Total debt on major telcos hits Rs 4.09 lakh crore in FY24; BSNL debt lowest at Rs 23,297 croreIndia's major telecom operators held a combined debt of Rs 4.09 lakh crore in FY24. BSNL, with the lowest debt at Rs 23,297 crore, benefite...
27 Nov, 2024, 05.39 PM IST
MTNL seeks Rs 1,151.65 cr for sovereign guarantee bonds interest this fiscalDebt-ridden state telecom firm MTNL has requested ₹1,151.65 crore for interest payments on sovereign guarantee bonds for the current fiscal...
01 Aug, 2024, 04.32 PM IST
BSNL FY24 Results: Losses narrow to Rs 5,371 croreState-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has reported on-year rise in its Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation o...
24 Jul, 2024, 04.30 PM IST
In 3rd revival push, BSNL gets 4G & 5G waves worth ₹89,000 croreTelecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that due to the revival measures taken by the government, BSNL has come out of the woods and has sta...
08 Jun, 2023, 01.34 PM IST
Cabinet approves Rs 89,000-crore revival plan for BSNLThe development follows the signing of a partnership pact between BSNL and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for the deployment of 4G network...
07 Jun, 2023, 09.19 PM IST
BSNL's road to revival challenging: AnalystsThe announcement of the revival package for ailing BSNL came at a time when private telecom players are close to launching next generation ...
17 Aug, 2022, 08.11 AM 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
BSNL LoI given to 5 local telecom firms for participation in 4G tender: MoS TelecomAccording to a BSNL notice issued in January, the company had proposed to test the quality of Indian telecom equipment before letting them ...
28 Jul, 2021, 08.02 PM IST
Government has no plan to close down BSNL, MTNL: DhotreThe revival plan includes reduction in employee costs through a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for the employees of age 50 years and abo...
03 Feb, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
BSNL employee unions call for nationwide hunger strike on Monday for delay in relief package"The All Unions and Associations of BSNL (AUAB) is organising a country-wide hunger strike on February 24, 2020. This hunger strike is bein...
23 Feb, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
BSNL, MTNL won't be closed, efforts being made to revive them: Govt in Rajya SabhaTelecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said as part of a revival plan for BSNL and MTNL, there will be optimal utilisation of land and other ...
06 Feb, 2020, 05.41 PM IST
Govt trying to revive BSNL, MTNL, make them professionalCommunications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Rajya Sabha that in order to revive the public sector units BSNL and MTNL, the VRS sch...
28 Nov, 2019, 08.53 PM IST
Will revive BSNL and make it profitable: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar PrasadLast month, the government approved a Rs 69,000 crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL that included merging the two loss-making firms, mo...
20 Nov, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
BSNL will launch 4g services in 6 months: Chairman Pravin Kumar PurwarAfter the cabinet approved a relief package last month, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has started on an ambitious revival programme. Chairman Pr...
09 Nov, 2019, 07.23 AM IST
BSNL, MTNL to be merged; Cabinet approves four-way revival planTelecom Minister Prasad said that government wants to make these companies more competitive.
23 Oct, 2019, 07.07 PM IST
Revival plan under government's active consideration: BSNLBSNL's loss is estimated to be around Rs 14,000 crore with a decline in revenue to Rs 19,308 crore during 2018-19.
10 Oct, 2019, 08.48 PM IST
PMO seeks clarity from high-level panel on revival of MTNL, BSNLThe direction has come after the finance ministry raised objections to a proposal moved by the telecom department (DoT) for reviving the tw...
02 Oct, 2019, 08.00 PM IST