Meeting with GM(Pers) : JTO to SDE Promotions

Meeting with GM(Pers): GS, AGS Com Arvind Dahiya and Com Sanjeev Sharma, CS/UP(W) Circle met GM(Pers) on 19.05.2015 and held discussions on the following issues.
a) Filing of reply in the Hon Kerala HC on JTO to SDE case and a separate MA for early hearing. GS informed the new GM(Pers) that the issue is badly delayed and the Hon HC reopened on 18.05.2015 after vacassion. The informations sought by Hon HC yet to be filed. Since the interim direction was extended for another 3 months on 06.04.2015, a separate MA has to be filed for early hearing. GM(Pers) assured that he will speak to CGM and take necessary action.

Contempt case at Hon Delhi High Court on ITS deputation

Contempt case at Hon Delhi High Court on ITS deputation:
The case was listed for hearing today. In the contempt matter, DoT submitted an undertaking to the Hon Court to correct its earlier order and implementing the judgment in a phased manner. Full details of the submission will be received by evening from our lawyer.

Meeting with Sri Anupam Shrivastava, CMD, BSNL on 19.05.15

GS, CHQ President and GS/BSNLEU met CMD BSNL and held discussions. DIR(HR) was also present. During discussion CMD appealed to capitalise the recent free call facility offered to the landline customers. Large number of waiting list is generated at field units as a result of the offer. Special efforts may be taken to provide maximum connections and strategies has to be workedout at each SSA and Circle level with frequent interaction between SSA/Circle Heads and Forum leaders, CMD suggested.

Now, you can dial STD numbers without 0 or +91

Mobile phone and landline users can now dial STD numbers without using 0 or +91 as a prefix following the implementation of an order by the department of telecom (DoT) by leading telecom companies.
The move constitutes a major step towards achieving full mobile number portability (MNP). Many leading telecom service providers have started implementing the service while others are putting in place the requisite technology and carrying out trial runs.

BSNL Roaming Tariff Plans in Uttar Pradesh

We update our blog on regular basis, Here is BSNL Roaming tariff plans of BSNL for Uttar Pradesh and last updated on 19-May-2015

BSNL Starts Free WiFi At Konark Sun Temple From 21st May

Starting tomorrow, visitors to the 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha, would get free WiFi service. State run operator BSNL is offering this service and all the required infrastructure are in place, highly placed sources in the company said.

“Installation of WiFi is complete since a week but I can’t say if its going live tomorrow,” BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava told TeleAnalysis.

eGovWatch:13K gram panchayats in Andhra Pradesh to enjoy free service by 2019

About 12,909 gram panchayats, 46,000 government offices, educational institutions and hospitals are slated to receive free wifi over the next three years through the Optic Fibre Grid being set up in Andhra Pradesh.
By Sreenivas Janyala
Information Technology advisor to AP Government, J Satyanarayana said that the project will cost Rs 4,660 crores of which the Centre will provide Rs 3,840 crores as part of the National Optic Fibre Network, and the state government will allot Rs 820 crores. While the work on the optic fibre grid will officially start on October 22 on Dasara, some 55,000 kms of optic fibre cable has been prepared using Geographical Information System (GIS).
“Our aim is to provide free wifi connectivity to all villages, educational institutions, hospitals along with 46,000 government institutions,” Satyanarayana said. At least 1.20 crore households in AP will also be provided 15 to 20 Mbps internet connections for under Rs 200 per connection per month by the end of 2018, according to IT Minister P Raghunath Reddy.
The grid will have two main rings covering 2,491 kms across the 13 districts in the state. The project envisages connecting to all gram panchayats from mandal headquarters which are already connected through the BSNL network. Horizontal connectivity from gram panchayats to schools and other educational institutions, primary health centres and government offices will be given through wifi.
The government has already issued right of way orders and a pilot project is going on in Parwada Mandal of Vizag district where villages under 17 gram panchayats are being linked with wifi.
The Power Grid Corporation Ltd is the executing agency while Bharat Broadband Network Limited, the special purpose vehicle created by Government of India, will establish, manage and operate the grid under the National Optical Fibre Network. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu asked collectors to monitor the progress of work in their respective districts.
The CM set a deadline of three years for the completion of grid in the state after it is launched this Dasara, adding that the fibre grid must be put to full utilization in sectors like education, medicine, e-governance, agriculture, rural development, e-commerce.
The fibre optic grid is one of the five grids being established by the AP Government; the four others are Water Grid, Gas Grid, Power Grid, and Road Grid.
Officials said that the internet connectivity in every nook and corner of the state will help in improving citizen services, improve digital literacy and skill development, and help in good governance besides enable IT Enabled Services to set up BPOs or call centres in rural areas.
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BSNL का तोहफा, अगले रिचार्ज पर जुड़ेगा पिछला डाटा

