The minister also asked BSNL to strive for new research and technology
If the price of 700-MHz reaches too high, BSNL might go for it in select few circles
The amount will be provided from universal service obligation fund
State-run telecom firm has asked the govt to provide Rs 2,000 crore to support rural wireline connections
Reliance Jio, has accused the existing players of not releasing sufficient ports on their networks
Agreement will help Vodafone expand its 2G network further, especially in rural areas and strengthens BSNL's network reach in urban areas
INFOMARK intends to provide BSNL with highly advanced and value-added mobile communication products
The state-run telecom major attempts to take Reliance Jio's 4G offer of Rs 50 per GB head-on
Project is conceived by the Home Ministry along with DOT to combat insurgency in the most-affected regions by left wing extremists
Joins incumbents to fight Jio effect, grow consumption
Other income helps firm post operating profit
At present, it offers unlimited night calling on any network in the country between 9 pm to 7 am as complimentary service
Plans to install 3,700 Wi-Fi hotspots during 2016-17 adding it has installed 2,526 hotspots till June 30
By allowing the benefit of merger of 50% DA/DR with basic pay
Prasad held a meeting with Chief Minister Raman Singh and BSNL officials at CM's official residence this afternoon
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, telecom subscriber base in April grew to 105.92 crore from 105.88 crore in March
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has placed an advance purchase order of Rs 1,245-crore with domestic telecom gear & fibre optic maker Himachal Futuristic Communications (HFCL) for building a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM)-based optical transmission backbone network for the armed forces. The entire scope of the contract is likely to be completed within 18 months in various phases.BSNL is managing the network for spectrum (NFS) project worth Rs 13,000 crore for defence services, in lieu of spectrum that the latter had vacated for auction of 3G services.There are four-five portions of the NFS project like the fibre-laying part, for which a contract had been awarded two years back and currently work is on. Then, there is the electronics part for the information technology network and DWDM portion for which HFCL has emerged as the lowest (L1) bidder.DWDM is a technology that increases capacity of a network, as it allows multiple information streams to be transmitted
In March, growth rate of BSNL was 1.79% against the industry average of 0.68%
Networks in Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi have already been upgraded with IP based technology
Under NGN, services available on mobile phones will also be provided on landlines under the brand name Wings