Private Telecom Operators owe interconnection usage charges (IUC) of Rs 1,142.73 Crore, BSNL to take legal action

State run PSU, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is thinking seriously about taking legal action against private telecom service providers who have not paid their dues concerning interconnection usage charges (IUC).

The list includes leading private operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm and companies who have closed their operations ( Loop Telecom, S-Tel, Etisalat and others ) after the Supreme Court verdict in 2012.

Revival of BSNL – Better Customer Service a MUST

During the discussion with the Secretary, DOT by the Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations representatives, the demand of the Forum that it should be made mandatory for the Central/State governments and PSUs to take service from BSNL was raised. We cited the example of Air India, which has been mandated for Government officers for flight travel.

Ghaziabad bus stand to offer Wi-Fi facility to passengers from May 20

The Uttar Pradesh roadways will soon offer Wi-Fi facilities for its passengers at old bus stand of Ghaziabad. Additional Regional Manager of UP state road transport corporation (UPSRTC) 

Atul Kumar Shrotriya said rechargeable coupon will be issued from BSNL counter on nominal charges in which a password will be provided to the passenger.

Government should come to the assistance of BSNL – Give its due money

BSNL is in dire straits and has been posting loss for the last 5 financial years. It has no funds to purchase equipment, which are urgently required.

Instead of assisting BSNL, the government is even keeping the justified funds of BSNL with it, delaying payment. Rs. 1,250 crores already sanctioned for BSNL for 2012-13 in lieu of ADC for loss making connections is not yet given though two years have passed. Rs. 6,700 crore for the surrendered BWA Spectrum is still not paid to BSNL. DOT has stated that Rs.2,000 is adjusted towards licence fee and only Rs. 4,700 is to be paid.

BSNL Unlimited Free calls At Night

Exciting offer from BSNL!! The BSNL offer you an amazing scheme plan for Landline customer on May 1st onwards. Everyone knows that the customer is mostly using the wireless network for communication purpose.
To increase the landline growth, The BSNL has newly introduced “unlimited free calls at Night” scheme. I

Have we approached the customer, who surrendered the BSNL connection?

A large number of old customers are leaving BSNL. It is mainly because they are not satisfied with our present service.Hence we have to improve our service.

At the same time, whether any of us has gone to his office/residence and asked why he is surrendering our connection? Have we expressed our regret and requested the person to continue with us? In 99 per cent cases we don’t do that. 

BSNL's set to garner around Rs 5,000 crore Revenue from assets monetising

NEW DELHI: In an attempt to bounce back as a profit making entity, state-owned BSNL plans to monetise its assets like land, towers, factories and educational centres as it gets approved by Department of Telecommunications. The company estimates to garner around Rs 5,000 crore annually from monetising its assets. 

Anupam Srivastava, Chairman-cum-Managing Director told Express, “If all the things put together for monetisation we would get around Rs 5,000-6,000 crore every year. We are already in talks with other operators for renting our towers and also with various colleges for turning this huge educational centres into engineering colleges.”

BSNL slashes roaming tariff by up to 40%

State-run telecom operator BSNL yesterday slashed roaming tariff by up to 40 percent for its prepaid and postpaid mobile connection with effect from May 1.

The decision had been taken in the wake of telecom tariff order issued by TRAI, the company said in a statement. Roaming tariff for incoming calls has been cut by 40 percent, STD by 23 percent and 20 percent for local calls.

BSNL may take legal action against operators over dues

State-run BSNL is contemplating legal action against telecom service providers like Loop Telecom, S-Tel, Etisalat among others that have closed their operations but have not paid their dues concerning interconnection usage charges (IUC).
Besides telcos who have shut their shops in India, leading firms namely Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications and yet-to-start Reliance Jio Infocomm in all 49 telecom companies owe Rs 1,142.73 crore to BSNL.

Full number portability: Telcos to fork out Rs 200-300 cr

Telecom service providers will have to fork out Rs 200-300 crore to upgrade their networks and install new equipment for implementation of full mobile number portability (MNP) across the country. MNP allows mobile subscribers to retain their numbers while changing their states/circles.

