Jyotiraditya Scindia tasks BSNL to grow mobile service business by 50% next yearUnion Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has set ambitious growth targets for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. He wants a 50 percent increa...
29 Jul, 2025, 08.23 AM IST
Telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asks BSNL to make circle-level customer growth, biz plan for FY26Union Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has instructed BSNL to present circle-level customer growth and business strategies for the cur...
15 Apr, 2025, 09.10 PM IST
Subscribers return to private telcos amid BSNL's network challengesMobile users are switching back to private telcos like Airtel and Jio. BSNL gained subscribers after the July price hikes. However, its net...
11 Dec, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
Reliance Jio's new recharge plan comes at Rs 10 per dayReliance Jio, owned by Mukesh Ambani, has launched new recharge plans offering more value at lower prices. One notable plan provides 2GB da...
29 Sep, 2024, 04.11 PM IST
Route Mobile eyes two acquisitions to strengthen its offeringsThese acquisitions will be in areas of conversational artificial intelligence and virtual contact centre, Route Mobile chief executive said.
30 Nov, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
BSNL seeks 4G spectrum in lieu of equityThe acquisition of additional spectrum in the 2100 MHz band is critical for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) for all- India rollout of 4G se...
25 Dec, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
BSNL seeks 4G spectrum in lieu of equityBSNL currently has 5MHz spectrum in the 2100 MHz band that would be sufficient to get its 4G project rolling initially.
24 Dec, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
Telecom subscriber base crosses 1,198 million in AprilTotal wireless or mobile subscribers base increased by 0.38 per cent to 1,174.60 million in April from 1,170.18 million in March.
14 Jun, 2017, 01.57 AM IST
Airtel, Aircel, BSNL top chart of MNP violationsMobile number portability (MNP) service allows a customer to change his or her telecom operator while retaining the mobile number.
10 Aug, 2016, 06.43 PM IST
Revival talk at BSNL, but is it for real?Ravi Shankar Prasad, who would later relinquish the post of telecom minister in a cabinet reshuffle, said BSNL would report a Rs 2k cr oper...
02 Aug, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
BSNL cuts mobile call rates by 80% for new customersCustomers opting for Rs 37 scheme will be charged 10 paisa per minute for making local as well as STD calls within BSNL and 30 paisa per mi...
20 Dec, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
BSNL and MTNL lag behind private telecom companies in connection salesThe surge in mobile connections by private operators boosted national tele-density to 75.51% in May this year from 73.33% a year ago.
31 Jul, 2014, 04.17 AM IST
mCarbon eyes buys to enter new markets, boost revenueAccording to Razdan, mCarbon has a 30% market share of the Indian VAS industry, which the company aims to increase to 50% this fiscal year ...
23 Apr, 2014, 05.52 PM IST
BSNL targets Rs 1,600 cr revenue from tower biz in 5 yearsBSNL has set a target to garner Rs 1,600 crore in revenue in next five years from its telecom tower business, which its plans to hive off i...
22 Nov, 2012, 05.10 PM IST
- BSNL to hive off telecom business; to issue tender for consultant
BSNL is mulling hiving off its telecom tower infrastructure into a separate co and will float a tender this week for appointment of a consu...
20 Aug, 2012, 07.07 AM IST
- BSNL may pick up 15% stake in Essar's Kenya venture
State-owned telecom service provider BSNL plans to pick up a 10-15% stake in Essar Group’s Kenyan subsidiary as it looks to gain a foothold...
28 Jul, 2009, 12.27 AM IST
- Capture 30 pc marketshare by end of next year: Raja to BSNL
Communications and IT Minister A Raja today asked the state-run telecom operator to capture 30 per cent of the market by the end of next ye...
22 May, 2008, 07.46 PM IST