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BSNL counters to be open on May 9

The cash counters of BSNL will remain open on May 9, Buddha Purnima. The CSC Vikram Building and CSC Secunderabad counters will function

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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BSNL launches netPC in UP

Public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched netPC in the Uttar Pradesh (east) circle in association with Chennai-based Novatium Solutions to provide affordable Internet connectivity, especially in rural areas.

While BSNL will offer broadband, Novatium will provide desktop and other hardware and software support. netPC comes bundled with a complete desktop and broadband connection.

BSNL is targeting a subscriber base of over 10,000 in the first year itself in the region, chief general manager UP (E) Omvir Singh said addressing the media here.

The netPC, which does not have storage device, is being marketed as a maintenance free computing service, which includes anti-virus backup and regular technical upgrades by Novatium. Similar services had already been launched in Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Haryana and the Northeast.

Source: Businessstandard

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BSNL Chennai Telephones launches BlackBerry services for post-paid users

CHENNAI: BSNL Chennai Telephones has announced the launch of BlackBerry services for its GSM post-paid mobile users.

A Chennai Telephones press release said the service would be available as BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) for individuals and BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) for corporate clients.

BIS offers push mail technology to send or receive mails, access to WAP, WML and HTML sites, chat facility through Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk, access to social utility sites and high speed transfer rates of data/audio/video.

The package falls under three plans with a monthly rent of Rs. 299, Rs. 499 and Rs. 999. BES has access to enterprise and corporate mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes and instant messaging web based and enterprise applications. The monthly rentals are Rs. 425, Rs. 625 and Rs. 875. Customers can contact the toll free line 1503 to register a request. Customer service executive will visit the user at a convenient place and time and book the connection. At present the BSNL is offering BlackBerry 8700g and the Curve versions that are 2G enabled and the 3G enabled BlackBerry Bold 9000 Smartphone.

The handsets will be available at the CSC at RK Nagar from May 11.

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BSNL open house

Srikakulam: The office of the general manager of BSNL, Srikakulam has in a press release informed subscribers concerned that open house session

will be conducted on May 12 at the BSNL telephone exchange in Palakonda in the district, at 10.30 am. Mobile cash counters were being pressed into

service to enable the subscribers to pay their telephone bills at Hira mandal on May 12 from 10.30am to 5.30pm, at Pydibheemavaram mandal on

May 13 from 1pm to 5.30pm, at Ranasthalam from 1pm to 3pm and at Pondur from 4pm to 5.30pm, according to B.Krishna Sharma, general

manager.

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BSNL petitions on ADC rejected

New Delhi: The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal on Tuesday rejected a bunch of petitions by BSNL challenging the removal of the access deficit charge, a levy paid by private telecom operators for funding the PSU's rural and remote operations. The bench headed by Justice Arun Kumar said BSNL had no legal right to claim ADC from the private telecom operators.

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Don't award BSNL deal to Huawei

The Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that state-owned telco BSNL should not award telecom equipment contracts to Chinese equipment majors Huawei and ZTE in the interest of national security.

Both the IB and the defence ministry's reactions are in the wake of BSNL's move to shortlist Huawei (along with Swedish equipment major Ericsson) for its mega 93-million-line GSM expansion project worth around Rs 30,000 crore. This is the single largest telecom contract in the world. Ericsson was short-listed as the lowest bidder for North and East zones of India while Huawei was selected for West, East and South zones.

The views of the IB and the defence ministry were conveyed to BSNL in a meeting with the telco on April 9. In fact, during the meet, both BSNL and the Department of Telecom (DoT) suggested that Huawei could be awarded the contract in south India since the region did not share sensitive borders with countries such as Pakistan, China and Bangladesh. Besides, DoT further argued, Huawei was already working with BSNL in south India.

As per the minutes of this meeting, a copy of which is available with ET. The IB added that the BSNL should not award contracts to Chinese companies, as these companies are known to have links with the Chinese state and security apparatus.




source : economic times

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BSNL aims7.5 mn broadband subscribers in FY10

State-run telecom services provider BSNL today said it is targeting to have 7.5 million broadband subscribers in the current fiscal, banking on the demand opportunities from the small towns and cities.     
     
BSNL currently has 3.7 million customers. "We are already offering broadband services in the rural areas at subsidised rates. Going ahead, we are also talking to vendors for offering bundled subscription at nominal rates," Jain said.     

All the integrated private telecom operators like Bharti, Reliance are targeting high as well as mass market broadband subscribers to shore up their non-telephony revenues.     

