02 Saturday Aug 2014
NEW DELHI: State-run BSNL suffered a loss of Rs 14,979 crore in landline services during 2013-14 whereas its net loss for the period stood at Rs 7,085 crore.
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, minister of communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said loss for landline business of BSNL for 2013-14 stood at Rs 14,979 crore and net loss at Rs 7085 crore. The figures for the period are provisional and unaudited. (Times of India)
02 Saturday Aug 2014
Shri Rakesh Garg, the new Secretary DOT has stated that the government will provide broadband connectivity to 2,25,000 gram panchayats in the country within three years. The NOFN Project for this purpose has already started. The Special Purpose Vehicle, BBNL, with Rs. 21,000 crore allotment with participation of BSNL, Railtel and PGCIL are already on the move.
Broadband connectivity is crucial for the growth of the country.
18 Friday Jul 2014
Posted in Telecom
Shri Rakesh Garg, the newly appointed Secretary, DOT has taken charge on 17th July 2014. He succeeds Shri MF Farooqui, who retired last month.
17 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News, Forum, Telecom
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The Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations will be meeting at 1600 hours on 18th July 2014 at Local Council Room NTR, Eastern Court, Delhi to discuss certain important issues including the Agreement made by the BSNL Management with Reliance Jio on sharing of the towers.
All the Forum Constituents are requested to be present.
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Telecom
Communications Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a reply in the Lok Sabha on 14th July stated that the government expects a revenue of Rs. 53,937 crores from the telecom sector in this financial year. These are mainly from the telecom licences and auction of spectrum. By spectrum auction and charges it is estimated to get about Rs. 40,417 crores and from licence fees about Rs. 13,520 crores. Last year, the government got Rs. 12,450.43 crores from licence fees.
14 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Telecom
Government has decided for a support expenditure target of Rs. 6,463 crores to the telecom PSUs. BSNL will get Rs. 5,132.19 crore, MTNL Rs. 808.46 crores, C-DOT Rs. 60 crore and one crore each for HPIL and TCIL, this financial year 2014-15. This support is for network expansion, upgradation etc.
The government should release the amount at the earliest so that the cash-strapped PSUs can start the expansion, upgradation work at the earliest.
14 Monday Jul 2014
Shri Rakesh Garg, present Principal Secretary of the UP Government has been posted as Secretary, Department of Telecommunications. He succeeds Shri M.F.Farooqui, who retired last month. 6 other posts of Secretaries also have been selected by the Cabinet Appointments Committee.
Hearty Congratulations and Welcome to Shri Rakesh Garg as the new Secretary, DOT.
We hope that despite his heavy schedule of work, he will also make best efforts for the Revival of BSNL and MTNL.
13 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, Forum, PSU, Telecom
We are surprised to know that BSNL has made a Master Agreement on 2nd May 2014 with Reliance Jio Infocom Limited on Passive Infrastructure Sharing with the condition of sharing of Towers, BTS, Antenna, Feeder cable etc. the agreement is for 15 years with.
The rent for one month for Ground Tower is Rs. 38,700 and for the Roof Top Tower Rs. 24,900. For the first three years, there will be reduced rate.
The entire details of the agreement are not with us and hence it is not possible to comment of the details of the same. But, however, such a massive agreement involving about 60,000 towers, connected cables etc. is not a small matter. The unions/associations, who have got important stakes should have been consulted before taking any such action.
It is to be noted that the JAC/Forum of Unions and Associations have gone on strike and stopped unbundling and and sharing of towers in the past. We feel that this agreement is a calculated move to give the benefit of our towers cables etc. to the Reliance Jio which is one of the big corporate in the country owned by Mukesh Ambani.
10 Thursday Jul 2014
The DOT is examining and asked for TRAI’s opinion on delinking telecom services licences from the net work operators. This is intended to allow the virtual operators, who do not have the network, to offer services. This will make it unnecessary for all the service providers to have their own networks. The networks could be shared also.
10 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Telecom
The Central Government has appointed Shri Vikram Upadhyay of Indian Angel Network as Advisor to the Telecom Centres of excellence established earlier. The TCOEs are working on key issues like technology management, rural application, next generation network, policy etc. The Advisor will be on the job for examining and deploying the applications of the TCOEs commercially.
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