The Department of Telecom (DoT) also said that the process for spectrum allocation for 4G services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on pan-India basis, including Delhi and Mumbai, has been initiated and funds have been provisioned in FY2020-21

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BSNL will provide both wireless and fixed lines in Mumbai and Delhi on behalf of MTNL on a pilot basis for five to six months, starting from January 1, 2021

While some believe this step can generate more revenues for the beleaguered telecom PSUs, others say that it's anti-competitive and undermines the free market principles

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Employees' Union of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has expressed resentment at the government run telco's plan to retrench another 20,000 contractual workers

BSNL is offering a work from home STV 599. The offer comes with 5GB daily data.

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The Rs 101 plan has been upgraded from 6 GB to 12 GB along with 1000 minutes of non-Jio talktime

Telecom sector stares at big disruption in a duopoly market of Reliance Jio and Airtel with a depleted BSNL. It will surely raise telecom cost for the consumer

AGR latest updates: Vodafone Idea said it is assessing the amount that can be paid towards AGR dues, even as it flagged concerns over the continuation of its business

At present, there are three private players in the Indian mobile market -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio -- besides the ailing state-owned operators BSNL/MTNL

BSNL, MTNL VRS scheme: Employees opting for VRS will have to wait till FY21 for duesBharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) employees, who have opted for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) scheme, will have to wait for next fiscal year i.e. FY21 (2020-21) to get their dues. The reason for this delay is because the Union Budget 2020 has not made any provisioning for any disbursement towards the programme in the FY20 (current fiscal year).Travel bans in virus...

BSNL, MTNL VRS scheme: The reason for this delay is because the Union Budget 2020 has not made any provisions for disbursement towards the programme in FY20

Sources said that the Ministry of Skill Development is looking for a land parcel and the Department of Telecom has offered BSNL land valued at Rs 2,000 crore in Ghaziabad to the ministry

In October this year, the government approved a Rs 69,000 crore revival package for BSNL and MTNL that includes merging the two loss-making firms

Even after investing in 4G, and designing a high-cost network around it, if BSNL and MTNL could not garner sufficient data customers, then the whole revival exercise would essentially be futile - a possibility that almost seems like a reality

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is also looking at monetising its land assets worth Rs 73,000 crore in order to turn profitable

The GoM includes Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan