BSNL’s rural broadband pilot to be extended to 5 lakh homes amid strong demandThe government is utilising BharatNet optical fibre network in collaboration with BSNL to provide the connections. “Such kind of arrangemen...
16 Mar, 2023, 05.26 PM IST
- BSNL may get subsidy or allowed to exit from loss-making operations
Loss-making BSNL may get financial compensation for maintaining unremunerative services, like its offerings in rural areas as part of the U...
30 Oct, 2011, 11.10 AM IST
- Government to stop BSNL's Rs 2000 cr USOF subsidy
State-owned BSNL’s rural landline operations could soon bite the dust as the government is about to freeze the Rs 2,000-crore annual subsid...
01 Sep, 2011, 04.32 AM IST
- BSNL offers broadband at Rs 99 in rural areas
State-run BSNL today said it will offer broadband at a monthly fixed charge of Rs 99 in rural areas.
18 Jun, 2010, 09.47 PM IST
- BSNL launches WiMAX services
The state-owned telecom major BSNL on Sunday became the first company in the country to start wireless broadband services and announced a t...
13 Dec, 2009, 06.29 PM IST
- BSNL to set up 30,000 broadband kiosks in 2 yrs
State-run BSNL will set up 30,000 broadband kiosks in rural and remote areas in the next two years on a franchisee basis.
02 Nov, 2009, 07.21 PM IST
- HCL, BSNL ink deal to offer low-cost PCs in villages
IT company HCL Infosystems today announced entering into partnership with state-run telcom operator BSNL for offering low-cost broadband-en...
16 Sep, 2009, 09.00 PM IST
- BSNL launches Nova Net PC in Bihar
BSNL launched multi-featured computing service Nova net PC which can be used for accessing internet and computing.
01 Sep, 2009, 03.50 PM IST
- Do away with levies on broadband for rural India: Eco survey
To bridge the rural-urban digital divide, the Economic Survey 2008-09 suggested the government to do away with annual licence fee and other...
02 Jul, 2009, 03.24 PM IST
- BSNL targets 7.5 million broadband subscribers in FY'10
BSNL said that it is targeting to have 7.5 million broadband subscribers in the current fiscal, banking on the demand opportunities from th...
15 May, 2009, 03.30 PM IST
- DoT invites bids to set up broadband infrastructure in rural areas
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has invited bids from the private telecom operators to set up wireless broadband infrastruture in rural and...
05 Mar, 2009, 08.59 PM IST
- DoT ties up with BSNL for rural telephony
The Department of Telecom has inked an agreement with BSNL to provide 8.61 lakh connections to individual users and government Institutions...
10 Feb, 2009, 11.02 PM IST
- Nokia Siemens Networks bags broadband contract from BSNL
Nokia Siemens Networks, which had earlier bagged a greenfield rural tender from BSNL to deploy broadband access across 7,000 villages, has ...
01 Apr, 2008, 12.40 AM IST
- Nokia Siemens bags BSNL village contract
The two-year agreement includes supply, installation and commissioning, training and annual maintenance.
12 Oct, 2007, 01.00 AM IST
- BSNL clicks on rural broadband project
Siemens, Ericsson & ZTE among shortlisted vendors for Phase I of Rs 4,000-cr project.
17 Aug, 2007, 02.15 AM IST
- Govt targets 500 mn telephone connections by 2010
With the target of 250 million phones looking achievable ahead of this year's December deadline, the government is planning to have 500 mil...
25 Apr, 2007, 03.30 PM IST
- BSNL plans to increase its broadband network
India's largest telecom operator BSNL will invest about Rs 2,000 crore to augment its broadband infrastructure in urban and rural areas.
21 Dec, 2006, 02.55 PM IST