BSNL operates all over the country, except in Delhi and Mumbai.

Source: businessstandard

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BSNL launches special tariff vouchers, new plan 


CHENNAI: BSNL Chennai Telephones has launched two special tariff vouchers and a new plan for pre-paid mobile users.

The Booster 300 voucher priced Rs. 300 entitles users (except Jodi card-holders) to unlimited free calls to any BSNL network in the State while other call charges will be as per original pre-paid plan.

The voucher is only available in the physical scratch mode.

The GPRS 230 voucher priced Rs. 230 allows users unlimited free GPRS usage within the State. While roaming, usage is charged at 5 paise per 10 KB. To avail of the offer, users have to SMS "GPRS 230" to 53733.

The "India Golden 50" scheme has a starter pack of Rs. 66 with recharge to be done on a Rs. 375 activation voucher with a validity of 30 days.

Local and STD calls cost 50 paise a minute and local and SMS cost 50 paise per message.

BSNL also informs that following rationalisation of telegraph tariff from Saturday, all telegrams will only be accepted under the category of "express telegrams."

It costs Rs. 25 for a 30-word message and each word beyond that costs Rs. 1 per word.

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BSNL targets 7.5 million broadband subscribers in FY'10


State-run telecom services provider BSNL on Friday said that it is targeting to have 7.5 million broadband subscribers in the current fiscal, banking on the demand opportunities from the small towns and cities.

"We are targeting (to have) 7.5 million broadband subscribers.

BSNL currently has 3.7 million customers.


i have read this form econominctimes

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BSNL launches special tariff vouchers, new plan

CHENNAI: BSNL Chennai Telephones has launched two special tariff vouchers and a new plan for pre-paid mobile users.

The Booster 300 voucher priced Rs. 300 entitles users (except Jodi card-holders) to unlimited free calls to any BSNL network in the State while other call charges will be as per original pre-paid plan.

The voucher is only available in the physical scratch mode.

The GPRS 230 voucher priced Rs. 230 allows users unlimited free GPRS usage within the State. While roaming, usage is charged at 5 paise per 10 KB. To avail of the offer, users have to SMS "GPRS 230" to 53733.

The "India Golden 50" scheme has a starter pack of Rs. 66 with recharge to be done on a Rs. 375 activation voucher with a validity of 30 days.

Local and STD calls cost 50 paise a minute and local and SMS cost 50 paise per message.

BSNL also informs that following rationalisation of telegraph tariff from Saturday, all telegrams will only be accepted under the category of "express telegrams."

It costs Rs. 25 for a 30-word message and each word beyond that costs Rs. 1 per word.

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BSNL-SIS to offer video phone device for Rs 15K

For the first time in the country, Ahmedabad-based IT solution provider, Sai Infosystems (India) Limited (SIS), is set to launch video phone service in Gujarat in association with BSNL. While the state-owned telecom operator will provide its broadband network, SIS is its technology partner which has developed a soft switch that will be installed on BSNL's network.

"We will be providing a complete technology for video phone alongwith audio as well as video devices and will also install an exchange at BSNL's premises. Running purely on a broadband connection provided by BSNL, the video phone service will need an IP network connectivity with a minimum bandwidth of 256 kbps," said Sunil Kakkad, chairman and managing director of SIS, refusing to divulge investment details of the project citing non-disclosure agreement with BSNL.

According to Kakkad, the IP audio device will cost around Rs 2,000-3,000 while the video device will be priced at Rs 15,000-16,000. "The prices will come down in near future even as the volumes increase. While we are conducting a soft launch on Saturday, May 15, the commercial launch will take place within a quarter," said Kakkad.

The devices will be offered on either one time purchase basis or on monthly rental basis.

It needs to be mentioned here that earlier Ahmedabad-based Renovau Telecom India, a subsidiary of UK's Renovau Telecom was also in the process of developing a carrier grade multi-media telephone exchange capable of switching DVD quality video telephony and video multi-casting, and was in talks with BSNL.

Given such projects, SIS is planning to raise funds in the region of Rs 50 crore to Rs 100 crore through venture capital or private equity in the near future.

Source: businessstandard

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3G services to be available in Madurai by July: BSNL GM

MADURAI: Third Generation (3G) services, which would enable live streaming of voice, video and data in mobile phones, would be available in Madurai by July, V.K. Sanjeevi, General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Madurai, said here on Sunday.