नई दिल्‍ली। बीएसएनएल प्रीपेड मोबाइल उपभोक्ताओं के लिए एक अच्‍छी खबर है। बीएसएनएल ने प्रीपेड 2जी व 3जी डाटा एसटीवी का बचा डाटा अगले रिचार्ज पर स्‍वत: जुड़ जाने की सुविधा शुरू की है।

इस सुविधा के शुरू होने के बाद बीएसएनएल उपभोक्‍ताओं को डाटा सेवाओं के इस्‍तेमाल में और अधिक सहूलियत होगी। इससे पहले बीएसएनएल ने हाल ही में एसटीवी (स्‍पेशल टैरिफ वाउचर)-68 बाजार में पेश किया था, जिसमें 68 रुपए में 10 दिन की वैधता के साथ 1जीबी डाटा उपलब्‍ध कराया जा रहा है।

BSNL customers to get unused mobile data on next recharge

NEW DELHI: Subscribers of BSNL's pre-paid 2G and 3G services will get unused mobile Internet data added to their plans when they go for next recharge.

This facility has been available on BSNL network for both 2G and 3G mobile Internet plans but the same was stopped in February, the company said in a statement.

"This new facility will be applicable for all the GSM 2G and 3G pre-paid mobile customers of all BSNL circles across India," the statement said.

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BSNL – Utilise the Works Committees effectively and positively

At last, the BSNL Management has issued strict instructions to hold the Works Committees in all SSAs without fail. Reports have been called for about whether such committees have already been formed and whether such meetings are taking place etc. The Staff Side, National Council has been demanding the holding of the Works Committees for a very long time. The order has come now, though delayed.

Broadband market share of Indian telecoms in March 2015

Airtel is leading the broadband — wired and wireless — market in India in March 2015.

The broadband market share of Bharti Airtel is 22.19 percent, while Vodafone has 19.53 percent. The state-run BSNL has 19.03 percent share in March 2015, said TRAI last week.

Idea Cellular’s broadband market share was 14.64 percent, while Reliance Communications has 8.01 percent.

BSNL is Coming Back to Profits by 2018 with New Strategies

BSNL is Coming Back to Profits by 2018, Yes, whatever you have read is correct. BSNL is targeted to taste the profits again with new strategies. BSNL is going to be one of the most prestigious and profit making company among other PSU’s and other telecom service providers.
After taking over as CMD by Shri Anupam Srivastava, he is clear what he has to do, what are all the strengths and weakness of the company. How to manage the Weakness and turn them in to success stories and how to make best usage of the strengths to gain the and make BSNL a model, rather than BSNL following other profit making models.

BSNL Centrex - Landline Free Calling at any Time , New Tariff

BSNL Centrex is a communication service which is available at centrally in an organization, integrates many landline telephone numbers into a single functional group with many features having free calling at any time in that landline group with out any extra equipment with new tariff at lowest rates.

As we all know, BSNL is upgrading its technology to Next Generation Network(NGN), just in few days, BSNL NGN is going to be commissioned in major locations. After commissioning of NGN, BSNL subscribers will avail new released tariff for Intra and Inter circle Centrex facility in BSNL Landline / Broadband Services.

TRAI to wait for SC order before implementing tariff orders for commercial subscribers

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has decided to wait for the verdict of Supreme Court to make further amendments to its tariff orders for commercial subscribers issued on 1^st October 2014 and 21^st July 2010. These tariff orders were stayed by Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT) on 9^th March 2015.

NEW DELHI: At a time when the government is working on programmes like Digital India, there has been an increase of a meager 1.88 per cent in the number of broadband subscribers between February and March this year.
According to a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report, the number rose from 97.37 million at the end of February to 99.20 million.

As in previous months, the largest increase was in the mobile devices users (phones and dongles) segment from 81.48 million to 83.24 million, showing an increase of 2.17 per cent.