Earlier, full MNP was to be implemented from May 3 but the government has now extended the deadline by another two months as operators are yet to test the new software. Also, for implementation of full MNP, the current networks of operators have to be reconfigured to treat a mobile user's calls in the new circle as local and vice-versa, besides aligning their network according to the new national numbering plan.

LC Chairman, Dy Chairman apprise Ravi Shankar about poor communication network in Ladakh

New Delhi, May 02- Chairman and Deputy Chairman of J&K Legislative Council (LC) today met Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad and appraised him about the problems being faced by the people of Ladakh region on account of non availability of mobile and Communication Towers.

City to get 10 Wi-Fi hotspots this month

By May 15, the ten Wi-Fi zones in major public centres of the city would be operational, said sources in the BSNL, which is implementing the project in collaboration with the Corporation of Kochi and QuadGen Wireless Solutions.

In the first phase of the project, Wi-Fi facility is being made available at the Corporation office, Subhash Park, Marine Drive, High Court, Kaloor bus stand, Edappally, Durbar Hall Ground, High Court, the Court Complex, Mattancherry and Fort Kochi.

BSNL's complete turnaround by 2017-18 : CMD

Backed by a new management, state-owned BSNL looks to regain lost ground by offering Wi-fi at a speed faster than 4G, across the country. In an interview with Prashant Mukherjee, CMD Anupam Srivastava says the company should witness a complete turnaround by 2017-18 with its data business.

BSNL said to target Rs 500-crore revenue by utilizing land bank in FY16

Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is committed to revive BSNL and a number of initiatives are in the pipeline to bring the PSU back to the position of market leader.

New Delhi: State-run BSNL is targeting a revenue of Rs.500 crore in the current financial year by utilizing its land bank. Besides, the telecom operator is also looking at revenue gains from monetisation of 75,000 towers, training centre and seven telecom factories. Join us on Facebook Group for all latest News

BSNL Unlimited WiMAX Plan for Odisha OMSM Launced

To support quality education services, BSNL introduced new wireless broadband unlimited internet plan (WiMAX BB plan) WI OMSM UL 600 in Odisha telecom circle applicable for Orissa Madhyamik Shiksha Mission (OMSM) which is under the Govt. of Odisha.
To provide BSNL Broadband connections to nearly 1500 high schools of Govt. of Odisha, where ADSL Broadband Plan ‘OMSM Combo UL 600’ is not feasible, BSNL introduced this new unlimited wireless broadband plan with 512 Kbps flat download speed for Orissa Madhyamik Shiksha Mission with a discounted monthly rent of Rs.600 only.

Free Public WiFi Services at a speed faster than 4G

State run PSU - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), is trying hard to regain market share and customer satisfaction by offering Free Public WiFi Services at a speed faster than 4G, across the country.

Recently, government approved the appointment of Shri.Anupam Srivastava as the new Chairman and Manging Director (CMD) of the PSU. The new CMD is very much confident about the turnaround of the company by 2017-18 with it's data business.

E-Auction of CDMA RUIM Fancy / Vanity Mobile Numbers

BSNL Kerala Telecom Circle will be conducting 'E-Auction of CDMA RUIM Fancy / Vanity Mobile Numbers' from 04-05-2015 to 10-05-2015 through online portal - http://eauction.bsnl.co.in. Mobile Numbers having some specific sequence, often termed as - Vanity / Fancy / Premium Numbers are available for this e-auction.

400 posts Management Trainee BSNL Recruitments

India's Largest Public Sector Unit, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced the recruitment notification of Management Trainee (Telecom Operations & Telecom Finance) in BSNL from External and Internal Candidates. The closing date for online application is 14th June 2015.

BSNL Management Tarine (MT) offer IDA pay scale (E3) of Rs 24,900 - 50,500/- with annual pay increment 3% of basic pay plus HRA, perks, Medical benefits etc. as per company rules. BSNL has released this new Job Notification for external and internal candidates via Written Test, Group Discussion and interview. The test will be held on 9th August 2015.

Result Declared : BSNL Junion Accounts Officer (JAO)

BSNL has announced the results of Junion Accounts Officer (JAO) Examination held on 22nd February 2015. The results are now available online. In November 2014, BSNL had issued a recruitment notification recently for filling 962 vacant posts of Junior Accountant Officer (JAO) all over the India.

