BSNL's CMD Purwar denied extension, DoT officer Robert Ravi to get additional chargeGovernment has denied an extension to BSNL CMD P K Purwar, who has been in office since July 2019. The Department of Telecom may assign the...
13 Jul, 2024, 03.34 PM IST
Cabinet clears BSNL-BBNL merger, approves revival package worth Rs 1.64 lakh crThe government in April 2022 had announced that BBNL, the special purpose vehicle (SPV), formed to implement the ambitious BharatNet projec...
28 Jul, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
Govt plans to merge BBNL with BSNL this month: BSNL CMDWith the proposed merger, BSNL will get 5.67 lakh kilometer of optical fibre which has been laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats in the...
20 Mar, 2022, 04.13 PM IST
BSNL Employees Union urges CMD to hold regular interactions for company's revivalIn a letter to CMD PK Purwar,, the union said in mid-2016, BSNL management, under the then CMD Anupam Shrivastava showed inclination to inv...
09 Jan, 2021, 05.43 PM IST
MTNL soars 6% as board to seek nod for Rs 2,138.6 crore fund raisingThe government allowed MTNL to raise up to Rs 6,500 crore for a tenure of 10 years through sovereign guarantee bonds as part of its revival...
09 Dec, 2020, 09.57 AM IST
MTNL to seek shareholders' nod for raising Rs 2,138 cr through sovereign bondsThe government allowed MTNL to raise up to Rs 6,500 crore for a tenure of 10 years through sovereign guarantee bonds as part of its revival...
08 Dec, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
Nokia warns of sacking staff working on BSNL project over outstanding paymentsNokia said it has a large number of employees dedicated to BSNL projects and for the last four months it has been retaining them in an atte...
14 Aug, 2020, 07.48 AM IST
BSNL extends prepaid connection validity till May 5BSNL firmly stands beside its subscribers during this crisis period and we request the subscribers to 'Go Digital' for recharging their acc...
18 Apr, 2020, 10.57 PM IST
BSNL clears Rs 1,700 crore in dues to vendors; pays November salaries: CMDIn October this year, the government approved a Rs 69,000 crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL that includes merging the two loss-making...
30 Dec, 2019, 03.59 PM IST
BSNL CMD P K Purwar expects revival plan to be in place within a monthBSNL Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar also said that the salary of all employees will be paid before Diwali on October 23 and 24. ...
21 Oct, 2019, 08.22 PM IST
BSNL to roll out 4G services by the end of March 2020BSNL Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar said that BSNL should be able to launch 4G services by the end of this financial year. "The ...
21 Oct, 2019, 07.21 PM IST
BSNL, MTNL fail to pay July salary to 1.98 lakh employeesBSNL has 1.76 lakh employees across India while MTNL has around 22,000 employees.
01 Aug, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
Merger with BSNL desirable for strong pan-India play: MTNL CMDBSNL and MTNL had a market share of about 9 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base of 1.12 billion, as of December 31, as per telec...
16 Apr, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
Department of Telecom may recommend names for BSNL, MTNL chiefs by month endBoth the loss-making public sector entities have been operating under interim chairman-cum-managing directors since the middle of this year...
16 Dec, 2014, 01.51 PM IST
Telecom PSUs headless, key posts vacant for monthsChiefs of several entities, including CMDs of MTNL and BSNL, are yet to be appointed despite the posts lying vacant for months.
19 Aug, 2014, 12.17 PM IST
BSNL-MTNL in pact with ONGC to provide telecom services for 5 yearsONGC has entered into agreement with BSNL and MTNL as they are providing complete telecom solution based on latest available technology.
31 Jul, 2014, 10.39 PM IST
A N Rai given interim charge of BSNL CMDA N Rai Director (Enterprise) BSNL has assumed the additional charge of post of CMD, BSNL with effect from 01-07-2014 and until further ord...
01 Jul, 2014, 04.37 PM IST