This technology will empower the nation with a lot of capabilities. Using it, mobile phones can record live and transmit the data immediately. Another major technology that would have a great impact on a country such as India with a large number of villages was 'wi-max,' he said.

At present broadband internet connectivity required copper-based wires that was available only in large cities. However, using wi-max, broadband connectivity could be extended to remote villages and hilly terrains through wireless mode, said Mr. Sanjeevi.

This system had been appreciated even by Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the independent US government agency for the sector, he said.

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BSNL launches next generation network services

Country's largest telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for the first time in India launched range of Next Generation Network (NGN) services such as video telephony, video surveillance and mobile advertising services.

"Voice over Internet Protocol will provide a long awaited video calling and video conferencing services to the people of India," BSNL Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) Kuldeep Goyal told reporters on Saturday after launching the Voice and Video Service on BSNL here.

"Now, a consumer in Surat dialing his sister in Ahmedabad will not only be able to talk to her but be able to see her also," he said.Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services also promise to offer international calling at a very affordable rates. It is expected that a call to US, UK, Canada etc. May cost you as low as rupees one per minute, Goyal said.

BSNL has decided to provide these services free of cost for the next 15 days so that the consumer can enjoy this extra ordinary experience unrestricted which VOIP service promises to give, he added.

Also, BSNL's offer of Video Surveillance may bring some hope and sense of security among corporates. The service tracks all the events through audio and video inside commercial and home premises using IP network," Goyal said. The service are powered by Sai Info System(SIS) technology for Voice and Video over Broadband.

A wide range of phone equipments from simple to high end models will be introduced in the market. The launch will be done in a phased manner in BSNL Network in other cities, Goyal said. The technology used is in tune with the direction the telecom industry is heading  all different types of communication networks like landline, mobile, internet etc. are converging into a single IP network which is today referred to as Next Generation Network (NGN).

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BSNL to launch new mobile plan tomorrow

VIZIANAGARAM: Cell One Customer Service Centre that was located in Sanchar Bhavan here is now shifted adjacent to the Teleshoppe in the ground floor of Telephone Bhavan. Collector G. Ram Narayana Reddy inaugurated the new centre on Monday.

The centre was opened with an objective to bring all services of the BSNL under one roof, said K. Neelayya, General Manager of Vizianagaram Telecom District.

A display board is in place to inform customers about services, plans, tariff etc.

It will have three years validity period with fixed tariff of 60 paise per minute for any network service.

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New study reveals BSNL holding spectrum beyond 10 MHz in most of the circles

A study by the DoT''s wireless wing reveals that BSNL holds spectrum beyond 10 MHz in Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil (Chennai), Kerala, Haryana, UP (East & West), Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, North East, Jammu & Kashmir.

MTNL has 12.4 MHz spectrum in Delhi and Mumbai. Bharti and Vodafone have 10 Mhz each in Delhi. Idea has got 8 MHz in Delhi. In Mumbai, Vodafone has 10.2 MHz, BPL 10 MHz and Barti 92 MHz.

Source: telecomtiger

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BSNL to hold mela today

BSNL is organising a 'reconnection/new phone connection mela' at Lotus Landmark near Prabhas College from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday for

the customers of 253 level. Registration of new landline, mobile and broadband connections, besides reconnection of disconnected phones, would be

done at the mela.

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BSNL customer meet

A customer meet to address the problems of BSNL consumers will be conducted at the offices of all area managers on Monday from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

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BSNL launches 'Prachara Ratham'

GUNTUR: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Guntur Telecommunications SSA launched a special drive on Friday to penetrate the Internet Broadband network in the rural areas of Guntur district.

The Telecommunications General Manager V. Ramesh said that the 'Prachara Ratham' will be stocked with application forms for the Broadband internet connections and other information brochures so that when this van goes into villages, people could read the salient features of the service and take a decision on the spot.

People would be provided information on other products of the BSNL and required forms and coupons carried in the vehicle. The vehicle toured some areas in the Guntur Revenue division on Friday - Ponnekallu, Nambur, Pedakakani, Tadikonda, Amaravathi, Perecherla, Edlapadu and Prattipadu. On Saturday it would begin its journey from Tenali to the neighbouring villages followed by Repalle, Ponnur, Bapatla, Chilakaluripet, Vinukonda and Narsaraopet (May 30).

A schedule has been drawn for the vehicle, which would carry a staff of the BSNL to explain and receive the applications or feedback. It would also explain several new schemes introduced for the cellular services.

The district currently had a capacity of 30,000 broadband lines and those applying now would get it on priority as there was no waiting list for the time being.

