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30.11.2011:VRS for BSNL, MTNL employees not possible this fiscal, says Telecom Secy: 'The Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for employees of Government-owned telecom firms, BSNL and MTNL will take some more time as the Telecom Ministry is yet to take a final call on the same.' Read More...
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29.11.2011:Addenda to modifications in scheme and syllabus for LICE for promotion to PA, PS and Rajbasha Adhikari grades: BSNL has issued separate addenda to its orders dated 24.11.2011 modifying the scheme and syllabus for LICE for promotion to Personal Assistant, Private Secretary and Rajbasha Adhikari grades, stating that the modified scheme and syllabus will be applicable for LICE to be conducted in the future only.
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28.11.2011:Relieving of repatriated ITS officers: Following a reported directive from DoT that 33% of the non-optee ITS Group A officers in each circle/unit should have been relieved in a few days, the Circles have started relieving more ITS officers on repatriation to DoT.
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27.11.2011:3G roaming pact among telcos may cause loss to govt: Sector regulator Trai and the Law Ministry have already termed the roaming pact among these players as illegal, saying this tantamounts to spectrum sharing which is not allowed as per the policy.' Read More...
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24.11.2011:Bharti Airtel accounts for 26% of industry revenue: Bharti Airtel alone accounted for almost 26% of total industry gross revenue at Rs. 13,239 crore. It was followed by state-owned BSNL, with 18% share at Rs.9,040 crore. Read More...
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24.11.2011:Modification in scheme and syllabus for LICE for promotion to Rajbasha Adhikari grade: BSNL has reduced the qualifying and aggregate marks in the LICE for promotion to Rajbasha Adhikari grade. View orders...
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24.11.2011:Modification in scheme and syllabus for LICE for promotion to Private Secretary grade: BSNL has reduced the qualifying and aggregate marks in the LICE for promotion to Private Secretary grade. View orders...
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24.11.2011:Modification in scheme and syllabus for LICE for promotion to Personal Assistant grade: BSNL has reduced the qualifying and aggregate marks in the LICE for promotion to Personal Assistant grade. View orders...
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23.11.2011:Telecom service cadre asks government for 'apt' jobs: '"Considering the larger public interest, the government should strengthen the role of ITS officers in areas like TERM (Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring) cells, effective consumer grievance redressal cells, special purpose vehicle for NOFN ( National Optical Fibre Network), management of secure defence network and promotion of indigenous telecom equipment manufacturing," a representative of ITSA told media.' Read More...
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23.11.2011:Loss of over Rs 43k cr due to relief to telcos in 1999: '"On one side private licensees repeatedly violated the conditions of license agreements. On the other government granted concessions after concessions in relaxation of tender conditions decided through open competitive bidding," CAG report had said.' Read More...
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22.11.2011:CHQ writes to MoC on Early completion of the process of repatriation of non-optee ITS Group A officers back to DoT: 'Due to the peculiar situation, where the responsibility of putting a contingency plan in place is lying with the very same officers who are to be repatriated, the process of repatriation of the remaining officers almost has come to a halt, in the name of absence of contingency plan.' Read More...
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21.11.2011:All India GSM Subscriber figures for October 2011: Uninor tops GSM subscriber addition in October 2011. View figures...
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20.11.2011:CBI raids offices of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone: 'The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched Vodafone's offices in Delhi and Mumbai and the Bharti Airtel headquarters in Gurgaon after it filed a new case against these telcos and former bureaucrats. The CBI has alleged the exchequer suffered a loss of Rs 508 crore after the late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's awarded additional airwaves to these companies in 2002.' Read More...
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20.11.2011:Sukhram sentenced to 5 years jail in 1996 telecom case; attacked outside court: 'Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi Court after being convicted of taking Rs three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996.' Read More...
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18.11.2011:Clarifications on suspension of LTC facility: BSNL has issued clarifications on suspension of All India LTC for two years. View orders...
