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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND BSNL
Government shows green signal to BSNL's Rs 3,567 crore project in naxal hit areasThe revised project cost is inclusive of all applicable taxes except octroi and local taxes, the documents showed.
Telecom secretary MF Farooqui pulls up BSNL for delay in armed forces network rolloutBSNL CMD RK Upadhyay assured Farooqui that the optic fibre gear procurements “for navy and army access would be finalised shortly”.
BSNL to roll out Rs 4,771 crore cable network for defenceA 60,000-km optic fibre network is at the heart of the 13,334-crore alternate communications backbone that BSNL will build for the army and...
BSNL asked to speed up Rs 13,000 crore network projectFarooqui directed BSNL to award the contracts "either in the 60:40 or 70:30 ratios", according to an internal telecom department note seen ...
BSNL may roll out mobile networks in Naxal areasThe home ministry is backing the proposal moved by the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body in the communications ministry.
- Ministry pulled up for payments to ITS officers without cabinet's nod
Last November, all senior executives of BSNL and MTNL belonging to the Indian Telecom Service (ITS) who wanted to return to the communicati...
- BSNL reluctant to expand in Maoist-hit areas
BSNL management believes investing in capital-intensive network rollout in naxalite pockets will further drain its finances.
- Defence ministry to check BSNL need for more optic-fibre funds
The Telecom Commission has asked the defence ministry to determine if state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is justified in seeki...
- BSNL's defence budget tele infra under lens
Saying it was not convinced with the logic offered by BSNL for such a steep hike in cost, the finance ministry had directed the communicati...
- BSNL's Rs 355-crore demand for alternate network rejected
The BSNL’s demand for additional funding of Rs 5,354.55 crore to build an alternate communcations network for the armed forces has been rej...
- BSNL stake sale: Telecom panel still undecided
The Telecom Commission met on Tuesday after new Communications Minister Kapil Sibal decided to get cracking on reviving ailing BSNL.
- EGoM wants 'interference' in 3G out
The EGoM had met on Tuesday to debate the communications ministry’s move to restrict the number of slots for private operators in the upcom...
- BSNL may get licence-fee relief to regain lost ground
State-owned telecom major BSNL may be exempted from sharing 6-10% of its annual revenues as licence fee levy with the government leading to...
- BSNL told to test networks supplied by China's Huawei
The communication ministry has warned state-owned telco BSNL that telecom networks supplied by Chinese equipment major Huawei must be teste...
- BSNL completes feasibility study for Haldia CLS
BSNL has completed the feasibility study for locating the country's fourth cable landing station (CLS) at Haldia in West Bengal.
- BSNL revives mega IPO plan, may divest 20%
In what could be the mother of all IPOs, BSNL is looking at divesting about 20% within the next 12 months. The week that was | Business wee...
- IT min seeks Telecom Commission’s nod for Rs 980cr network
The ministry of communications and IT has sought approval of the telecom commission (TC) for its Rs 980-crore project for laying of alterna...