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Only One Day for the BSNL Strike to start – Make last minute preparations

19 Sunday Apr 2015

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The 2 Days Strike of the BSNL Employees will start on 21st April 2015 and will continue for 22nd. This is a strike to SAVE BSNL and SAVE NATION. If BSNL is not there, workers also will not be there. Hence this is a “DO OR DIE” situation for the employees. There is no other way but to strengthen BSNL and compel the Government to support BSNL and ensure that the assurances given by the Government at the time of corporatisation are honoured. The government should assist its own PSU company. The entire work force have to ensure a better customer service.

MAKE THE STRIKE COMPLETE, MAKE IT A BIG SUCCESS BY FULL PARTICIPATION.

SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION (8) – Immediate refund of Rs. 6,700 crores for the spectrum surrendered.

04 Saturday Apr 2015

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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Communications Minister has stated that he will not allow BSNL to die and all support will be given for its revival. He can do one thing immediately.

It is the refund of the amount of BWA spectrum which BSNL has surrendered to DOT two years back. BSNL had paid a total of  Rs. 18,500 crore to the Government  for both 2G and BWA spectrum. Out of this BWA spectrum worth about Rs. 6,700 crores has been returned back and it was assured by the government that this amount  will be refunded. Though it is more than two years, the government is keeping the money with them without refund.

In the same way, an amount of Rs. 1,250 crore has already been allotted to BSNL for 2012-13 from USOF in lieu of ADC, but that also has not been paid for no reason at all.

BSNL is  in financial difficulty to purchase equipment urgently required for expansion and development.  The Government should immediately disburse these amounts to BSNL for the above purposes.

As stated above, Communications Minister can ensure that these amounts are paid to the BSNL immediately so that it can purchase equipment.

 

 

BSNL will invest Rs 7,000 crore in setting up Wi-Fi hotspots integrated with 3G, 4G networks across the country

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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NEW DELHI: State-run telecom operator BSNL will invest Rs 7,000 crore in setting up Wi-Fi hotspots integrated with 3G, 4G networks across the country over the next two to three years, a top company official said.

“Wi-Fi is an obvious choice for BSNL going forward but it alone cannot be successful. It has to be integrated with 3G, 4G network so that customer can be seamlessly transferred to Wi-Fi. In two to three years, we will be investing Rs 7,000 crore to set up integrated Wi-Fi across the country,” chairman and managing director of BSNL Anupam Shrivatava said while speaking at TeleAnalysis event here.

The company has already rolled out Wi-Fi service in Varanasi and will be extending it to more tourist spots by the end of this year.

“By end of this financial year, we will have 2,500 Wi-Fi hotpsots,” Shrivatava said.

In addition to this, BSNL has also partnered with QuadGen Wireless for setting up Wi-Fi hotspots under a revenue share model.

“BSNL is in best position to provide instant bandwidth. We will set up Wi-Fi hotspots and BSNL will provide bandwidth for it. We are committed to set up 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots by June and another 5,000 by end of this year,” QuadGen Wireless founder and chairman CS Rao said.

QuadGen will set up Wi-Fi hotspots in South and West zone under this partnership.

“Telecom operators have just committed huge amount in spectrum auction. They will need time to invest in networks. With BSNL we have 18-months window of opportunity to expand Wi-Fi network,” Rao said. (Courtesy: Times of India)

SAVE BSNLE, SAVE NATION (7) – Transfer all Assets to BSNL

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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BSNL is a company fully owned by the Government of India. According to the worth of assets, it is at the 10th position out of all the companies, whether private or public. It has got assets worth rs. 89,333.44 crores by a very modest estimate.

Though these are the assets of the BSNL, the government has yet to transfer them technically to the BSNL. This is reported to have not been done. As a result, BSNL assets are being transacted and sold by the government. For example, the BSNL quarters allotted to BSNLEU and NFTE have been sold, the former to the Jharkhand Government. Such selling are going on.

The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations is demanding that all the assets like land, buildings, infrastructure, training centres etc.-all should be legally transferred to BSNL so that there should not be any legal complications in future.

SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION (5) – Fill up posts of Directors

29 Sunday Mar 2015

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BSNL is a big company,  10th in the list of the companies having maximum assets. Its service area covers all nooks and corners of the country. It has got more than 30,000 offices and exchanges.  But the posts of three Directors are vacant for the past many months, in some case years. Even the important posts of Director (Finance) and Director (HR) are unfilled. For both these two posts, selection is already made months back by the Select Committees, but appointment orders are not issued. It is not understood why the posts are not filled up.

The demand of the Forum of BSNL Unions and Associations is that all these posts of Directors be immediately filled up so that the management will be able to function effectively.

 

BSNL to provide e-health, e-governance

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 27

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has initiated a scheme to disseminate information regarding e-health, e-education and e-governance facilities in rural areas. BSNL officials said as the pilot project, the scheme had been launched in 1,284 villages of Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts.Addressing mediapersons during a press conference here today, Rajesh Kumar, General Manager, BSNL, said to make the service effective, BSNL would lay cables in 3,000 kms.“The work has been divided in two phases. Under the first phase, the BSNL would cover seven blocks out of the total 19 in two districts,” added Rajesh.He said that work in seven blocks would be completed by July and the work in Bhikhiwind and Naushera Pannuan blocks of Tarn Taran district had already been started.

BSNL to provide information on e-governance,e-health etc.

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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A report by Tribune new Service is given below:

Amritsar, March 27

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has initiated a scheme to disseminate information regarding e-health, e-education and e-governance facilities in rural areas. BSNL officials said as the pilot project, the scheme had been launched in 1,284 villages of Amritsar and Tarn Taran districts.Addressing mediapersons during a press conference here today, Rajesh Kumar, General Manager, BSNL, said to make the service effective, BSNL would lay cables in 3,000 kms.“The work has been divided in two phases. Under the first phase, the BSNL would cover seven blocks out of the total 19 in two districts,” added Rajesh.He said that work in seven blocks would be completed by July and the work in Bhikhiwind and Naushera Pannuan blocks of Tarn Taran district had already been started.

SAVE BSNL, SAVE NATION – (2) – Compensation for loss making connections

26 Thursday Mar 2015

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At the time of the corporatisation of DOT services to BSNL in October 2000, the government gave three main assurances to ensure its financial viability. (1) Access Deficit Charges (ADC) will be collected from the private telecom companies and the same will be paid to BSNL (2) BSNL have to pay licence fee just like other telecom companies, but the same will be refunded to it and (3) There will be liberal support from the USO Fund for providing universal service (means providing telephone connections in the village and rural areas as part of the governments commitment to provide universal service).  It was also declared at the time of inauguration of BSNL by the then Communications Minister Ram Vilas Paswan that BSNL will be granted the status of Maharatna, which is above Mini Ratna and Navaratna status.

For a few years, ADC was collected and paid to BSNL. Later it was topped. In lieu of it an amount of Rs.1,500 crore was sanctioned and paid in 2011-12 and  an amount of Rs. 1,250 crore was allotted for 2012-13. But so far this latter amount is not paid to BSNL. ADC is completely stopped also.

In the same way, for a few years, the Licence Fee paid by BSNL was refunded. Now the refund is not given.

Though USO Fund was being paid to BSNL, it was far less than required. Approximately an amount of about Rs. 3,000 crore was being received by USOF from all the telecom companies together, but only about an amount of Rs. 200-300 was being paid to BSNL. The fund got accumulated to more than Rs.20,000 crore. Now all the companies are made eligible for USOF and BSNL is getting only a small portion.

With regard to grant of Maharatna, BSNL is granted only Mini Ratna, which in fact, is an insult to such a big company.

By going back from the assurances on financial viability and grant of Maharatna status, which gives more power to the PSU to take decisions etc., the government was making BSNL a loss making company. BSNL is in loss of about Rs. 10,000 crore for providing services in the interior and difficult areas. If the government fully compensate this loss, then the company will be in profit.

The Forum demands that the Government should honour its assurances and continue the support already assured at the time of the formation of BSNL. This is a major demand of the Forum included in the notice for Strike on 21-22 April 2015.

Meeting of the Forum on 25 March 2015

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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The meeting of the BSNL Unions and Associations held on 25th March 2015 at BSNLMS Office has reviewed the preparations for the strike and decided to hold state level conventions wherever it was not conducted and also to hold SSA level conventions at all places. Massive campaign should be organised for getting support from the people.

Appoint A Director from the Staff Side in the BSNL Board

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

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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.