25 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
Medical Allowance being paid to BSNL Pensioners has been stopped since last three years. Pensioners are suffering. Some retirees have passed away. More may expire without getting the MA.
BSNL Management has to remember that these are the workers who toiled and provided service for 30-40 years.
Management should urgently restore the Medical Allowance to Pensioners. It is their responsibility not a favour.
25 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in Uncategorized
Crashing of planes and accidents have increased and thousands are killed.
Is it that air space has shrinked? Safety concerns are not addressed? Human errors increasing or technical failure?
Just like road accidents, air accidents also have become common. What is the remedy?
25 Wednesday Mar 2015
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BSNL Employees as per call of Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations are going on strike on 21-22 April demanding steps for the revival of BSNL.
On the same issue as also on the issue of casual and contract workers, BSNL CCWF has also given strike notice for the same days.
Leaders of Forum, Unions, Associations and Casual and Contract Workers Association should co-ordinate together and make the strike a big success.
This is a ‘Do or Die’ situation. Unity in struggle is most important.
25 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News, PSU, SAVE BSNL CAMPAIGN, Telecom
BSNL is passing through a difficult period. It is in loss, its market share has gone down to below 9% and its subscribers are surrendering land lines. A herculean effort is required to ring it back to normal. The Forum, which is the umbrella organisation of all the unions and associations is on a campaign trail to get the support of the people for its revival. The 2.5 lakh workers are fully committed to the revival of BSNL.
In this context, it is only appropriate that a member of the staff side /union / association should be included in the Director Board. Workers’ Participation should not only be a slogan, but is also to be practised.
25 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in General
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A Historic Judgment by the Supreme Court! Draconian Rule 66A of IT Act has been scrapped by the Supreme Court. Those charged under this provision will be free. This is a great victory for freedom of expression.
24 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in TU News - International, WFTU
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World Federation of Trade Unions(WFTU) is celebrating its 70th Foundation Anniversary on 3rd October 2015. A circular issued by WFTU in this connection is given below:
Athens, Greece – March 23rd, 2015
APPEAL
To: All WFTU members and Friends
Subject: 70th Anniversary Commemoration Events
In October 3rd, 2015 our historic Organization celebrates its 70 years of militant and internationalist struggle. On this Occasion the Presidential Council of the WFTU has decided to appeal to all members and friends of the WFTU to commemorate in every country this great anniversary.
With events, seminars, lectures, open rallies and mass activities we call all members and friends to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the WFTU throughout the year 2015. To pay tribute to the struggles of the working class and the class-oriented trade union movement in every country, to pay tribute to the martyrs who fought for the betterment of the working class and humanity, to educate the next generations with the achievements, the difficulties and the importance of the class struggle, to spread the awareness about the positions and the tremendous role of the WFTU in the struggle against imperialism, colonialism, apartheid, exploitation.
After the end of the anniversary celebrations, the Secretariat announces that a Special Publication will be released for the 70th Anniversary Events around the world to collect in one publication the activities, the pictures, the articles about the events.
We ask from all members and friends to inform us about the activities they organized, to send us pictures, speeches and articles in the media about these events.
All materials to be send in the emails of the WFTU: international@wftucentral.org,info@wftucentral.org and press@wftucentral.org
24 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in General
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, a controversial provision used to arrest people for their social media postings. The verdict was hailed by the victims, who described it as a victory for the common man’s free speech.
“Section 66A of the IT Act is struck down in its entirety…,” said an apex court bench of Justice J. Chelameswar and Justice RohintonFaliNariman.
The provision was so vaguely worded that any one could be arrested for “annoying and offensive” postings on a complaint even by a single individual.
“Our Constitution provides for liberty of thought, expression and belief. In a democracy, these values have to be provided within constitutional scheme. The law (Section 66A) is vague in its entirety,” said Justice Nariman pronouncing the judgment.
