India’s state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched third generation (3G) services in South Indian telecom circle of Tamil Nadu on Friday. The company has launched 3G services in three towns – Coimbatore, Coonoor and Ooty – under the first phase, and intends to roll out services across 38 cities and towns of the state in next three months.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd will miss the mobile number portability (MNP) deadline of December 31, as the two state-owned companies are not yet ready.
Indian state-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has cancelled an equipment purchase order given to Chinese company Huawei stating the vendor conditions were not acceptable.
Mobile service operator Vodafone-Essar and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have slashed roaming rates, intensifying the on-going price war in the country.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has entered into an alliance with Silk Media Technologies to offer ‘Meeting Junction’, a value added service that provides audio conferencing services. The service is being offered under a pre-paid subscription model.
State-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has placed a purchase order with Chinese equipment major Huawei for 8 million GSM lines. Even though, the financials of the deal were not disclosed, industry analysts expect the deal to range between $1-1.2 billion.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a tower sharing agreement with private mobile operator Sistema Shyam to share its passive infrastructure, including towers and bandwidth. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Intel Corporation will jointly propagate wireless broadband Internet in India, supporting the government’s Bharat Nirman rural development agenda. BSNL will also work with Intel and HCL to provide WiMax-capable nettop computers across rural India.
State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will launch 3G services in Bangalore city in November, according to its Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal. At present, the company is testing the technology across various places in the city, and on successful completion it would rollout the services. BSNL expects to launch services with a capacity of 200,000 users.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will rollout 3G services across all the cities in Rest of Maharashtra (Goa and all of Maharashtra, except Mumbai) by December this year. The company would begin by providing commercial services from Pune and Goa, and extend services to cover over 50 cities in the state.