Centre likely to achieve ₹1.2 lakh crore revenue target from telecom sectorThe government is expected to achieve its revenue target of ₹1.2 lakh crore from the telecom sector in the next financial year, even withou...
02 Feb, 2024, 11.58 PM IST
BSNL AGR dues payment: DoT seeks ₹33.1k cr"The increased amount is towards the payment of AGR dues to BSNL, which is a part of its revival package. The Department had proposed an am...
22 Mar, 2023, 12.59 AM IST
DoT seeks Rs 33,111 cr for BSNL AGR dues, expects PSU to become profitable by FY 2027"The increased amount is towards the payment of AGR Dues to BSNL, which is a part of its revival package. The Department had proposed an am...
21 Mar, 2023, 10.15 PM IST
BSNL to use Rs 53,000 cr for 4G, 5G roll out, revamping landlines: Ashwini VaishnawThe government has revised the revenue estimate to Rs 68,784 crore for the current fiscal from the earlier projection of Rs 52,806 crore in...
01 Feb, 2023, 09.33 PM IST
DoT set to beat FY23 telecom revenue targetThe mop up can be made possible because of Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), which will pay around ₹30,000 crore to the Department of Telecommun...
26 Sep, 2022, 10.03 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
Trai recommendation on 5G spectrum by March, service roll out this year: Telecom MinisterThe minister said the the Department of Telecom is parallelly working on other auction-related process to start the spectrum auction at the...
01 Feb, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Govt to infuse Rs 44,720 cr into BSNL in 2022-23; Rs 3,300 cr for Voluntary Retirement SchemeThe financial support for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) includes the implementation of the scheme at both BSNL and MTNL. The suppor...
01 Feb, 2022, 05.41 PM IST
Telecom PSUs to invest Rs 16,815 crore in 2016-17Loss-making PSU MTNL will spend Rs 649.03 crore and Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) will invest Rs 100 crore, according to the...
01 Mar, 2016, 08.32 PM IST
Budget 2016: Government allocates Rs 18,413 crore to Department of TelecomMTNL surrendered 5 Mhz of CDMA spectrum that was put up for auction in Delhi and Mumbai and BSNL in around 8-10 telecom service area.
29 Feb, 2016, 08.15 PM IST
Govt allocates Rs 18,413 crore to Department of TelecomGovernment has allocated Rs 18,413.87 crore to the Department of Telecom to take up projects like network for defence spectrum and for refu...
29 Feb, 2016, 07.27 PM IST
Only 2 firms bid for telecom network project in naxal-hit areasAbsence of mobile services has made it tough for the security forces to operate and get timely help in critical situations, leading to loss...
09 May, 2014, 05.46 PM IST
- BSNL's Rs 355-crore demand for alternate network rejected
The BSNL’s demand for additional funding of Rs 5,354.55 crore to build an alternate communcations network for the armed forces has been rej...
15 Dec, 2010, 04.52 AM IST
- BSNL seeks 5k cr more to build defence network
BSNL has overshot its budget for building an alternate communication networks for the armed forces by a huge 50%.
07 Dec, 2010, 05.32 AM IST
- BSNL seeks Rs 15,873-cr aid for loss-making rural operations
State-run BSNL has written to the Telecom Ministry requesting a compensation of Rs 15,873 crore per annum from the USO Fund for its loss-ma...
11 Jul, 2010, 12.59 PM IST
- Govt may spell out BSNL listing plan in Budget
The government is likely to announce BSNL’s proposed listing in the upcoming Budget.
24 Jun, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
- Government may announce BSNL listing in the Budget
The government is likely to announce BSNL's proposed listing in the upcoming Budget, a top official in the communications ministry told ET ...
23 Jun, 2009, 09.06 PM IST