The all India competitive written test for Junior Accounts Officer posts was successfully conducted by BSNL on 22nd February 2015. Lakhs of candidates applied for this Governement job since it offered a lucrative pay packet (16400-40500 with 3% annual increment).

BSNL started testing of Free WiFi Hotspots in Kochi, launch by 15th May 2015

As we reported earlier, State run PSU - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will be launching Free Public WiFi Services initially in 10 major locations in Kochi by 15th May 2015. BSNL will be implementing the project in collaboration with the Corporation of Kochi and QuadGen Wireless Solutions.

BSNL Complaint Portal | Unsuccessful Online Recharge / Bill Pay

If you have purchased anything online, and faced a situation like money debited from the account and unable to receive the purchased item. Paying of the bill, but not reflected online, these are practical situations faced by many, when opting for online recharges and payment of bills. At the same time, you might felt that, you are lost till the update comes to you. Its only push mechanism, you can’t pull the details, but this is not going to happen with BSNL Online Recharge / Bill Pay.
There is a separate new BSNL Portal window launched to address all Bill Payment related issues for all not successful transactions, Even for BSNL Prepaid Mobile after recharging, if the amount is not credited to your mobile, or for Postpaid BSNL Online Bill Payment, if it is not credited to bill account, you can raise a complaint in this new BSNL Portal, which will be immediately attended. This is really the call of the day, as many of us are slowly moving to Online Bill Pay.

BSNL Mobile Missed Call Alert Services - New Tariff

Indian Telecom PSU, BSNL makes new tariff for Missed Call Alert (MCA) services in West Zone BSNL Circles i.e. Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra applicable for all BSNL Mobile customers, which is a best service for notifying about their missed calls at any time, when mobile user is in out of coverage area or when customer mobile phone is switched off even in Local/Roaming areas. BSNL has already revised and implemented these charges for North Zone BSNL Circle (Haryana, Punjab, UP West, UP East, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir) Mobile Customers from 01.08.2014. Now in view of rationalization, BSNL introduced the charges for West Zone also with effect from 01.04.2015.

BSNL Joins CtrlS for Best Cloud Computing Services

What is Cloud Computing as on date? What to do with BSNL? What make sense of CtrlS collaboration with BSNL?. Had you ever noticed that when the results of any university had announced, or if you want to apply IIT JEE exam, the last day of applying for the exam, server by default will be slow and even some times it may crash.
With this degraded performance, Upgrading the server for the requirement of few hours in an year is utterly meaning less. These is an solution for this where for huge payloads timely you can increase or even decrease the server resources..ie., optimum utilization of resources. This can be done using Cloud Technologies.

DoT grants two months extension for rolling out full MNP in the country

After all the conundrums of rolling out full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) throughout the country, Department of Telecommunications has extended the deadline for its implementation for another two months. The earlier deadline was 3^rd May 2015.

BSNL Karnataka introduces two new plans and a new STV 248

As part of May day celebrations, BSNL Karnataka has launched two new plans and STV for its subscribers in Karnataka circle. The new STV offer unlimited calls to landline and the new plan vouchers offer reduced call rates.
STV 248 unlimited calls to landline 

BSNL Management Trainee Recruitment 2015

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) , is yet to announced the job requirement and BSNL Management Trainee Recruitment 2015 notification for the same is to be proclaimed for empanelment of 2002 vacant position Management Trainee (MT) post therefore candidates eligible in all aspect have to submit their application through online mode forBSNL Recruitment of Management Trainee Posts 2015 before the last date.

BSNL told to Improve Services and Win back People Confidence

Bharat Sanchar Nigam has been told to improve services and ensure that better quality of signal is maintained specially in the border and extremism affected areas. Union Minister for Telecom and Information Technology, Sh Ravi Shankar Prasad said these at a meeting with the members of Parliament from the States of Bihar, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland.

Press release from MoC&IT

In a press release on dated 28.04.2015 from the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology it has been informed that Bharat Sanchar Nigam has been told to improve services and ensure that better quality of signal is maintained specially in the border and extremism affected areas. Union Minister for Telecom and Information Technology, Sh Ravi Shankar Prasad said these at a meeting with the members of Parliament from the States of Bihar, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland. The meeting was part of the series of meetings planned to make telecom officials directly answerable to the parliamentary representatives so as to have a firsthand account of public sectors performance, problems faced and possible solutions.

