The comment assumes significance as distressed telecom PSUs Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) are saddled with massive debt and have faced problems in clearing staff salaries in the recent past.
The troubled PSUs have been seeking these three measures to stay afloat amid cut throat competition in the telecom sector.
Joining the tariff war with its latest offer, the state-run telecom service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) has decided to offer 2GB of 3G data per day and unlimited calling within its network for Rs
New Delhi: Chairman and Managing Director Narendra Kumar Yadav, MTNL, has put down papers. MNL reported in its BSE filing that for the time being Director (Finance) P K Purwar has been given the charge
New Delhi: Even as state-run BSNL and MTNL look at monetizing their realty assets, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the precondition of using the land for telecom infrastructure at time of allotment may
New Delhi: Government on Wednesday blamed the previous UPA regime for the "decline" in financial condition of BSNL and MTNL, saying the two state-run telecom companies were together suffering losses to the tune of Rs
New Delhi: Telecom users in the country crossed 104-crore mark with mobile service provider adding over 70 lakh new customers in January 2016, says a TRAI report. ”The number of telephone subscribers in India increased
New Delhi : The decision on merging state-run BSNL and MTNL will be taken in the next four-five months, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg said on Friday."BSNL, MTNL merger decision will be taken in four-five months
New Delhi: State-run MTNL has said Bharti Airtel's 'zero rating plan' and RCom's 'internet.org' scheme defeat the basic concept of net neutrality and such pacts should not be allowed as they affect economic interests of
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the state-run telecom operator, has introduced unlimited free local calling at night for its landline and broadband customers to any network.The new offer is effective Friday."MTNL has decided to introduce
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that fears of mobile towers being hazardous to health are not true, adding that reports from the World Health Organisation do not substantiate the claim.Replying
New Delhi: Five public sector undertakings (PSUs) will be closed down by the government, which has included some of the best known state-run enterprises like Air India, MTNL and Hindustan Shipyard, in the list of
New Delhi: State-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL will not participate in the upcoming spectrum auction, from which the government targets to raise over Rs 1 lakh crore.The chairmen and managing directors of the two
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious ‘Digital India' project got a major fillip after the state –owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to invest Rs 7,000 crore to offer free high –
New Delhi: Government has set a total expenditure target of Rs. 6,463.65 crore for telecom public sector units, including BSNL, MTNL, ITI, C-DoT and TCIL, this fiscal.“The provisioned amount will be part of fresh capital
New Delhi: State-owned telecom firms MTNL and BSNL are likely to launch new roaming plans from January 26 that will offer their subscribers free calls, sources said. "MTNL has plans to make roaming free for
New Delhi: The union cabinet Thursday approved refunding Rs.11,258.48 crore to MTNL and BSNL which the two state-run telecom firms had paid for fourth generation (4G) spectrum in the 2010 auction."BSNL will be refunded Rs.6,724.51
New Delhi: In a bid to enhance the revenues of BSNL and MTNL, the government has proposed that union ministries, public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies give preference to the services of the state-run telecom
New Delhi: State-owned telecom company MTNL plans to invest about Rs. 400 crore to increase 3G mobile Internet speed by up to six times, and enhance the coverage of 2G network."We have floated tender for
New Delhi, Mar 17: The government has asked CDMA telecom operators to pay one-time fee, amounting to about Rs. 3,033 crore, for the spectrum they hold beyond the initial frequencies that were allocated to them.In
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