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BSNL in talks with Airtel for spectrum sharing
Posted on 11th March 2016 |
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State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is likely to finalise a deal with leading telecom company Bharti Airtel by June this year for spectrum sharing in four telecom circles, BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said on Thursday. Srivastava said BSNL is working on sharing spectrum with Bharti Airtel in Rajasthan, UP (West), Bihar and Assam telecom circles for which it has constitued a committee to look into the feasibility aspect to ascertain if it can offer similar services to other telcos as well. |
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BSNL's debt liability at Rs 7,667 cr, MTNL's at Rs 13,530 cr
Posted on 10th March 2016 |
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State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has an outstanding debt of Rs 7,667 crore, as on January 31. On the other hand, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) has an outstanding debt of Rs 13,530 crore, as of end-February, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. “BSNL’s debt is mainly due to its capital expenditure requirement. This requirement started in June 2010 after the payment of BWA and 3G spectrum charges to the tune of Rs 18,500 crore to the government,” Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. |
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BSNL to launch 4G services in Chandigarh
Posted on 13th January 2016 |
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State-run BSNL is launching today its 4G services in Chandigarh with broadband speed of up to 100 megabit per second (Mbps) on mobile phones. The company has published an advertisement in local newspapers about the launch of its 4G services. |
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BSNL to provide dedicated network to police during Simhastha
Posted on 11th January 2016 |
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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will provide dedicated network to policemen during the upcoming Simhastha to be held in Ujjain in April 2016. “We will provide them dedicated CDMA network which will be untraceable and free from any disturbance or congestion,” said G C Pandey, chief general manager, BSNL (Madhya Pradesh). |
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BSNL to Set-Up 40,000 Wifi Hotspots With a Better Speeds Than 4G
Posted on 6th January 2016 |
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The CMD of BSNL, Anupam Shrivastava stated that the company at present neither has a 4G service, nor do the relevant spectrum to launch this service. Also to deal with this challenge, they are working on a scheme to set up 40,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots in the country, as he claims it to be faster than 4G services. Though it is not clear if people not using BSNL telecom services will be able to use that Wifi or not. Also, in November the company tied up with social media giant Facebook to create Wifi hotspots for rural areas and the Zuckerberg owned company will fund them with Rs 5 crore every year to buy the bandwidth from the company. |
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New BSNL customers to get 80% off on mobile rates for two months
Posted on 21st December 2015 |
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To speed up customer acquisition, state-owned telecom firm BSNL has slashed mobile rates by up to 80% for the first two months under a scheme for new customers. "BSNL has revamped its infrastructure now. We have decided to cut mobile call rates by up to 80% for new customers so that they get experience of our revamped services," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. |
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Govt to remain tough on service quality issues of telcos
Posted on 19th December 2015 |
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Calling for a balance between business growth and consumer interest, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said he will remain tough on the issue of service quality of telecom companies. “While I applaud telecom operators for spreading mobile services in the nook and corner of the country, I am equally concerned that quality of service must be maintained. I will do a lot of tough talking to make them understand the problem. Now, they are responding,” Prasad said. He was speaking at the annual general meeting of industry chamber Ficci on Saturday.
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BSNL to partner with Google for Project Loon as it gets govt in-principle nod
Posted on 17th December 2015 |
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The government has in-principle agreed to partner with Google’s Project Loon on a pilot basis and state run BSNL has been assigned to partner it, communications and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday after a meeting with Google’s CEO Sunder Pichai. “In-principle we agree for a pilot project for Project Loon. We are quite open on the project and BSNL will partner with Google for it,” Prasad said. |
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Private telcos not improving services; stern steps on call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
Posted on 7th December 2015 |
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Private telecom companies are increasing their customers but not improving services which are “very bad”, government said in Rajya Sabha today and asserted that it will take “stern” steps to address the menace of mobile call dropping. Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the private telecom companies have been asked to improve the infrastructure and the government is monitoring it. |
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Telecom Ministry issues notice to BSNL, MTNL, India Post over service quality
Posted on 23rd November 2015 |
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The Telecom Ministry has issued notices to state-owned BSNL, MTNL and India Post after Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad personally took note of citizen complaints over service quality on social media since July. Prasad, who has over 4.65 lakh followers on Facebook, received the complaints relating to the three departments under his ministry. |
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