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Pitroda, Nilekani in panel on national broadband plan

Jun 8, 2011 at 12:25 pm in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The Government has set up a high level committee, including Mr Sam Pitroda and Mr Nandan Nilekani, to monitor the implementation of the National Optic Fiber Network (NOFN) project.

Under the project, the Government is looking to lay optic fibre cable network across the country to boost broadband uptake.

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A core team comprising executives from public sector units with optic fibre already in the ground including BSNL, RailTel and PowerGrid have been constituted. Representatives from C-DOT and Universal Services  [read more →]

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BSNL picks Huawei, 2 others to supply 10 lakh 3G data cards

May 19, 2011 at 2:41 pm in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has finalised a contract to buy 10 lakh data cards for 3G services from three vendors. The deal, valued at Rs 120 crore, will be given to HFCL, Teracom and Chinese supplier Huawei.

BSNL had conducted online bidding for the first time to select the vendors.

While HFCL will supply 5.25 lakh 3G cards for Rs 61 crore, Teracom has bagged contract for 4.25 data cards at Rs 51 crore .

Huewei will supply the balance 50,000 cards for  [read more →]

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BWA Services to get 160 MHz of spectrum in 2012

May 18, 2011 at 9:35 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Indicating further competition in the mobile broadband space soon, the government on Monday said 160 MHz of spectrum will be available next year for telecom operators for deploying broadband wireless access (BWA) services across the country.

“To encourage private sector participation in government efforts, last year we had conducted a very successful auction of the 3G and BWA spectrum. It is expected that a total of 160 MHz spectrum would now be available for BWA use by the next  [read more →]

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Wimax roll-out plans by MTNL may be shelved

May 6, 2011 at 2:37 pm in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) may shelve plans to roll out Wimax services on the broadband wireless access spectrum it was allotted two years ago after failing to find a franchise partner.

Instead of Wimax, the state-controlled telecom company is likely to opt for the rival TD-LTE (time division-long term evolution) standard of wireless broadband technology, two of its officials said, requesting anonymity.

Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) is a fourth-generation telecom technology primarily used for high-speed wireless Internet.

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BSNL gets new chief

May 3, 2011 at 10:50 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

The government today appointed Rakesh Kumar Upadhyay as the chairman and managing director of state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

“He (Upadhyay) will join office (of BSNL chief) today,” said R. Chandrashekhar, secretary at the department of telecom.

However, no decision on the appointment of the chief of MTNL, another public sector telecom entity, has been taken.

A search-cum-selection panel chose Upadhyay, the CMD of Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd, for the BSNL chief’s post.

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TN Tele to charge BSNL for flouting norms

Apr 18, 2011 at 11:58 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Taminadu Telecommunication (TTL), a two-way joint venture between Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (Tidsco) and Telecommunications Consultants India (TCIL), is all set to drag Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) on a dispute over awarding optical fibre contr act (OFC) to higher bidders.

The board of directors of the company in its latest meeting had reportedly approved the proposal to challenge BSNL’s decision in a Delhi court, sources in the know told FE.

A BSNL source, while confirming the development, said that  [read more →]

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Government panel recommends merger of BSNL, MTNL and ITI

Apr 8, 2011 at 7:31 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

A government panel has recommend that state-owned telcoms company BSNL merge with its smaller sister concern MTNL as well as communications gear maker Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) as part of the erstwhile state monopoly`s attempts to turnaround its loss making operations and breathe new life into its businesses.

BSNL offers communication services in all regions of the country, except the metro cities of Mumbai and Delhi, where MTNL operates.

So far, the government has failed in its multiple attempts to  [read more →]

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BSNL asking probe on BWA spectrum Allocation

Apr 6, 2011 at 9:29 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

An association of senior officials of BSNL has demanded a probe into the allocation of broadband spectrum to the company, saying that it is not standardised and is inferior to the one given to private telcos, despite having paid the same price.

In a letter to Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, Sanchar Nigam Executive`s Association (SNEA) has demanded that BSNL be give the same spectrum as the one allotted to private telecom companies, or its money be refunded.

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BSNL offers free 2G, 3G sim to Cellone customers

Aug 5, 2010 at 2:44 pm in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

To celebrate the Independence Day, BSNL-Rajasthan on Wednesday announced to provide free of cost sim card of 2G and 3G to its Cellone customers, an official said here.

The scheme would be opened till August 31, and any existing Cellone mobile user could get free of cost sim card after filing desired papers, BSNL-Rajasthan GM Marketing Sanjay Kumar said in a statement here.

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BSNL launches push mail service

Jul 10, 2010 at 10:27 pm in News by Shri · Leave a Comment »

State owned telecom operator BSNL (Bhart Sanchar Nigam Limited) joined hands with Mobile applications and technology firm FIFTH C to offer BlacMail – “a push e-mail service” to its subscribers. According to Fifth C, a bangalore based company, BlacMail eliminates the need for GPRS connectivity required of all other push mail service. BSNL is planning to deploy BlacMail as a mass market VAS service as it does not need the mobile subscriber to have GPRS facility.