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BSNL telephone bills can be paid online

MANGALORE: The customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts can now pay their landline and Wireless in Local Loop (WLL) bills online through broadband connection, an official press release has said.

The customers have to log on to http://www.bsnl.in and click on "Value Added Services". They should then click on the "New User Sign Up" option to access the registration form. After filling the form with requisite details, they can "submit" it.
Process

After getting the registration message, they should log on to the site again with their user ID and password. The details such as the STD code, telephone number, SSA name, and ID number, should be typed as provided in the previous bill. The status of bill payment to be made can be viewed on the next day in the same site. Customers can select the name of the bank in which Internet payment facility is available. They can also find various Internet banking-enabled payment gateways by clicking on the 'Make Pay' button and complete the transaction on the site. On completing the transaction, the receipt will appear on the portal.

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BSNL mela tomorrow

KOLLAM: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is organising a mela for customers at Sasthamcotta Bharanikavu from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on

Wednesday. Customers will get an opportunity to get their phones reconnected by remitting outstanding dues at discounts up to 25 per cent, plus

waiving of rental charges during the disconnected period. Other offers at the mela include waiving of registration and installation charges on new

phone connections, concession of one month on all post-paid mobile and broadband connections and attractive offers on pre-paid connections.

People can register for new phones, broadband connections, mobile connections and public telephone booths at the mela.

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BSNL needs to reduce frequency

VIZIANAGARAM: Botcha Jhansi Lakshmi, Lok Sabha member, has emphasised the need to adhere to World Health Organisation's suggestion on reducing frequency by erecting more number of base terminal stations where necessary for the safety of mobile users.

Participating as co-chairperson in the 5th Telephone Advisory Committee meeting of BSNL, on Saturday, Ms. Jhansi Lakshmi said that the increased frequency would have an adverse impact on ear and brain and the point was discussed in Parliament too. Hence, maintaining low frequency would not harm mobile users and also the environment. Lauding BSNL for keeping Vizianagaram district as one among the top connectivity providers in the State, the MP said that communication network still required improvement because some remote areas were still cut off.

She assured K. Neelayya, General Manager of Vizianagaram Telecom District of all help for erecting towers.

Mr. Neelayya claimed that disconnections of fixed line connections, in spite of increasing use of mobile phones, were not more than 10 per cent during the last three years. Out of 1,455 villages in the district, only 130 remote and inaccessible villages could not be linked.

However, efforts were being made to bring them under connectivity map either through GSM phones or WLL phones in the next one or two years. He said that 85 more base terminal stations would be set up by March next.

That apart, 12 more rural WiMAX terminal stations would be opened at Bobbili, Denkada, Gantyada, Garividi, Garugubilli, Kurupam, L Kota, Makkuva, Parvathiupuram, Salur, S.Kota and Therlam to improve wireless broadband services.

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BSNL gearing up for 3G launch

CHENNAI: With 3G services to be shortly rolled out on its CellOne network, BSNL Chennai Telephones will have a portfolio that can boast of virtually every available technology –Wi-fi, BlackBerry and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV).

Chennai Telephones officials are focused on rolling out 3G services at least by July-end with Union Communications Minister A. Raja declaring nation-wide coverage as high priority.

Mr. Raja, after assuming office in the Ministry for a second successive term, had stated in New Delhi the other day that 3G spectrum allocation processes would be expedited to pave way for private players to ring in next generation mobile telephony. In Chennai, the 3G services offered by BSNL for its CellOne users are on a pilot basis and limited to video calls.

The infrastructure layout for next generation voice, video and data communication to support the first tranche of 1.5 lakh 3G lines is a complex affair.

The core gateway-server equipment has been located at the main exchanges in Haddows Road, Anna Road, Mambalam and Tambaram. While the core equipment has been installed, another consignment of 3G antennae is expected to arrive shortly.

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BSNL launches Nova netPC in Tuticorin telecom district

Tuticorin: BSNL has introduced a new Internet service, Nova netPC, to its landline customers here.

Launching the service here on Friday, General Manager of BSNL, N.R. Natarajan, said that the system had been connected with the remote central server which would facilitate access to the broadband network through the BSNL's conduit network.

Rural households could afford this service costing of Rs. 1, 900.

The monthly rent for the Nova netPC along with broadband connection is available in three plans.

Normally, a customer has to pay Rs. 6, 364 to acquire the Nova netPC, monitor keyboard with mouse by the time of applying broadband connection under this scheme.

