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3G Doors Cleared For BSNL And MTNL - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 06 Aug 2008 02:08 PM PST

Merely days after the announcement of the 3G policy, ET reports the Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) wing of DoT has cleared allocation of 3G spectrum to state owned BSNL…

BSNL Board Clears $10 Billion IPO Plan - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 09:25 AM PST

Well, it seems to have happened earlier than expected. BSNL’s board has reportedly cleared the $10 billion listing. BSNL’s employee union has threatened to go on an indefinite strike if…

Thoughts On 3G Policy; MTNL Ready To 3GO In 3 Months; RCom Launches GSM In Delhi - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 09:17 AM PST

If you can’t compete, legislate. In terms of telco, the policy seems to be giving a clear hand-out to PSU’s MTNL and BSNL. A report by the Standing Committe on…

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BSNL To Launch Tele-Education Services; Topper Goes Paid - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 22 Jul 2008 01:28 PM PST

BSNL is slated to launch a tele-education service for subscribers availing its broadband services. Under the service, BSNL will relay education programmes and provide study material for engineering, management, medical…

Aksh Ties Up With BSNL For IPTV; “IPTV To Do For India What PC Did For States” - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 04 Jun 2008 10:55 AM PST

Aksh Optifibre has tied up with BSNL to provide IPTV services over the state owned telcos network. BSNL currently has a total landline network of 40 million across India and…

BSNL Wants A FREE WiMax License; Others Push For Price Change; Policy Delay? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 29 May 2008 10:09 PM PST

Well, doesn’t everybody? But the thing is, BSNL being a public sector company, just might get it. ET reports that the telco has sought an entry or licence fee exemption…

BSNL Invites Bids For Beefing Up Content Portfolio - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 01:57 AM PST

Public Sector mobile operator BSNL has decided to focus on content play, and this report in ET kinda reads like a tender notice: BSNL is inviting proposals for content services…

Telecom Roundup: BSNL-Tariffs; Spice’s Net Worth; Voda-$2 bn; RCOM-Bhutan - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:52 AM PST

[with inputs from Cerius Shah] -- BSNL has decided to reduce tariffs for leased line Internet ports by up to 33 percent, which might result in a reduction of Internet…

Telecom Roundup: BPL Mobile To Raise Funds; Sistema Acquires 51 Pc Of Shyam Telelink; BSNL-WiMax - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 28 Jan 2008 05:03 AM PST

[with inputs from Cerius Shah] -- Business Standard reports that BPL Mobile, whose subsidiary Shippingstop.com has received a Letter of Intent from the Indian government for launching services in 22…

BSNL Has No Plans for an IPO, Says Government - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Jan 2008 11:41 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] As per this report on Rediff, BSNL has no plans for an IPO anytime soon. A government statement on Thursday stated that the government and ministry would…

BSNL Plans To Divest 10 Percent Inorder to Expand; Biggest Ever Indian IPO - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 14 Jan 2008 03:30 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Good old guv’nor BSNL is now getting into the valuation game. Its plan to divest 10%, which at a valuation of $100 billion (BSNL revenues for 06-07…

TRAI Backs Down On Unbundling Of Last Mile; Recommends Franchising For Growth Of Broadband - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 02 Jan 2008 09:09 PM PST

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) appears to have backed down on it’s earlier recommendation of unbundling of last mile, since the government has clearly stated that they’re not…

BSNL’s Numbers on Mobile VAS: Use Your Imagination - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Dec 2007 11:08 PM PST

Here’s an example of someone trying to push a PR agenda, pull some numbers out of their, well, backside, and using gullible journalists like this one at Mint to further…

Microsoft In Talks With Telcos For Location Enhanced Mobile Search; BSNL LBS Launch In December - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 Nov 2007 12:08 AM PST

A couple of interesting developments around location based services (LBS): firstly, BSNL, India’s third largest mobile operator, is finalizing its location based offerings, including ‘Track Your Buddy’, Advertising services and…

BSNL Plans To Roll Out WiMax Services…But Will They Follow Through? - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 20 Nov 2007 03:44 AM PST

BSNLs announcement of plans for WiMax reminds me of a comment made during the TiE-ISB Connect: that broadband in India was suffering because BSNL got the mandate for a broadband…

BSNL Mulls IPO; Plans CDMA Offering…No License Fee? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 11 Nov 2007 11:36 PM PST

BSNL CMD Kuldeep Nair told Mint recently that it is time the company considered an IPO, but it depends on the government and employees. BSNL had cashflows of almost Rs.…

BSNL Launches Mobile TV Streaming In Eastern India - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 15 Oct 2007 04:30 AM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), a public sector telco, has launched mobile TV streaming services in Eastern India. BSNL is offering NDTV, CNBC, Aaj Tak, Times Now, Zoom, Bindass, ETC,…

BSNL Bundles Broadband With New Landlines; Provides Internet In J&K Via WLL
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 07 Oct 2007 07:32 PM PST

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to provide internet facility on its CDMA-based Wireless Local Loop (WLL) connections this month to its WLL customers in Jammu & Kashmir, reports…

Telco Roundup: AT&T, M&M; BSNL Rebranding; Legal Issues - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 01 Oct 2007 02:25 AM PST

-- Today’s the last day for filing applications for a telecom licence in India, and I just checked - the convenience store across the street has not applied for a…

Spice Follows Numbers Auction Trend In Punjab
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 26 Sep 2007 06:50 PM PST

With people willing to spend lakhs to acquire a specific mobile number and rival Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd logging nearly Rs10 crore this week by auctioning fancy numbers to number-crazy…

BSNL Blames Content Partners For IPTV Delay - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Sep 2007 08:36 PM PST

Content providers Zee and ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS) are yet to confirm IPTV packages to BSNL, and Sony (NYSE: SNE) has only just done so reports the Financial Express. This delay…

BSNL To Offer UP Users Two Numbers On One Sim - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 11 Sep 2007 02:01 AM PST

Next week Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will launch its new sim card priced at Rs. 224, which will offer two distinct numbers on one card to subscribers in Uttar…

BSNL Denied Entry Into Mumbai, Delhi; Merger With MTNL Stalled - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Sep 2007 11:21 PM PST

BSNL is being denied entry into the lucrative Delhi and Mumbai markets by the Indian government - it’s not being given a Universal Access Services Licence (UASL), and the merger…

BSNL To Offer VoIP Services; PC-To-PC Communications To Be Regulated? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 09 Sep 2007 09:34 PM PST

MTNL set the ball rolling last month by announcing the launch of their Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and now BSNL, the other government owned telco has thrown it’s…

BSNL Broadband Revenues At Rs 383 Crores, Marketshare Of 43 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 04 Sep 2007 09:30 PM PST

Some stats on broadband revenues from government owned teleco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), from Financial Express: - BSNL apparently has a marketshare of around 43 percent - Broadband revenues…