MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited), a state-run telecom operator in India, has posted a loss of Rs 737 crore for the quarter ending September 2022. In Q2 FY23, the loss is bigger than in the same period last year. Back in Q2 FY22, MTNL registered a loss of Rs 653.21 crore. Not only has the loss widened, but the revenues also fell for the operator. According to a PTI report,... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) are gearing up to raise about $2.34 billion. According to a Reuters report, both the state-run telcos are planning to raise funds through government-guaranteed bonds. Here, MTNL wants to raise about Rs 109.10 billion and is set to seek bids next week. MTNL will meet bankers and investors on Tuesday, the report said, quoting three merchant bankers aware of... Read More
In light of the need for a secure and dependable network in field units, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recently permitted its field units to use leased internet lines from BSNL/MTNL for their offices based on their needs and priorities. The procedure must be finished within two months. As soon as the leased line is installed, the field units are free to terminate every FTTH/broadband connection that has been set... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has listed all the prepaid plans of Jio, Airtel, Vi (Vodafone Idea), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited), which come with a 30 days service validity. In addition to this, the regulatory body has also listed the plans which have the same recharge date every month. TRAI acknowledged the concerns of the customers about the absence of a... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the sister telecom company of BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), both of which are run by the government, is having a jolly day in the stock market on Friday. The company's shares went up as much as 11% on Friday morning. At the time of writing, MTNL is trading for Rs 25.55, which is 7.3% in the green. So why is MTNL in the focus... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is by far the least significant telco in the country at the moment. Even the government doesn't have a lot of hope for this state-run telco. The focus of the centre is only on BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), which is expected to launch homegrown 4G services soon. BSNL is expected to roll out 4G in the next 18 to 24 months throughout India. The... Read More
None of the telcos want to lose their customers. Be it the operator at the top or the operator at the bottom, everyone values their customers just the same. Thus, when the consumers put in the MNP (Mobile Number Portability) request, the telcos try to do their best to stop them from leaving their network. Because of this, quite often the telcos have been accused of offering differential pricing to... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Mumbai offers several 3G STVs (Special Tariff Vouchers) to consumers. These vouchers start at Rs 102. There are both short-term as well as long-term validity plans offered by the state-owned telcos to their users. The plans, which start at Rs 102, range up to Rs 1,999. Let’s take a look at all of these plans and what they offer to the users. MTNL 3G STVs... Read More
Since the time Reliance Jio has come into the market, it has been achieving new milestones one after another. This time, according to the data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Reliance Jio has overtaken Bharti Airtel in the wireline subscriber market share. In the wireless category, Jio is already ahead. But in the wireline category, until January 2022, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) was at the... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has just released the monthly performance report of the telcos for February 2022. From the report, it can be seen that BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has added new active wireless subscribers in February. While the overall subscriber base of BSNL has dipped, the telco has added new active subscribers during the month. The same is the case with Reliance Jio. Only Bharti... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is currently conducting 4G trials or generating Proof of Concept (PoC) for homegrown 4G equipment and is expected to announce the completion of trials in April 2022. The core network trials for 4G were already completed by the state-run telco. According to an ET Telecom report, K Rajaraman, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), said that the performance during the trial looks strong, and there are... Read More
Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Friday has informed that more than 13 lakh cases regarding the refund of deposits for the BSNL landline connections that have been surrendered are still pending with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd as of January 2022. The minister informed that the major reasons for the pending cases were the non-availability of updated bank account... Read More
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