Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is looking at international markets to expand its services, and is even considering acquisitions, BSNL chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal said.
State-owned BSNL is understood to have opposed merging loss making ITI with itself amidst stiff opposition from the employees unions, a move that may not go well within the government as the proposal was mooted by none other than Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Monday said it has decided to share its network with private telecom companies for roaming agreements.- State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd plans to switch over to the Call-Detail-Record billing system for its 3.5 crore landline subscribers in the next two to three months.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has directed GSM operators, including Bharti, Idea, BSNL and Vodafone, to provide interconnection to Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications' GSM network immediately.- Taking on private telecom players, state-run BSNL plans to launch telepresence solutions in partnership with industry leader Polycom in September.
The government on Thursday approved the release of airwaves for two state-run companies for the launch of third generation mobile services in the country.- The country's largest telecom provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd announced Saturday that it has tied up with leading telephone sets manufacturer Beetel for launching low-priced handsets in Uttar Pradesh.
- Country's largest telecom operator BSNL will launch prepaid international calling card aimed at Indian expatriate community as well as Indian tourists abroad.
- In a significant development, state owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) may go public and list at bourses with the trade unions likely to respond positively to the government's call in this regard.
- BSNL may be behind the Bharti and Vodafone in subscriber numbers but the state-run company remains the top revenue earning telecom firm for the quarter ending March 2008 with its topline touching Rs 10,747.79 crore, followed by Sunil Mittal's Bharti at Rs 8,381 crore.
The Supreme Court has held Tata Teleservices 'Walky' and Reliance Communication' 'Unlimited Cordless' as limited mobile phones, hence they are liable to pay Access Deficit Charge to BSNL for interconnection.
Saddled with huge losses of over Rs 5,400 crore, state-owned telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has asked its state units to appoint private recovery agents on commission basis to assist in recovery of dues, mostly from customers.
Nokia Siemens Networks will be partnering with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in expanding the rural broadband access to 25,000 villages in India.
Private telecom operators will not have to pay any Access Deficit Charge (ADC) to BSNL to compensate it for carrying out rural operations.
The Rajasthan High Court issued notices to the Union Government, BSNL and a Star TV on a petition challenging the selection procedure of the popular show, Kaun Benega Crorepati (KBC).
The Government is considering exempting BSNL’s rural fixed line operations from license fee. The move could benefit the company by Rs 400 crore annually.
India added six million GSM mobile subscribers in February 2008 to reach a total of 184.67 million.
