Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has proposed to introduce eight-digit numbering for telephone connections in Bangalore urban area shortly, top officials said on Friday.
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.
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.
The divestment ministry would concentrate on "legal option" to resolve the divestment impasse arising out of the Supreme Court verdict on HPCL and BPCL, but would continue with residual stake sale plans in companies like CMC Ltd and VSNL.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's goal to reach the one million subscriber base target in broadband services by 2005 end looks remote if numbers are any indication.
The central government has mandated all ministries, public departments and public sector units to use the telecom services of State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
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.
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.
In a move that might further reduce call tariffs and serve as a major incentive to telecom operators, the government is likely to recommend that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd must charge levy from private operators on revenue share.
Defending the continuation of Universal Service Obligation support, a fund to subsidise unprofitable operations of otherwise profit making telecom PSUs like BSNL, the government on Tuesday said USO exists for all players and not for BSNL alone.
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
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has completed the acquisition of the entire stake of Tata Power Company Ltd in Tata Power Broadband Company Ltd.
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.
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.
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
Soon, Bharat Sanchar Nigam subscribers will be able to buy a branded PC on equated monthly installments, which can either be paid directly to the bank or can form a part of the telephone bill.
A major breakdown at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's mobile switching unit, due to a power surge, on Monday disrupted nearly 300,000 BSNL Cellone mobile connections in Chennai, causing anxiety among the subscribers.
Buoyed by the overwhelming response to the public offer for its stake in Maruti, the government on Thursday decided to sell its remaining shares to public in the five privatised companies.
The Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday signed a memorandum of collaboration with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd to cross-sell their products and services.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited will start offering virtual private network services to the United States and Europe.
The telecommunications and Internet services provider Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has formed a fully owned subsidiary in the US, VSNL America Inc, to offer the Internet protocol-virutal private network solutions in that country.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd will start offering video conferencing services in next few weeks.
State-owned Bharat Snachar Nigam has bagged about 80 per cent of the Department of Telecom's Rs 2,500 crore
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