If a customer has monitor it is sufficient to purchase Nova netPC along with keyboard and mouse with the payment of Rs. 2, 999 only.

Provision is there to watch the Internet content through LCD TV. If the customers need to avail themselves of this facility, they should purchase Nova netPC wireless keyboard, mouse Dongle for Wi-Fi access at a cost of Rs. 5, 193, provided they have an LCD television set.

Customers can apply for the service at all BSNL customer service centres and its franchisee outlets in Tuticorin Telecom District.

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BSNL launches pre-paid plan

CHENNAI: BSNL Chennai Telephones has launched a new pre-paid plan with one-year validity.

A release said the value proposition of "BSNL Vasantham" is that users can make local calls within the network at 20 paise per minute between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.

Group talk upto a maximum of five BSNL numbers in the State (one landline and four mobiles) will only cost 30 paise per minute in addition to 250 free SMSs to any network. The card is priced at Rs. 150 with an initial talk value of Rs. 50.

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New plan for BSNL prepaid mobile customers

VELLORE: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Tamil Nadu Circle, has introduced 'Vasantham,' a promotional plan for its prepaid mobile customers.

According to a release, the plan, which is a limited period offer, has a validity of one year.

The cost of SIM card is Rs.150, and it carries a free talk time for Rs.50. Local calls are charged at the rate of 60 paise a minute and STD calls at Re. one a minute for the calls within BSNL network (landline/Wireless in Local Loop/mobile calls). Twenty paise a minute will be charged for all calls within Tamil Nadu and within the BSNL network from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Customers could have 250 free local SMS a month. A landline and four BSNL mobile connections are allowed for group calling and calls within the group would be charged at 30 paise a minute. Details could be had by contacting the nearest Customer Care Centre, authorised franchisees or by logging on to www.bsnl.co.in.

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BSNL launches new prepaid plan

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has announced the introduction of a promotional prepaid plan with a validity period of one year for mobile customers titled "Vasantham".

A release from the BSNL said that cost of the of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) would be Rs. 150 inclusive of tax and would have a free talk time of Rs. 50.

Local call to BSNL network would be 60 paise per minute, local call to other network would be 70 paise per minute and night calling happy hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. would be 20 paise per minute.

STD call to BSNL network would be Re 1 per minute, STD calls to other networks would be Rs. 1.50 per minute, free SMS would be Rs. 250 per month and friends and family talk would be 30 paise per minute.

Cards are available for sale at Mobile Customer Care Centre. For details, phone numbers; 2448840, 2306600, 2454545 and 2437600 could be contacted.

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BSNL to provide EPABX

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, has announced provision of free EPABX for subscribers having phone numbers starting with 24 to 7000 extensions to apartments, complexes, educational institutions, Government Institutions, Corporate houses, public sector undertakings, hospitals, hotels, malls, call centres, housing complexes.

A release from BSNL said that there would be no capital cost, installation charges, maintenance charges, junction rentals, licence fee and hidden costs.

For further details 0422-2438888 and 2454545, according to a release.

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BSNL cuts cost for prepaid plans

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore, has announced that the cost of Tamil Nadu 'Vasantham' one year validity prepaid mobile SIM and New Tamil Nadu Ananth Lifetime validity SIM are reduced.

A release from P.T. Mathew, Principal General Manager, said that BSNL Vasantham entry cost is reduced from Rs. 150 to Rs. 40 and New Tamil Nadu Ananth is reduced from Rs. 49 to Rs. 20.

The SIM cards are available for sale at the show rooms of the authorised franchisees/retailers and BSNL road shows.

Customers could contact 2436700 or 2454545.

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BSNL to add 106 base stations

'Network problem will be solved soon'

HUBLI: General Manager of Dharwad Telecom District S.S. Sindagi has said that 106 Base Terminal Stations (BTS) will be commissioned in Haveri, Gadag and Dharwad districts during this financial year to improve the quality of cellphone services.

Addressing presspersons on the sidelines of inauguration of CET counselling at BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Hubli on Thursday, he said 53 stations were commissioned between August and March during the last financial year, taking the number of stations in the telecom district to 158.

He said 106 stations would be commissioned during the current fiscal in a phased manner as the number of subscribers of BSNL mobile services had almost doubled last year, taking the tally to 1.77 lakh. He said the telecom district had set a target of adding 1.05 lakh subscribers during this financial year. BSNL broadband services were being offered in the 169 telephone exchanges in the telecom district. Because of this, the telecom district had recorded the lowest decline rate in the number of landline subscribers.

He said the problems in the cellphone network in the twin cities would be solved in five days. BSNL had commissioned 14 Base Terminal Stations (BTS) in Hubli and Dharwad in the past four months.

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BSNL to pay compensation

Bangalore: The Second Additional Consumer Redressal Forum asked BSNL to pay compensation of Rs. 2,000 to advocate S.K. Rajendra, for not providing information under the Right to Information Act. The advocate had filed an application with the BSNL and sought information under the RTI Act. However, BSNL failed to oblige him, forcing Mr. Rajendra to approach the forum.

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BSNL changes bill dates

Coimbatore: BSNL, Coimbatore, has announced changes in bill dates for landline and PCO subscribers.

A release from BSNL says that the bill date of all PCO franchisees has been changed from the 3rd of every month to the 6th of every month. The bill date for all landline BSNL customers has been changed from the 5th of every month to the 7th. Change will take effect from June 2009. There is no change in the billing schedule and frequency. For details contact the Accounts Officer (Computer), Coimbatore at 2437750; Accounts Officer (STD-PT) at 0422-2450088; and Accounts Officer (TR), Tirupur, at 0421-2201650/2206000.

All BSNL cash counters, customer service centres and mobile customer care centres of Coimbatore Secondary Switching Area are accepting bill payments by cash, DD and cheque till 5 p.m. on all working days, the press release adds.

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BSNL road shows on June 22

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited will conduct road shows on June 22 at a number of locations here.

A press release from the Principal General Manager, BSNL, said the road shows would be conducted near PRS Grounds (Sunrise Apartment), near Edayarpalayam Junction, near RTO office in Peelamedu, Telephone Exchange – Anupparpalayam (Tirupur), Mangalam Telephone Exchange, Sirumugai Telephone Exchange, Devanurpudur, Sungam Kottur Malayandipattinam, KN Puram Palladam Lakshmi Mill Junction.

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BSNL road show

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore is conducting a road show on June 23 at a number of locations for the benefit of prospective customers. It will be held at the following locations: near Malumichampatti Exchange, near VOC Nagar-Gandhi Maanagar, Shanthi Lodge compound (Opposite to GP Theatre), Sowripalayam pirivu, Bharathi Nagar Complex, Avanashi Road at

Tirupur, near Kannan Department Store (Pollachi), Lawley Road Junction – Coimbatore and near the Thakkalur bus stop.

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BSNL claims 9000 subscribers for 3G services

State-owned telecom operator BSNL CMD, Kuldeep Goyal said in an interview to Live Mint that the company  has managed to attract 9000 subscribers for its 3G services launched in the last few months. The company hopes to get aggressive on marketing the services after completing the comprehensive network coverage of its 3G services in the areas of operation.

The interview also spells out the details of the restructuring plans of the company which include complete revamping of its sales and distribution network as well as carving out new Directors for Mobile services, fixedline & broadband services as well as enterprise business vertical.

The company plans to involve its staff around the customer-centric profile like sales and distribution from the current set-up of having mainly technical and other functions. 

Source: telecomtiger

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New facility by BSNL

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BSNL proposes to introduce "Kutty recharge" facility soon. Amit Mishra, General Manager (Marketing), BSNL Kerala Circle said here On Wednesday that the facility would be available for Rs.10, Rs.20 and Rs.30.

He said the "Women Power" plan launched last week had many attractive features. The most important feature was the "happy hours" which gave freedom to contact near and dear ones from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. at the reduced rate of 25 paise a minute within the BSNL Kerala network.

Those who had opted for the plan could also make calls to any five BSNL numbers at a reduced rate of 30 paise a minute throughout the day. The local calls to other BSNL numbers were charged 59 paise and local calls to other networks 69 paise per minute. The charge for local SMS is 25 paise.

The reintroduced Student Suvidha too had attractive features like call to any network at 49 paise a minute, calls to two friends at 30 paise a minute without any extra monthly charge and SMS at five paise.

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BSNL, MTNL to offer data roaming

New Delhi: State-run telecom operators BSNL and MTNL on Friday said they have entered into an alliance with Conexus Mobile to offer their

subscribers a flat international data roaming plan. "The customers of MTNL and BSNL would get unlimited data roaming service by paying a lower

fixed amount per day while roaming in a member country," MTNL Chairman R.S.P. Sinha said.

