Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd is looking for joint ventures and tie-ups with content providers for its newly launched broadband services, Tri Band.
Infrastructure and real estate prominently feature as wealth destroyers.
Government on Tuesday rejected two most repeated demands of the private telecom industry by saying no to opening the last mile access of Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
MTNL on Tuesday launched its long distance services between Delhi and Mumbai, opting Tata-owned VSNL as its preferred carrier for STD calls -- a move that could bring down call rates.
State-run Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd has received the national long distance license from the government, a development that has the potential to start a fresh bout of cuts in STD rates.
Public sector telecom firms are gearing up to focus on customer care to match their private sector rivals with the Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd inviting tenders for running helpdesk for its internet and broadband services in Delhi and Mumbai.
R S P Sinha has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd with immediate effect.
Telecom services across the country could suffer, with the Department of Telecom ready to recall over 2,200 of its officers on deputation in MTNL and BSNL.
The government on Wednesday said it has set up dedicated Central Bureau of Investigation cells in four metros for detecting and checking telecom related frauds.
In a setback to state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, telecom dispute settlement tribunal TDSAT on Monday refused to grant a stay, through an nterim order, on implementation of the new Access Deficit Charge regime from February 1.
Motorola also said it will consider manufacturing in India to comply with the eligibility criteria of deals with state-run carriers.
Public sector telecom majors Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd on Friday launched broadband Internet services in over 200 cities across the country, fixing a highly competitive Rs 500 per month tariff for home users.
Pushing the national long distance call traiff further down, cellular operator Hutch has offered its subscribers in Delhi a new STD tariff of 75 paise per minute
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.
BSNL, MTNL also reduce local call rates to Re 1 for a 3-minute call. But this comes with an increase in rental of Rs 49 to Rs 299 per month from the existing Rs 250.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd has appointed HSBC as advisor for the process of synergising the public sector undertaking's operations with BSNL, as proposed by the department of telecom.
Telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL will launch their broadband services throughout the country on 15th of January 2005 at Rs 500 per month.
All districts in the country will be provided BSNL mobile facility by March 31, 2004, Information Technology and Communications and Minister Pramod Mahajan informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The government on Thursday said it has directed Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd to monitor illegal international calls through its Nepal subsidiary.
Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd is extending its lifetime validity cards to post-paid mobile segment, under which users have to pay Rs 800 as one-time charge for rent-free connection lifelong and 80 paise a minute for local calls.
State-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, which had acquired the licence to offer telecom services in Mauritius in 2004, has started operations with international long distance services to begin with.
State-run telecom firm Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd plans to apply for a national long distance licence to the department of telecom shortly, in an effort to bring down its STD call charges
The much-talked merger of the two state-owned telecom giants -- Mahanagar Telecom Nigam and Bharat Sanchar Nigam -- is understood to have been put on hold
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
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