BSNL launches landline phones with video call facilityState-run BSNL, in partnership with SIS Infosystems, today launched telephones with video calling facility which will primarily be used to ...
- PCOs to get a new lease of life with 3G: Ericsson
The firm has started a pilot project to demonstrate that PCO owners could use 3G services to offer video calling to its customers, who are ...
- Mobile boom spells the end of PCOs
Data on the number of BSNL PCOs operating in the country show that their numbers are falling sharply not just in the four metros, but also ...
- Karnataka IT minister unveils ePCO
Karnataka's first "ePCO", offering multiple online services such as e-ticketing, was on Monday inaugurated by Information Technology Minist...
- DoT to serve notice and may impose penalty on erring cos
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is set to issue showcause notices and may also impose a penalty on several operators, including state-owned...
- BSNL provides phones in 13054 villages
To encourage rural telecommunication, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has installed telephones in all the 13,054 inhabited villag...
- Major telcos report negative growth in PCO numbers
For BSNL, surrenders have outnumbered new additions by 32,182, for quarter-ended Sept '07. Same is the case with Bharti Airtel and MTNL. Ma...
- BSNL introduces landline pre-paid scheme in 3 N-E states
State-owned BSNL has introduced landline pre-paid telephone services in three North-Eastern states of Tripura, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
- Fewer PCOs taking PSU telco calls
The yellow and black brand ambassadors of BSNL and MTNL are losing out to the fancier PCO booths.
- PCOs come calling again, grow 52%
With rural penetration being a meagre 2%, there’s enough room for further growth of this segment.
- PCOs come calling again, grow 52% a yr
“I’m calling from a PCO.” This line from another age that had lost resonance ever since the cellphone got wired to public consciousness.
- Postal department, BSNL to set up ATMs in rural areas
The Department of Posts (DoP) and the government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) will jointly put ATMs in rural areas across the country.
- BSNL reduces local and STD rates at PCOs
BSNL on Tuesday announced that it has “rationalised” call charges for its Public Call Offices (PCOs). The tariffs for local calls will now ...
- BSNL cuts local, STD call charges from its PCOs
State-owned BSNL has rationalized the call charges from its Public Call Office booths under which local and intra-circle calls to any netwo...
- Private players zip past BSNL in PCO segment
Contrary to fears that India’s explosive mobile growth will spell the death knell for the neighbourhood Public Call Office (PCO), this segm...
- Hutch to add FWP, PCOs to portfolio
The company will soon hook up residences, small and medium enterprises and public call offices.
- Call Forward: Pvt telcos cut into BSNL's PCO turf
Private telecom players have made massive inroads into the PCO business, which has for long been dominated by state-owed BSNL.