AT&T considering buying a stake in BSNL
Economic Times is reporting that US based telecom giant AT&T is considering acquiring a stake in BSNL to enter the Indian market.
India remains one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world and AT&T wants to become a bigger player here.
It is however not clear if [...]
BSNL to treat entire north east India as a single zone
BSNL has announced that from September, all the states in the North East India would be treated as the same zone and local call rates would be applied.
The program covers seven states in the region.
To enable this service, an order was passed [...]
BSNL could look for partners to run their 3G operations
Both MTNL and BSNL have failed to generate any excitement with the launch of their 3G services in the Indian market.
MTNL has reportedly gained only 1000 subscribers while BSNL could get only around 10000 customers.
MTNL has already announced that they are now looking for [...]
Hungama and BSNL launches music portal
Government owned telecom company BSNL has announced the launch of a new music portal in collaboration with content company Hungama.
This service is now available to BSNL broadband subscribers in the country. The two companies said that the service is available to as many as 4 million BSNL broadband subscribers [...]
BSNL CDMA data services now support roaming
BSNL has announced that they are now adding roaming capabilities to their CDMA powered data services.
The company said that the roaming facility would now be available on their BSNL NIC and EVDO cards.
They are however increasing the service charges on these two services…
BSNL has also announced some [...]
BSNL IPTV by MyWay now in Kolkata
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is now offering IPTV services in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal.
BSNL has collaborated with Smart Digivision for the launch of IPTV services in the city under the brand name MyWay.
BSNL Broadband customers can now watch television through their telephone line using this new [...]
MTNL and BSNL to promote MyWay IPTV heavily
MTNL and BSNL have been providing IPTV services in some parts of the country.
They were earlier providing the services through IOL & Aksh… But that deal seems to be no longer in place.
MyWay IPTV is the latest player in town. Both MTNL and BSNL are now going [...]
A. Raja: 3G in India is a priority
India’s newly appointed minister of communications and information technology A Raja has admitted that the launch of 3G services in India is a priority.
Currently, only MTNL and BSNL are allowed to provide 3G services in the Indian market.
The private sector has yet to get the appropriate licenses [...]
BSNL aiming for 7.5 million broadband customers this year
Indian government owned telecom giant BSNL has announced that they are aiming to get as many as 7.5 million broadband customers this year.
The company is currently serving close to around 3.7 million customers.
BSNL has seen strong demand for their broadband services in smaller towns and cities [...]
BSNL collaborates with Ericsson
Indian telecom giant BSNL has announced collaboration with Ericsson.
BSNL would now use the services of the consulting arm of Ericsson to improve its 3G services in the country.
Ericsson would now be responsible for network improvement, optimization services for core radio, transmission networks.
BSNL said: “We have tied up with Ericsson Consulting [...]
