Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

Cash-strapped BSNL reviews outsourced functions to save cost; faces Rs 800 cr revenue-expense gap: CMD PK Purwar

Cash-strapped BSNL has started an exercise to 'streamline' outsourced functions for saving up to Rs 200 crore annually, and also hopes to rationalise power bills to derive 15 percent cost savings, a top official said on Tuesday

Loss-making telecom PSUs BSNL, MTNL fail to pay July salary to 1.98 lakh employees, says union leader

Loss-making telecom PSUs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and MTNL have failed to clear salaries of their 1.98 lakh employees for July, a union leader said on Thursday

Telecom department working on proposal for MTNL, BSNL merger; Cabinet to take final call

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is "working on" a proposal for merger of cash-strapped BSNL and MTNL as part of efforts to revive the ailing state-owned telecom firms

See no challenge in payment of April salaries to staff: MTNL chairman and managing director PK Purwar

Crisis-ridden MTNL, whose revival package is in the works, has exuded confidence that it would not face any challenge in payment of April salaries to its 22,000 employees, as it plans to tap internal accruals and available cash

Bailout package for debt-ridden BSNL: Keeping Air India and public sector telecom firm afloat at all costs is a monumental blunder

DoT is considering a Rs 13,000-crore bailout plan for state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)

BSNL's 3,000 customer service centres to offer Aadhaar enrolment and updation facilities

With this, BSNL joins the roaster of entities like banks and post offices that are authorised by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to offer Aadhaar services.

Telecom Secretary asks states to utilise Bharat Net infrastructure to create more opportunities for monetisation

Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan emphasised that a strong connectivity infrastructure will be crucial to ensure success of all ongoing programmes across areas, including health, education and others.

BSNL asks TRAI to allow it to issue soft copy of phone bills to its customers as default option

TRAI via Telecom Tariff Order has mandated operators to issue a hard copy of bills to post-paid subscribers, without any charge.

BSNL to launch 4G LTE services in Kerala in January 2018, to be followed by Odisha

For this, BSNL is seeking another 5 MHz spectrum in the 2100 MHz band, which it wants to fund by offering additional equity to its promoter, the government.

BSNL to invest Rs 6,000 crore on new base transceiver stations; Nokia and ZTE emerge top bidders

Public telecom operator BSNL will invest Rs 6,000 crore for installing 40,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) in the next two years to expand its network.