Circle level Convention : News from SNEA

Circle level Convention of Karnataka circle held at Bangalore on 10.2.2015.

Circle level Convention of Kerala circle held at Thrissur on 11.2.2015.

Convention at Patna on 18.02.2015:

State Level Convention of Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations, Bihar Circle was held on 18.02.2015 at Patna for “SAVE BSNL-SAVE NATION” Campaign and about 800 comrades attended the Convention.

JTO to SDE promotion case : High Court of Kerala Updates

JTO to SDE promotion case in the Hon High Court of Kerala postponed to 26.02.2015 for final disposal after preliminary hearing today as the bench is not sitting today afternoon. 

Budget 2015: Telecom industry demands relaxation of spectrum trading and sharing norms

In an exclusive interaction, Vivek Sood, CEO, Uninor, talked about four key things the telecom industry is expecting from the Budget 2015-16, especially as an impetus which can aid the industry to partner with Government's Digital India mission

The telecom subscriber base in India reached 96.42 crore in Nov 2014, but a major chunk of it was attributed to the urban and semi-urban population. It is noted that 70 per cent Indians who live in rural areas have still not experienced effect telecom penetration.

Promotion and posting in the cadre of AE Arch on regular basis

Promotion and posting in the cadre of AE Arch on regular basis.....View Order copy.

Save BSNL, SAVE NATION: PARLIAMENT MARCH ON 25.02.2015 : SNEA

The Parliament march will start exactly at 11.00 am from BSNL CO, Janpath, New Delhi and end by 2 PM. So, all comrades are requested to reach BSNLCO by 10.30 am. CSs of all Circles to ensure that maximum number of comrades are participating in the March.

Landline Call Charges may come down, Free Calls may Use for all

Now a days we are all addicted to have wireless mobile technology, we don’t want to be tied at a single point, this makes mobile technology a big hit. This is fact and everybody will vote for it. But still at the bottom of your heart you may be expecting to have a wired broadband connection that too from BSNL. As BSNL Broadband Service is the cheapest and most reliable service provider across PAN India, along with the Broadband Service we do also have many more bundled free calls in all Limited and Unlimited Broadband Plans which was only for BSNL community at present.

BSNL to roll out 5G, WiFi services

BSNL will soon roll out high bandwidth WiFi services in select cities in the State by April, Chief General Manager, BSNL AP Circle, V. Srinivasan said here on Tuesday.

BSNL has tied up with US-based Quadgen, which is working with US telecom major service provider AT & T, for the purpose. It is also gearing up to launch 5G services in the State.

Telecom regulator reduces carriage charge by 30 paise

New Delhi, February 24:  

A day after reducing the termination charges, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reduced carriage charges to 35 paise from 65 paise earlier. This will make STD calls cheaper.

“The ceiling of 65 paise for carriage charge was fixed in 2006. Thereafter, many developments have taken place. New telecom service providers (TSPs) have entered the national long distance... Therefore, the Authority is of the view that there is a strong case to review the carriage charge,” TRAI said.

Cabinet note on hiving off BSNL’s tower assets shortly

Monetization of other passive infrastructure assets could assist the corporation raise Rs 10,000-15,000 crore
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has agreed state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL’s) plan to cream off its tower assets into an entirely owned subsidiary and is in the process of formulating a Cabinet note for the same.
The offer to this effect will be send to the Cabinet quickly for a final approval, a leading official from DoT said.