No network in Nathula so jawans borrow phones from Chinese soldiers

The telecom revolution may have networked the length and breadth of the country but it hasn’t quite touched jawans at the China border at Nathula who are forced to borrow handsets from their Chinese counterparts on the other side of the fence to stay in touch with their families.

BSNL and MTNL strategies to improve financial performance

BSNL and MTNL and undertaking a number of steps to improve financial performance.

The number of telephone subscribers of BSNL and MTNL is increasing on year-by-year basis. However, the growth in case of BSNL & MTNL is less as compared to that of some private operators, according to Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology.

BSNL asks banks to acceptcheques for current bill amount

BSNL Chennai Telephones has asked banks and post offices to accept cheques from its subscribers for the current bill amount even if the bills generated by the newly-introduced Call Detail Record (CDR) system display a different total bill amount. 

BSNL Karnataka revises tariff plan

BSNL has revised the tariff of promotional offer “New Karnataka Mitra”  in Karnataka Circle.
The plan costs Rs 29 and applicable for both 2G and 3G. 2G SIM cost Rs 20 and 3G SIM costs Rs 59. Free talktime of 50 minutes of loal calls and 100 SMS will be available for 30 days to the user.
All calls will be charged at 1.2p/minute. Local SMS will be charged at 50 p/SMS, National SMS at 60p/SMS and ISD SMS at Rs 5/SMS.
This plan will be available in Karnataka up to 3rd July 2012.

MCX taps BSNL for network backbone

The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has tied up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), to offer nationwide leased line network to exchange members for quick and real time sharing of resources and data.

Decline in Subscribers of BSNL and MTNL

The number of telephone subscribers of BSNL and MTNL is increasing on year-by-year basis. However, the growth in case of BSNL & MTNL is less as compared to that of some private operators.

The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sh Milind Deora told Lok Sabha today that Department of Telecommunications (DoT) regularly reviews the performance of BSNL and MTNL to improve their financial health. Some of the steps taken by BSNL and MTNL to make them profitable are as follows:

Private telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Idea owe over Rs 550 crore to BSNL: Government

Private operators such as Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone owe over Rs 550 crore in Inter- connect Usage Charges (IUC) to state-owned BSNL, Parliament was informed today.

"While Bharti Airtel has outstanding dues of Rs 169.07 crore, Idea, Reliance Communications Ltd and Vodafone have dues of Rs 121.36 crore, Rs 101.63 crore and Rs 49.54 crore, respectively," Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.