“There is no nexus between public order and discussion or causing annoyance by dissemination of information. Curbs under Section 66A of the IT Act infringes on the public right to know.” (Ganashakti)
24 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in General, Neo-liberal policy
Government and Airport Authority of India are on the move to privatise the profit making airports, Kolkata, Chennai etc. It is being done on the plea of modenisation of the airports.
But there is a hitch. Already the Kolkata and Chennai airports have been modernised by the govt./AAI by spending Rs. 2,700 crore and Rs. 2,400 respectively. What is the proposed amount for modernisation by the private company? Only Rs. 375 crore and Rs. 492 crore.
The Modi Government is offering the profitable Airports to the private companies for a song in the name of so called modrnisation. This can not be allowed. This has to be defeated.
24 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in BSNL - Better Service to the Nation, BSNL News
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Teleanalyses interview Shri Anupam Shrivatava, CMD BSNL on the activities and plans of BSNL
Q. BSNL is very active in government projects. What is the status of projects like NOFN, NFS (network for spectrum), LWE (left wing extremists) and North East?
BSNL is executing projects worth Rs 25,000 crore ($4 billion) in the next 2-3 years. The projects which BSNL is executing include: NFS for Defence; NOFN for BBNL; LWE for left wing extremists states and North East project for improving connectivity in North East. All these projects are under implementation except North East project where BSNL is planning to float EoI (expression of interest) by next month.
Q.What is BSNL’s mobile expansion plan for Phase 7 and Phase 8?
In Phase 7, BSNL is investing Rs 4,804 crore for creating 15 million additional mobile capacity. The capacity addition will take care for both 2G and 3G. In Phase 7, BSNL is building 27,000 towers of which 15,000 will be for 2G and 12,000 for 3G. Presently, BSNL has around 97,000 towers.
BSNL has till date completed 60 percent of Phase 7 expansion and the project is planned to be completed by June, 2015. Phase 7 will help in plugging the gap of 2G, removing blind spots in mobile network and increasing data capacity by 30-40 times.
Q. What’s the update on tower leasing and land bank?
Tower leasing proposal has gone to the ministry for its consideration. The proposal focuses on creating a separate business unit, creating a separate subsidiary company within BSNL which is fully owned by BSNL and creating a joint venture.
On the land bank front, eight proposals have been sent to the ministry for building housing complex, IT park and commercial building. For both the proposals, we are awaiting the ministry’s approval.
We are planning enhanced CDR billing which will take care of fixed line, mobile and also leased line.
We are planning converged billing so that we can offer single bill to our consumer for all types of services. With converged billing, we can offer multiple tariff packages offering different services to our enterprise and retail customers. We can come up with different schemes targeting those customers depending upon their usage pattern. We will very soon come up with converged billing RFP on a revenue sharing model.
Q. BSNL is focusing a lot on Wi-Fi hotspots. How will this help BSNL in the long run?
BSNL has lots of copper cable and optical fiber cable which we want to exploit for data services. We want to utilize Wi-Fi hotspots and integrate it with 3G services for increased reach to mobile consumers. We are focusing on data in a big way such that it is a game changer for telecom industry. In future, if we play our cards well we would be successful in data services.
BSNL is planning 2,500 Wi-Fi hotspots in the next 2-3 years. For Wi-Fi, we have tied up with Quadgen Wireless for South and West on revenue sharing basis. We will very soon float tender to provide Wi-Fi coverage for North and West regions.
What is expected revenue for BSNL in FY 2014-15? When are you planning to be profitable?
BSNL revenue should cross Rs 29,000 crore in FY 2014-15 with a growth of 4-5 percent. In FY 2014-15, we would be operational profit or EBITDA comfortable. We plan to be profitable by FY 2018-19.
23 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in Forum
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A meeting of the Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations of Non-Executives and Executives will be held at BSNLMS office, New Delhi at 04.00 PM on 25th March 2015 to discuss about the strike and connected programme.
