Even as the implementation of MNP is likely to be delayed from the scheduled date of September 20, the PSU, which hopes to attract substantial number of users from the rivals like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications, has called for expression of interest for MNP gateway.
Ericsson on Monday emerged as the lowest bidder for the state-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's tender for 45.5 million lines at an estimated investment of over Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion).
Eager to expand its footprint overseas, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited said on Tuesday it has a war-chest of about $6 billion (approximately Rs 30,000 crore) and is looking for acquisitions, especially in South Africa. The PSU is looking at Africa as an area of focus as it is an emerging region and also culturally, financially, African countries suit more to India firms.
Telecom equipment vendor Nokia-Siemens filed a case in the Delhi High Court today against its disqualification on technical grounds as a bidder for state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's tender for 94 million lines, one of the world's largest telecom contracts worth over Rs 50,000 crore.
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.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd on Tuesday cut STD rates to lower the mobile-to-mobile call charges from a peak of Rs 9 a minute to Rs 4.80 a minute.
Public sector telecom major BSNL will invest close to Rs 36,000 crore (Rs 360 billion) in next three years to add 40 million additional lines.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Monday expressed willingness to lower the 'carriage' charge, a move which will lead to lower STD call rates between Delhi and Mumbai to start with.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Thursday said it will add 46,000 broadband connections in a month to finish the current fiscal with 85,000 broadband customers in Maharashtra and Goa circles.
The government said on Wednesday there will be no unbundling of BSNL and MTNL's fixed line networks for laying of broadband lines by private operators.
BSNL had sought higher payment for minimum three years for the facilities provided to cell phone service providers -- BPL Mobile Cellular and Idea Cellular Ltd -- and email provider CG Faxemail (P) Ltd even if they had surrendered the right before the lapse of three years. A bench headed by Justice S B Sinha while upholding the telecom tribunal judgement that came down heavily on BSNL for revising rates unilaterally said: "We do not find that these appeals raise any substanti
Dayanadhi Maran, the new IT and telecommunications minister, also announced a 10-point agenda, including revamping the telecom policy, to reduce the cost to customers.
Reliance Infocomm Ltd is planning to initiate talks with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd on the ongoing Point of Interconnectivity issue
With demand for mobile phone connections exceeding expectations in Srinagar, BSNL on Wednesday ordered another 10,000 application forms to cope with the rush even as a company official was suspended for unauthorised possession of forms.
BSNL would shortly sign memoranda of understanding with Korea Telecom and Microsoft for rolling out broadband services under the National Internet Backbone phase two project in the country, its chairman and managing director V P Sinha said.
The number of mobile phone connections in India rose by 1.96 million in March, after reducing by 1.06 million in February, latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed. The number of new connections have hit a 9-month high. In these past 9-months, the total number of wireless (mobile phone) subscriptions had reduced on 5 occasions, the data shows.
The Department of Telecommunications is considering a proposal to allocate spectrum, the radio frequencies that enable wireless communications, for third-generation or 3G services to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ahead of other operators. The move is expected to frustrate private players since this will give BSNL and MTNL a head-start in rolling out high-value 3G services that offer video calls, music downloads and games.
A committee headed by Sam Pitroda, advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, suggested that state-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd scrap its controversial 93-million GSM lines tender.The committee said BSNL should change its method of growth from outright purchase of equipment to lease arrangement. The vendor who would supply the equipment should be responsible for installation, maintenance and operations, besides future expansion.
Union minister of state for agriculture and consumer affairs K V Thomas launched the facility at a function in Kochi on Saturday.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said on Tuesday that its customers would continue to avail of the 47 per cent domestic long distance rate cut on fixed-to-fixed line call beyond 500 km, for another month, till May.
The country's largest software company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday said its net profit increased 8.7 per cent year-on-year to Rs 11,342 crore in the September 2023 quarter. The Tata Group flagship had reported a net profit of Rs 10,431 crore in the year-ago period.
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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.
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).
The government on Wednesday said it has begun the process of scrutinising the names for appointment of advisors to synergise operations of the telecom PSUs -- BSNL and MTNL.
Ordyn bagged the contract after qualifying in a competitive bidding process in which global giants such as Huawei Technologies, ZTE, HFCL, IComm and Arasor took part.
Private cellular and fixed line operators on Monday demanded direct inter-connectivity with Bharat Sanchar Nigam's Ltd cellular services.
Sabarimala Karma Samithi on Tuesday organised a protest march to the Palarivattom BSNL office, seeking her expulsion.
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The association represents over 10,000 graduate engineers and account professionals at BSNL.
The staff association of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has decided to defer its indefinite strike till September 1.
As many as 17.9 lakh (1.79 million) subscribers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and 203,000 customers of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd surrendered landline telephones between April to October this year, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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