Union's Meeting with CMD updates

GS, GS BSNLEU, GS NFTE (BSNL) and GS SNEA (I) met CMD BSNL informally and discussed regarding Secretary (T) meeting to be held on 01.05.2015. We pleaded that DoT / Govt. should extend support to BSNL as assured at the time of BSNL formation. All the dues to BSNL should be paid by DoT immediately i.e. refund of spectrum charges against the 2.5 MHz band surrendered in GJ, MH, KTK, AP & TN circles, Rs. 1250 Cr. Rural Deficit Charges of the years 2012-13 , pending 2013-14, 2014-15 and continue payments, Pension contribution on actual basic IDA Pay instead of maximum of the highest IDA  pay, Refund of Rs 7000 Cr. Income tax to BSNL by doing reconciliation of receipts  of DoT  from BSNL against which IT has been charged, Payment of GPF account without

BSNL - unlimited free calling scheme Launched

Shri. Anupam Shrivastav, CMD BSNL writes to CGMs for wide publicity among public about the about unlimited free calling scheme launched by BSNL including word-of-mouth by employees so as to increase number of landline connections. Letter <<<>>>

BSNL Union News : Mass Dharna on 07.05.2015 and Relay Hunger strike from 19th to 21st May

Conduct meetings at major locations/Exchanges and door to door campaign by deputing office bearers to different SSAs.

Struggle to protect the dignity of the cadre, to protect the cadre from demotion to E1 and E2 scale, to settle the cadre issues.

Harder programmes will follow in case issues are not settled.

Demands:

·  Standard Pay scales of E2, E3, ---- for JTO/JAO, SDE/AO etc upto SGJAG. No demotion of the basic cadres JTO and SDE.

Indian telecom operators see growth in data traffic

Two of India's top three mobile telecoms network operators reported a rise in quarterly profits on Tuesday, helped by strong subscriber growth for mobile data services while strong competition continued to pressure prices for voice calls. Idea Cellular Ltd , India's third-biggest mobile opebehinrator d Vodafone India, and market leader Bharti Airtel Ltd together spent about USD 9.5 billion in the recently concluded government auction for airwaves, betting on the country's significant mobile data potential. With a majority of the country still using more basic "feature phones", India's smartphone market is expected to grow at around 36 percent a year over the next five years, according to consulting firm Zinnov, making the higher margin mobile data business a potentially

New telecom service quality parameters soon: TRAI chief

New Delhi: India's telecom regulator is likely to announce new parameters for improvement of quality of service for telecom operators in a month's time to tackle call dropping and other problems being faced by customers, its chairman Rahul Khullar said here on Wednesday.

He was speaking at the 2nd National Summit on 'IT & Mobile Banking: Digital Transformation of Indian Banking; Enabling Financial Inclusion', organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).

Working to get 50 crore internet connections by 2018, says Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

The government is working towards pulling off a goal of 50 crore internet connections by 2018, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.

“Last year, Internet service providers told me that we have got 30 crore Internet connections in India… my plan is by 2018, to make 50 crore Internet connections in India, that’s what we are working for,” Prasad said at an event here.

“I am convinced that in the coming 2-3 years, India will become equal to China as an IT market of the world, I have no doubts about it,” the Minister said.

BSNL Slashed Mobile Roaming Charges upto 75% without any Hike in Subscription Rates

BSNL, our telecom operator has now announced slashed charges upto 75% from present rates for National Mobile Roaming Tariff, which is an exclusive offer applicable for all Prepaid and Postpaid BSNL Mobile Customers with out any hike in subscription/rental charges.

In this April 2015 only, BSNL has announced new exclusive offers for their valuable customers. i.e. Unlimited Free Calling from Landline and now reduced Roaming charges upto 75%. As per TRAI new ceiling rates on Roaming rates, BSNL now slashed the roaming charges drastically to offer the best services with new benefits to their mobile users on Voice charges followed by SMS tariff.