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
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
Congress govt bled BSNL to 'death almost'; we are reviving it: Nirmala Sitharaman"BSNL is a part of our strategic asset... we are giving (the company) money to buy 4G spectrum and become competitive," she said while inte...
08 Feb, 2022, 11.15 PM 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
Govt committed to revival of BSNL: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadThe minister said the central government wanted the revival of the BSNL for public service and fairness. He said 74 per cent of the BSNL re...
18 Mar, 2020, 02.53 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
1300 BSNL staff from Assam circle opt for VRSIn a statement, BSNL said that “VRS has been implemented all over India as part of the revival plan. Across the country, 1800 employees opt...
07 Feb, 2020, 07.14 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
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
Department of Telecommunications considering BSNL revivalDigital Communications Commission, formerly Telecom Commission, is the highest decision-making body of the government in the telecom sector.
15 Feb, 2019, 08.50 AM IST
No plan to disinvest in BSNL, MTNL: GovernmentGovernment today said there is no proposal to disinvest stake in BSNL and MTNL as part of their revival strategy.
02 Dec, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi meets Ravi Shankar Prasad on BSNL revivalPrime Minister Narendra Modi met Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad to deliberate on the revival strategy of state-run BSNL a couple of d...
17 Jun, 2015, 04.49 PM IST