BSNL Extends Its Free Call Scheme

The government will disclose in advance the roadmap for spectrum auction in future, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.

“First and foremost message which I want to convey to the industry here today is that spectrum auction in future should also be conducted in a fair, reasonable and timely manner so that the industry does not have any cause for uncertainty and ambiguity … the roadmap will be well disclosed to you in advance so you can prepare yourself,” Prasad said during a Digital Bharat event organised by Ficci.

Scrap the USO fund : But first get back the money diverted from it

Given how just R24,900 crore of the R58,600 crore collected by the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) between FY02 and FY14 has been disbursed to telecom operators, it is time to take a serious call on its future. Indeed, even this number is not representative since around R6,950 crore of this was reimbursement of licence fee and spectrum charges to BSNL which should not strictly have been made from the USOF. When it was started, the USOF had a noble objective, to use part of the revenues of telcos in urban areas to rollout networks and services in rural areas.

BSNL Unlimited Free Calling now allows for all Combo Broadband Users w.e.f. 01/06/2015

In view of grand success for newly launched BSNL Unlimited Free Calling offer from Landline, our telecom giant continuously allowing the landline and broadband customers to enjoy the free calling according with their technical feasibility, now it’s the time for old combo broadband users also.
On launching this new BSNL Unlimited Free Calling offer, PSU allows only individual Landline customers to avail this facility, after that majority of common BSNL Broadband customers(present BSNL Broadband Plans) will also be allowed, and recently fiber to home customers who are using broadband and voice only facility will also be allowed to avail this bonanza offer.

TRAI Report Card March 2015: BSNL pushed to third position behind Airtel & Vodafone in Broadband (Wired+ Wireless) Segment

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the latest telecom subscription data as on 31st March 2015. As per this report, the number of broadband subscribers increased from 97.37 Million at the end of February 2015 to 99.20 million at the end of March 2015 with monthly growth rate of 1.88%.

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State run PSU, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was pushed to third position in Broadband segment (Wired + Wireless) with a market share of 19.03%. Airtel holds the No.1 position with 22.19% market share and Vodafone at second position with 19.53% market share as on 31st March 2015.

Telecom subscriber base near 1 billion mark, Tele-density increases to 79%

Indian telecom subscriber base is one step away from breaching 1 billion mark with 996.49 million subscribers at the end of March 2015. Total telephone connections in the country witness a monthly growth of 0.93% in March 2015.

Govt plans fresh investment in BSNL, MTNL: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology (IT) Ravi Shankar Prasad has told the Rajya Sabha that the government plans to invest Rs 39,758 crore for the restoration of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) over the next five years.
"These two companies are faced with declining revenues from loss of market share; increasing expenditure and inability to invest in expansion of communications network.

BSNL, MTNL merger likely by July

The much-awaited merger of telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, is likely to take place by July next year as the two companies look at synergising operations by offering services as a single entity.
At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country, except Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL provides telecom services in these two zones.
"The deadline of June-July 2015 has not been officially commissioned to the organisation but the merger is likely to take place in the time frame," BSNL Director (consumer mobility) Anupam Shrivastava told PTI.

BSNL to make profits by '18-19 with focus on data services: Anupam Shrivastava

Anupam Shrivastava, the new chairman and managing director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), has his hands full within weeks of taking over. In an interview with Mansi Taneja, he talks about an investment plan of Rs 39,000 crore over the next five years to expand BSNL's core network and reviving the public sector undertaking in the next three years. Edited Excerpts:
BSNL has been making losses and performance has dipped on other fronts. What is your immediate priority?
BSNL has been making losses mainly because of depreciation of assets and administrative costs, which account for 55 per cent of our revenue. However, we are meeting operational needs through our topline. With a topline of Rs 28,000 crore and debt of Rs 4,500 crore, the situation is not that bad. The first priority is to change the direction of the company in such a way that losses are reduced year after year and there is enough compensation on depreciating assets.

There is no plan to divest stake in BSNL, Air India: Govt

Government today said it has no plan to divest its stake in ailing state-run telecom firm BSNL and national carrier Air India, which have been incurring huge losses.
"At this time, there is no proposal to disinvest BSNL and Air India," Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

No works at DoT without advance payment: BSNL to staff

According to BSNL employee union representatives, unpaid bills for services rendered are said to be over Rs 300 crore

State-owned telecom firm BSNL has directed its circle heads not to carry out works at Department of Telecom offices in their regions without advance payments or prior permission from the head office here.
"It is hereby directed not to carry out any work on behalf of DoT without receipt of written sanctions from DoT and without advance payment for carrying out such work," according to an internal letter issued from BSNL corporate office last week to circle heads.

