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Airtel lost 24 lakh subscribers in August 2024 and 16 lakh subscribers in July 2024. Vodafone Idea lost more than 19 lakh mobile subscribers in October, compared to a decline of 15.5 lakh in September.
The Ministry Of Communications, Department Of Telecommunications (Pension Section) has recently issued an office memorandum regarding the enhancement of maximum limit of Gratuity for BSNL, MTNL Employees.
7th Pay Commission Update: Following the Dearness Allowance (DA) reaching 50 per cent of the basic salary, the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) issued a notification on May 30, raising the gratuity limit for central government employees from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.
Delhi Police stated that there has been a rise in phishing incidents involving the name and emblem of MTNL.
The police said that it plans to get sensitive information from mobile subscribers.
Delhi Police has warned people not to respond with personal details to such questionable communications.
After other telecom firms, MTNL has joined the bandwagon to give attractive benfits at Rs 141.
DIPAM website has listed MTNL assets located in Vasari Hill, Goregaon in Mumbai for sale at a reserve price of around Rs 310 crore.
MTNL's 20 flats are located in Oshiwara.
The e-auction for MTNL assets will take place on December 14.
India's Department of Telecom last week approved applications of telecom companies Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and MTNL to conduct 5G trials but none of them will be using technologies of Chinese entities.
Reliance Jio’s JioFiber plan comes with 100Mbps plans for home broadband at just Rs 699 per month and it offers unlimited voice calls anywhere in India.
Meanwhile, Airtel’s 100 Mbps plan for Rs 799 comes with unlimited data usage, voice calls, and bundled home phones.
Similarly, the MTNL 100Mbps FTTH plan costs Rs 777 per month with 800GB per month.
BSNL has stated that it expects to be profitable from 2023-24 onwards
In October 2019, the government had approved the revival package for BSNL and MTN
the expenditure of BSNL has reduced from Rs 34,400 crore per annum to Rs 24,687 crore per annum
Centre has decided to cancel the 4G upgradation tenders of state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL).
Sources privy to the information said the Telecom Department has conveyed that the tender process in this regard will have be reworked.
In the wake of the fatal altercation between the armies of both the countries in Eastern Ladakh, India’s Telecom Ministry on Wednesday asked all of the entities to restrict their purchases from China. Daily News and Analysis (DNA) hosted by Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary, brings to you analysis of the top news of the day.
Last year the cabinet approved a Rs 69,000 crore revival package for both BSNL and MTNL. The salient features of the package included allotment of the 4G spectrum, issuing a sovereign guarantee for raising Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 8,500 for BSNL and Rs 6,500 for MTNL) funds via long-term bonds, monetisation of assets and implementation of voluntary retirement scheme.
The strike is also aimed at putting pressure for the expeditious settlement of employees` grievances, according to an AUAB statement here on Saturday (February 22).
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra also warned the telecom companies that the court may initiate contempt proceedings against them and government officials for not complying with it`s order.
Minister for Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is neither closing down nor divesting its stake in the two financially stressed entities.
Talking to media after the meeting of Union Cabinet, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Rs 29,937 crore will be given by the Centre in order to revive MTNL and BSNL.
Department of Telecom (DoT) move comes following the appointment of a high-level committee to look into the revival of MTNL and BSNL, said, an official source.
The funds infusion in both BSNL and MTNL, according to sources will be through bonds as has been the case of PSU bank recapitalisations.
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