The comment assumes significance as loss-making telecom PSUs MTNL and BSNL are saddled with massive debt and have faced problems in clearin...

BSNL has already cleared 90 per cent of its power dues and is expected to clear the rest in the next 15-20 days.

Replying to supplementaries in the Lok Sabha, Union minister Manoj Sinha said the government is also considering equipping MTNL and BSNL to...

"At present, there is no proposal for merger of BSNL and MTNL," Sinha said in the Lok Sabha on revival of both the PSUs.

A household telephony brand in the 90s and early 2000, MTNL's revenue and profitability has come under tremendous pressure with intensified...

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...

MTNL 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.

Government has allocated Rs 18,413.87 crore to the Department of Telecom to take up projects like network for defence spectrum and for refu...

Ravi Shankar Prasad also cited the turnaround at another state-run telecom firm BSNL, which posted an operating profit after many years.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) had asked IIM Bangalore to prepare a feasibility report on merger of state-run BSNL and MTNL.

The list of sick PSUs include MTNL, Air India and Hindustan Shipyard. The five PSUs to be closed down include three HMT units, Geete had sa...

Lok Sabha that government is in process of revival of BSNL and MTNL through various short term, medium term and long term measures.

The losses are on account of decline in revenue and increase in expenditure, Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

MTNL has already made this payment of MAT, amounting to Rs 492 cr, & sought relief from govt, which holds 56.25% stake in this publicly lis...

The govt approved a DoT proposal for providing one-time financial support to MTNL for meeting liabilities arising from levy of minimum alte...

BSNL and MTNL had submitted a proposal duly approved by their respective boards to seek financial support from the govt for implementation ...

State-owned telco MTNL invited bids from global players to set up and run its WiMax operations in Delhi and Mumbai on a franchisee basis fo...