Roadmap for future auctions will be disclosed in advance: Govt

The government will disclose in advance the roadmap for spectrum auction in future, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.

"First and foremost message which I want to convey to the industry here today is that spectrum auction in future should also be conducted in a fair, reasonable and timely manner so that the industry does not have any cause for uncertainty and ambiguity ... The roadmap will be well disclosed to you in advance so you can prepare yourself," Prasad said during a Digital Bharat event organised by Ficci.

BSNL provides 93.24 million Telephone connections as of March 2015

BSNL released a few figures delineating its market share and tele-density in the country for the first quarter of the year. Out of the total telephone connections of 996.1 million as of March 31^st, 2015, 93.24 million telephone connections are provided by BSNL.

Prasad assures industry that policy roadmap will be disclosed

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday assured the industry that policy roadmap will be disclosed to them in advance to help plan better.

The Minister said the spectrum auctions held in March this year were a test for him as he worked to introduce good governance and transparency.

While speaking at an event organised by industry body FICCI, the Minister said, “I want to convey to the industry that auction of spectrum in the future too would be conducted in a timely, fair and transparent way so that there is no cause for uncertainty and ambiguity.”

BSNL had stopped unused data carry forward option back in February 2015, now it seems BSNL open up their mind to provide better service in Mobile arena to be in competition with private Teleco's. As from the sources BSNL has resumes the unused data carry forward across the Country.

This facility will be available to BSNL customers in all four zones across the Country, Now as per the latest decision, accumulation of unutilized data and data carry forward facility shall be allowed to all customers of BSNL Prepaid Mobile Services across India. This customer friendly decision will directly help a large number of prepaid 3G/2G Data customers of BSNL.

The next Mr Khullar : A less assertive Trai chief won’t help govt either

Before the government appoints a new Trai chief, it would do well to ask itself if the Trai process is working. And it will have to admit, it is not. This has nothing to do with Rahul Khullar’s combative personality and his willingness to tell the government where it is going wrong.

The issue is a more deep-seated one. The Trai chief gave a recommendation on spectrum auctions, but the government chose to ignore it; and there were several others that fell in this category, and not just with this Trai chief. In the case of net neutrality and licensing of voice-OTTs like Skype, while Khullar did not get the time to give his recommendations—the consultation process ended just shortly before his tenure will—he has made his views on the matter clear, both through the consultation paper as well as through various media interviews.

BSNL’s unlimited free call offer not without a rider

If you think that the much-hyped offer of unlimited free calls between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. from the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to landline customers is actually free, think again.

The State-owned telecom operator has brought in a fresh rider to the offer introduced to both existing and new customers from May 1. In April, subscribers began receiving an SMS alert: “Dear Customer, make unlimited free night call from BSNL landline to any network from May 1.

BSNL Extends Unlimited Free Calling facility to FTTH Customers

As we all know, BSNL introduced Unlimited Free Calling to any network from BSNL Landline from 01.05.2015, which is applicable to normal landline and broadband customers. Now in a move, BSNL announced applicability of same unlimited calling facility to FTTH (Fiber to Home) customers also.

In view of huge customer response during promotional offer, from 16th October 2014 BSNL regularized Voice Only Facility for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Service customers with a minimum Fixed Monthly Charges commitment of any BSNL Landline Plan having FMC of Rs. 195/- and above with the following conditions applicable for all new and existing customers.

Telephone users base increases to 996.49 mn in March: TRAI

Total telephone subscribers' base rose by around 1 per cent to 996.49 million at the end of March on the back of growth in rural users, sectoral regulator TRAI said today.

"The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 987.30 million at the end of February 2015 to 996.49 million at the end of March 2015, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.93 per cent," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said.

Prioritise handing over land for road development: Union Minister

Mayor Rajan Pallan and team on Monday met Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad in Delhi to talk about handing over of land that belonged to the postal department to the Thrissur Corporation for the development of Pattalam Road.

The Union minister promised the Mayor’s team to prioritise handing over the land to the civic body. The minister also promised to take steps to shift the current post office to the temporary building arranged by the city corporation within 15 days.

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