Debt-ridden state-owned telecom operator MTNL has failed to make interest payments of sovereign guarantee-backed Rs 6,100 crore bonds as pe...

The government is considering bailout plans for MTNL and RINL, with discussions involving the finance ministry. A committee will decide on ...

“Since MTNL is a listed company, the process takes time. The transaction advisor will have to go through the process related to the merger ...

Vodafone Idea's shareholders would be heavily diluted since the debt owed to the government is six times the (telco’s) current market-cap, ...

The group of ministers (GoM) has also approved the sale of 6,000 square metres of BSNL land in Noida to Central Board of Secondary Educatio...

The government last month had approved a Rs 69,000-crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL. It includes an infusion of Rs 20,140 cre capita...

Proceeds of the sovereign bonds issue will be used to restructure debt and meet other expenses.

The state-owned corporation is seeking 4G radiowaves in both Delhi and Mumbai service areas where it operates.

In September last, DoT constituted an internal panel to carve out a future path for the debt-laden Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL).

BSNL and MTNL had a market share of about 9 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base of 1.12 billion, as of December 31, as per telec...

The Standing Committee on Information Technology last week had said: "On the plan for merger of BSNL and MTNL, the same would be taken to C...

BSNL is keen on picking up mobile operations of MTNL in Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad, where it is already offering landline and broadband s...

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a written reply to Lok Sabha said that BSNL's debt is mainly due to its capital expenditure require...

Department of telecom may first delist MTNL or list BSNL and finalise a merger swap ratio based on the valuation of the two state-run telcos

At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country, except Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL provides telecom services in these two zones.

It was Rs 12,983 crore as of March 31, 2012, Parliament was informed today. For BSNL, it was Rs 3,335 crore, and MTNL — Rs 9,648 crore.

MTNL has prepared a detailed roadmap, which suggests lowering of debt burden and annual investment of Rs 500 crore among other things, to m...