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Change in BSNL phone numbers

With the opening of a new telephone exchange on Ullal Main Road, 320 telephone numbers earlier working from Nagarbhavi exchange starting with numbers 2321, 2339 and 2318 were changed to 2324 on June 26. In a release, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has asked customers to re-register their STD/ISD and dynamic locking afresh. For assistance, call Ph: 23240020 or 23240040.

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BSNL introduces roaming facility, new offers for data service subscribers

State-run PSU, BSNL has introduced new offers for subscribers of its CDMA platform based data services with the two new plans being a Network Interface Card based offering priced at Rs 250 with deliverable speeds of 144 kbps and the other plan priced at Rs 650 delivered over EVDO backbone offering speed upto 2.4 mbps

Furthermore, roaming facility will also be offered for the services with the technical feasibility being the price determinants.

The company will do away with its currently offered plans of Rs 250 for NIC and Rs 550 for EVDO cards and subscribers on such packages will be given 6 months time to migrate accordingly to new packages.

As part of a promotional offer, BSNL will offer the PCMCIA type of NIC and EVDO cards at Rs. 1680/- and Rs 2100/- respectively till September 30, 2009.

Additionally subscribers of its FWT/IFWT/HHT services can also avail the internet service offered over CDMA 2000 1X technology with speeds of 144 kbps at Rs 250 monthly rental.

All the internet packages mentioned above offer unlimited data transfer every month. The new tariffs are applicable from July 1st, 2009.

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BSNL to test Blackberry, Wimax in BHEL township

TIRUCHI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has plans to test its new products like Blackberry service, Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) and mobile broadband services in the BHEL township shortly.

The township will have a new telephone exchange and the existing one is poised for modernisation, Principal General Manager of BSNL, Tiruchi Secondary Switching Area, A. Balraj, said on Monday.

Mr. Balraj was speaking at a function organised by BSNL for commissioning its Cellular Base Transceiver Stations at Nehru Nagar and Kamarajapuram on the BHEL premises here.

Commissioning the facility, BHEL Executive Director A.V. Krishnan observed that video conferencing through hi-tech communication gadgets would obviate the need for air travel in the coming days.

The tie-up between BHEL and BSNL was in the direction of mutual progress, he said.

The Base Transceiver Stations have been a long-felt need of the BHEL since the signals were weak in a part of the complex that included the locations of Welding Research Institute and Combined Cycle Demonstration Plant.

General Manager, Maintenance and Services, Civil and Safety Management, P. Nainar, who spoke on the occasion, commended the BSNL for providing 'closed user group' connection for employees in BHEL's Tiruchi Complex and for facilitating broad-band Internet access in the township through auto phones to benefit the student community.

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BSNL, MyWay extend IPTV services to Ahmedabad

Smart Digivison's MyWay branded IPTV services set its foot in Ahmedabad city to be followed by launch of internet services over the TV medium.

With this MyWay services are now available in 23 cities across the country.

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BSNL road show today

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, is conducting a road show on July 8 at various places in the city.

A release from the Principal General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore, said that the road show would be held on July 8 at Malumichampatti Exchange, Sungam Maidan, Rottikadai Maidan.

Peelamedu, near Mettuppalayam market and Periyanaickenpalayam bus stand, according to the release.

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BSNL staff stir

KOCHI: The district committee of the BSNL Employees' Union has decided to begin an agitation against the measures that have allegedly led to fall in efficiency of the department. Thousands of people surrendered their land lines because of steps that were taken 'under the pretext' of cost-cutting. This led to BSNL losing crores of rupees as income, the Union said.

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BSNL mobile collection schedule

VISAKHAPATNAM: The BSNL mobile bill collection van for rural areas will visit the following areas in the month:

July 17 - Anandapuram and Revadi; July 18 - INS Kalinga and Kapuluppada; July 20 - Lankelapalem and Vadacheepurupalli; July 21 - D. Yerravaram; July 22 – Lothugedda; July 23 – Chowdawada; July 24 - Rambilli and Achutapuram; July 25 – Vaddadi; July 27 – Srirampuram; July 28 - Y. Gopalapatnam; and July 29 - Varahapuram and Cheedikada. One online ounter will be operational at the exchange at NTPC and Nakkapalli on July 23 and 24.

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BSNL announcement

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the availability of account less Internet Access – postpaid Internet to landline and wireless in local loop customers.

A release from the BSNL said that Internet charges would be only 10 paise per minute..

It will be free online registration and for details interested subscribers could contact 0422-2437600 and 2454545.

