The government has earlier said that till the completion of the merger, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) will operate as a subsidiary o...

Does merging solve the issue of competitiveness? GoI needs to ponder over this if it plans to stay in the biz.

One of the options entailed MTNL focusing on turnaround with support from the government and shareholders and seeking opportunities "to sel...

BSNL 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...

The Standing Committee on Information Technology last week had said: "On the plan for merger of BSNL and MTNL, the same would be taken to C...

The committee was formed to look into representation received by BJP MP Arvind Sawant regarding improvement in services provided by BSNL an...

MTNL rallied 20% in intraday trade on reports that the govt is planning to delist the stock before merging it with BSNL.

The department of telecommunication in September 2014 had set a deadline of July 31, 2015 for closing the merger of MTNL and BSNL.

DoT’s plans to deal with MTNL’s debt come at a time when the govt is weighing the pros and cons of delisting MTNL and merging it into unlis...

Department of telecom may first delist MTNL or list BSNL and finalise a merger swap ratio based on the valuation of the two state-run telcos

At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country, except Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL provides telecom services in these two zones.

In a presentation to PM Modi, seen by ET, DoT said it expects to "secure Cabinet approval for the proposed BSNL-MTNL merger by June 30 next...

In a presentation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seen by ET, DoT said it expects to “secure Cabinet approval for the proposed BSNL-MTNL m...

Telecom Minister A Raja on Monday virtually ruled out the BSNL-MTNL merger saying it is difficult due to lack of identical factor between t...

The proposed merger between BSNL and MTNL might have hit a roadblock, but both the companies are now planning to synergise their operations...

DoT has ruled out the possibility of merger between state-owned telcos BSNL and MTNL in the near future on the grounds that the move may fa...

The Centre is considering a new strategy for the merger of Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam.