
Call centres are recognised as a separate class of service providers falling under the category of 'Other Service Providers' and should be exempted from access deficit charges on traffic routed to them, according to Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Indiagames, a provider of online and mobile games, has signed a deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam to offer its online 'games on demand' service.
SBI Capital Markets Limited, the merchant banking arm of SBI, is eyeing the twin accounts of HPCL and BPCL for managing the divestment programmes of the 2 oil cos.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has tied up with Australia-based telecommunications carrier Pipe Networks to lay a new submarine cable linking Australia to Guam.
Under the landline services, STD rates have been reduced from Rs 2.40 to 1.20 paise per minute to all networks in general and 'sulabh' plan. "The intra-circle call charges, to BSNL network and inter circle call charges to all the networks, has also been reduced by 50 per cent," BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal said.
Internet and telephony major Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd may incorporate 'Tata' in its name, an issue that is likely to be discussed at the company's board meeting on Friday.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) may be back on track with its plans for an initial public offer (IPO). The public sector enterprise has placed a proposal for approval of the IPO to its trade union and it expects a positive response by June 3.
Telecom company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has filed a lawsuit against the central government at Bombay High Court, seeking a compensation of Rs 2,560.72 crore (Rs 25.6 billion) for premature termination of its international long distance monopoly.
India's public sector telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd plans to roll out triple play broadband services by January 2007, starting with the cities of Pune and Chennai.
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