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BSNL road show

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Coimbatore, is conducting a road show at various locations from July 16 to 22 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The road show on July 16 will be at Chinniampalayam bus stand, Deivasikamanipattinam, Poolavadi, weekly market at Pongalur.

On July 17: Palayakkadu bus stop, Kangeyam Road PP Pudur, near MCET College – Pollachi, near Six Corner-Tatabad and Singanallur bus stop.

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BSNL mela

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is conducting reconnection/new telephone connection mela in the city on Monday and Tuesday. The programme will be held between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Ajithsingh Nagar and Satyanarayanapruam areas.

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BSNL to hold road shows

Coimbatore: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coimbatore, is organising road shows from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at a number of locations from July 23 to 31.

The aim of the road show is to showcase and sell products such as BSNL Vasantham at offer price of Rs. 50 and Tamil Nadu Ananth at offer price Rs 25, BSNL landline, wireless in local loop, broadband, mobile, CDMA Wireless in Local Loop, prepaid, free EPABX, Centrex, EVDO datacard and other services on demand.

The roads shows would be as follows:

July 23: Thennampalayam bus stand, Gandhinagar – Udumalpet, Uppilipalayam Bus Stop, Sirumugai (near market), Alamaram bus stop – Vadavalli.

July 24: Karuvallur bus stand, Kottur Malayandipattinam, near Tirupur GH, Chettikapalayam, Somanur, Karumathampatti, V. Kallipalayam Bus Stand and Thomas Park Race Course.

July 25: In front of IOB Nanjundapuram, Pudupalayam, Periandipalayam Exchange, Solaiarnagar,Sandhaipettai, Thondamuthur and Periapodu.

July 27: Savakattupalayam, Sopna Bakery Chavadi, Thirumuruganpoondi Bus Stop.

July 28: Kaniyur, Koduvai Bus Stop, SAIL, near Peelamedu railway gate, near Thudialur Pirivu, Saravampatti, Hotel Tamil Nadu – Nanjappa Road.

July 29: NGM College, Tirupur Municipal Office, Tamil Nadu Bus Stop, Ganapathy and near GCT.

July 30: Near Mettuppalayam Bus Stand, near RTO office – Tirupur, Karnampettai Junction.

July 31: Near Jaya Enclave – Avanashi Road, opposite North Police – Tirupur.

Rural Broadband and new plans of USOF 99 and USOF 150 are available on demand in the following telephone exchange areas:

In Anaimalai Short Distance Charging Area – Periyapodu, Ganapathypalayam, Sethumadai, Attakatti and Parambikulam.

In Pollachi SDCA at Chettiyakkapalayam, Jakkarpalayam, Kanjampatti, Mannur, Mettubavi, Vadakkipalayam, Karacheri, Muthugoundanur, S. Kumarapalayam, T. Nalligoundanpalayam.

In Udumalpet SDCA at Pudupalayam, Thungavi, V. Velur, Amaravathy Nagar.

In Tirupur SDCA at Chettipalayam and Gananaickenpalayam, in Manthiripalayam in Palladam SDCA, Kummittipathy in Coimbatore SDCA.

For these two plans, there will be no registration charges, security deposit, installation charges or modem charges. Monthly charges would be Rs. 99 and Rs. 150 respectively. Free download is 400 MB and one GB respectively. For booking, contact nearest customer service centre or phone number 2437402 or 2454545.

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BSNL staff decry Centre's stand

Joint Forum of the BSNL Employees, Officers and Unions' Associations on Wednesday condemned the UPA Government's decision to allow disinvestment in public sector units.

In a statement, forum's chairman J. Umamaheswar Rao alleged that the government resorted to the step under tremendous pressure by big investors. They said there was no truth in the Government contention that the funds acquired through disinvestment would be utilised for development of the organisation.

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BSNL effects switch transfer

CHENNAI: BSNL-Chennai Telephones has transferred the C-DOT AN Rack switch to the EWSD Switch, at the Somangalam (Puducherry) Exchange to improve broadband services.

There is no change in the telephone numbers.

All customers of Somangalam telephone exchange have to re-register the password for STD/ISD locking facility and other special facilities.

Complaints can be booked by dialling 198.

Users can contact the SDE on 27162333 / 27178134, says a release.

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BSNL consumer meet on July 27

BSNL will conduct consumer meet at its office in Kadapa on July 27 at 11 a.m. and at the sub-divisional engineer offices at Proddatur, Pulivendula, Rajampet and Rayachoti.