Nokia to expand research and development centre in IndiaNokia plans to expand its R&D center in India, hiring locally and committing to skilling initiatives. BSNL partnered with Nokia, Ericsson, ...
11 Aug, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
BSNL rolls out one month 4G service plan offer for Re 1BSNL has launched the 'Freedom Plan,' offering a one-month 4G service trial for just Re 1 to attract more customers. This initiative celebr...
01 Aug, 2025, 08.34 PM IST
BSNL installs 50,708 4G sites; 41,957 sites on-air: MoS CommunicationsBSNL's 4G rollout is underway, with over 50,000 sites installed and nearly 42,000 operational as of October 31, 2024. The equipment used is...
28 Nov, 2024, 05.43 PM IST
BSNL Turnarounnd: Co making operating profit, added subscribers in last 3 months, says ScindiaBSNL, once struggling with debt, has shown a significant turnaround with a positive EBITDA in the past two years. It is steadily increasing...
23 Oct, 2024, 09.38 PM IST
Optiemus starts making telecom gear for TejasThe electronics manufacturer said it is making products such as 4G base band units, remote radio head, optical network terminals, broadband...
20 Aug, 2024, 03.30 PM IST
BSNL subscribers on rise, homegrown 4G network ready, says Jyotiraditya ScindiaUnion Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that BSNL's subscriber base is growing and that the government is advancing towards deploying...
03 Aug, 2024, 03.43 PM IST
BSNL FY24 Results: Losses narrow to Rs 5,371 croreState-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has reported on-year rise in its Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation o...
24 Jul, 2024, 04.30 PM IST
No plans to take over Vodafone Idea: GovernmentThe government became the largest stakeholder in Vi with 33.1% stake in February this year, when the telecom department converted the firm’...
13 Dec, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
BSNL to award Rs 1,000-crore contract to Nokia, homegrown vendors fumeState-run BSNL is likely to award a Rs 1,000-crore order to Nokia for optical transport network (OTN) equipment and deployment via a local ...
13 Nov, 2023, 07.07 PM IST
BSNL 4G tender for 1 lakh sites with GoM: VaishnawThe government has also reserved spectrum in the 600 MHz, 3300 MHz and 26 GHz bands for BSNL for providing 5G services, which would be prov...
15 Mar, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
No plans to privatise MTNL: Minister Devusinh ChauhanThe government approved the revival plan for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and MTNL in October 2019 in which an in-principle nod for ...
22 Jul, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
BSNL loses out state-funded initiatives to Airtel, Jio; seeks telecom department’s interventionIn a letter to telecom secretary K Rajaraman, BSNL chairman Pravin Kumar Purwar said, "BSNL is in the best position... It is requested that...
26 Mar, 2022, 06.33 AM IST
BSNL operations are stable now, says Chairman"BSNL is operationally-stable now, and can launch 4G services within six months...it's looking to place an initial 4G equipment order of 50...
19 Oct, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Vaishnaw, DoT secretary make 1st test call on indigenously developed 4G tech"Made first call over Indian 4G network of BSNL (Designed and Made in India). PM @narendramodi Ji's vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat taking sh...
10 Oct, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Domestic companies cry foul over bids invited for 1,900-kilometre submarine cable system"It is imperative for the Indian government to enable and empower domestic companies in submarine cable systems in line with Atmanirbhar Bh...
23 Mar, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Government's Atmanirbhar Bharat call faces a challenge from one of its own- BSNLIn a recent meeting, BSNL’s leadership has also told the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) it must not be mandated in isolation to buy...
03 Dec, 2020, 12.52 PM IST
View: India's goal of being Atmanirbhar will require a pound of fleshAs part of its atmanirbhar strategy the government wants domestic producers and vendors to supply 4G equipment, and hence it is nudging BSN...
29 Nov, 2020, 12.44 PM IST