Rs 8,900 cr in taxes pending against LIC, SBI, BSNL: Panel
Pulling up Revenue Department for its "inefficiency" in tax recovery, a Parliamentary panel has said that nearly Rs 8,900 crore is pending against just three public sector companies, LIC, SBI and BSNL.
Dec 11, 2014, 18:35 PM IST
BSNL, MTNL losses at Rs 3,785 cr & Rs 1,567 cr: Govt
The losses are on account of decline in revenue and increase in expenditure, Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Dec 03, 2014, 19:33 PM IST
BSNL launches mobile location tracking, security service
State-run telecom operator BSNL Thursday launched mobile security value added service that will allow its customers to track location of their lost mobile phones, remotely lock the device and erase data, among others.
Nov 27, 2014, 21:56 PM IST
DoT should take back 800 MHz band of BSNL, MTNL: TRAI
India`s telecom regulator Thursday reiterated its recommendation that the entire available spectrum with the department of telecom (DoT) in the CDMA or 800 MHz band should be put to auction, including unused part with BSNL and MTNL, an official statement said.
Nov 27, 2014, 19:53 PM IST
TRAI reiterates its proposals on spectrum auction
Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday said it stands by its proposals, including spectrum reserve price, taking back airwaves from BSNL, swapping 2100 MHz with defence forces and increasing supply of radiowaves.
Nov 24, 2014, 19:46 PM IST
Total telephone user base rose to 95.76 cr in September: TRAI
Telephone subscriber base in the country rose marginally in September to reach 95.76 crore, with a net addition of 57.7 lakh users during the month, sectoral regulator TRAI said today.
Nov 20, 2014, 20:16 PM IST
Indefinite strike by BSNL employees from Feb 3
BSNL had posted a loss of Rs 7,933 crore on net sales of Rs 25,655 crore during FY13, the latest year for which the numbers are available.
Nov 06, 2014, 18:28 PM IST
BSNL cuts call rates to Nepal by 35% as PMO raises issue
State-owned BSNL has reduced call rates to Nepal by about 35 percent as the Prime Minister's Office had raised the issue of high call charges to the neighbouring country with the Department of Telecom.
Oct 19, 2014, 18:27 PM IST
BSNL launches promotional offers for festive season
State-run BSNL is undertaking a host of promotional offers for the ongoing festive season including reducing video calls rates to the level of voice charges and giving full talk time on top-up recharges.
Oct 03, 2014, 18:31 PM IST
BSNL selects key areas as it prepares for Digital India
BSNL said it is focussing on key projects of NOFN, providing wi-fi hotspots, mobile wallet and mobile governance services as it prepares itself for Digital India.
Sep 26, 2014, 18:42 PM IST
BSNL, Micromax partner to drive data usage in India
Under the partnership, BSNL will bundle free data usage of up to 2GB per quarter for 12 months on smartphones.
Sep 16, 2014, 20:24 PM IST
Air India, BSNL in list as govt mulls closing loss-making state firms
On Tuesday, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth has called a meeting of top officials to consider what to do with the 10 firms that make the biggest losses. They had a combined net loss of 245 billion rupees ($4 billion) in 2012/13.
Sep 15, 2014, 23:05 PM IST
Telecom services witness some improvement in Kashmir
Telecom connectivity in the Kashmir valley has been partially restored with BSNL so far resuming 53 mobile towers in Srinagar city alone.
Sep 11, 2014, 21:23 PM IST
BSNL, MTNL merger likely by July next year
At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country, except Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL provides telecom services in these two zones.
Sep 07, 2014, 13:10 PM IST
Reliance Jio, BSNL sign tower sharing deal
Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) has signed a deal with state-owned telecom firm BSNL for leasing around 4,000 mobile towers.
Aug 26, 2014, 20:53 PM IST
BSNL gets Rs 6,234 crore demand notice from Income Tax Dept
The Income Tax Department has served a demand notice of Rs 6,234 crore to state-run BSNL for allegedly under reporting income in assessment year 2011-12.
Aug 22, 2014, 19:54 PM IST
BSNL loses over 21 lakh users in June
BSNL lost over 21 lakh wireless subscribers in June as the state-run telco cleaned up its base of non-active users.
Aug 20, 2014, 21:08 PM IST
DoT working on modalities of BSNL-MTNL merger
In a bid to revive BSNL and MTNL, Department of Telecom is working on modalities to merge the two state-run telecom companies and also undertake organisational restructuring.
Aug 17, 2014, 15:12 PM IST
Gross revenue of 22 telecom operators drop in Oct-Dec FY14
Gross revenue of 22 telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, RCom, BSNL and Tata Teleservices, declined in October-December quarter of 2013 compared to the previous quarter, government said on Monday.
Aug 11, 2014, 23:04 PM IST
Private telcos owe BSNL Rs 1,207 crore
State-owned telecom firm BSNL has Rs 1,206.65 crore dues against private operators, of which Rs 1,053.84 crore is under dispute, the government said today.
Aug 08, 2014, 15:55 PM IST