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17.11.2011:Revised edition of Brochure on Reservation: DoP&T has brought out revised edition (2011) on Reservation for SC, ST & Backward classes in Services. Go to the Brochure...
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17.11.2011:Legal wing backs DoT's call on 3G roaming deals: The legal wing of the communication ministry has supported the views put forward by several sections of the department of telecom (DoT) which had said that 3G roaming deals among mobile phone companies violated licence rules.(ET)
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16.11.2011:Airtel hikes tariff on international calls by up to 10%; customers to have fewer benefits: 'For the quarter ended September 30, 2011, airtel posted decline of 38.17 per cent in its net profit at Rs 1,027 as compared to Rs 1,661 crore reported in the same period a year ago. This was the seventh consecutive quarter in which the company registered a decline in profit.'
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15.11.2011:Reimbursement of claims for briefcase and towels: Due to implementation of ERP package BSNL has introduced uniform rules and procedures for issue of briefcase and towels. View orders...
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14.11.2011:Repatriation of non-optee ITS Group A officers back to DoT: According to reliable sources, another batch of non-optee ITS officers will be relieved on repatriation to DoT after expiry of the target date tomorrow (15.11.2011) for consolidating of options and forwarding the same to Corporate Office, by Circles. DoT is said to be determined in completing the process within a specified time frame.
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14.11.2011:Two Sick CPSEs Turned Around: 'Till date BRPSE has considered 67 cases and recommended revival of 59 CPSEs and closure of 3 CPSEs envisaging total assistance of Rs. 35448 crores. GOI has approved revival of 43 CPSEs and closure of 2 CPSEs envisaging total assistance of Rs. 25,105 crore, benefitting 1.71 lakh employees.' Read More...
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14.11.2011:BSNL launches Bharat Berry push e-mail service: 'State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Monday tied up with Bharat Berry Technologies to provide push e-mail services to all its mobile subscribers of all circles in India. Push e-mail provides an always on capability by which new e-mails are actively transferred. The mobile communication service Bharat Berry works with most of the mobile phones and provides an advanced push mail with over the air backup of the user's contacts, tasks, calendar and notes.' Read More...
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13.11.2011:Govt slaps Rs 50 cr penalty on Airtel, Tatas for ILD licence violation: 'The Telecom Ministry is understood to have imposed a penalty of Rs 50 crore each on Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications for providing international private lease circuits to foreign company SingTel in violation of ILD licence terms and conditions.' Read More...
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11.11.2011:Request and Tenure transfers in AO/Sr.AO grades: BSNL has issued request transfer and tenure transfer orders in AO/Sr.AO grade.
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11.11.2011:Short term engagement of retired officers in BSNL: Under the contingency plan following repatriation of unabsorbed Group A officers, BSNL decides to engage willing retired officers of BSNL/DoT for a short period.
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11.11.2011:More number of ITS officers relieved from BSNL on repatriation to DoT: More number of ITS Group A officers from various small circles/units have been relieved today from BSNL on repatriation to DoT.
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10.11.2011:3G roaming deals among telcos to have negative impact on govt revenue - DoT: 'Earlier this year, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular had entered into 3G roaming alliances that enabled them to offer high-end data services on a pan-India basis (except Orissa). Bharti, Vodafone and Idea had won 3G airwaves in 13, 9 and 11 circles, respectively, and their roaming pacts ensured that customers of these companies can access high-speed data services even in the regions where they don't hold 3G airwaves. Aircel has a similar deal with Tata Teleservices and offers 3G services in six circles using the latter's airwaves.'
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09.11.2011:First batch of ITS officers relieved from BSNL on repatriation to DoT: As per the instructions contained in DoT letter dated 3.11.2011, a total of 282 ITS Group A officers from various circles/units and 38 from BSNL CO have been relieved today from BSNL on repatriation to DoT.
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09.11.2011:Telcos earn Rs 46,891 cr in Q1, Airtel leads pack: .Airtel's gross revenue was the highest at Rs 10,212.96 crore, followed by Vodafone at Rs 6,893.91 crore, Idea Cellular at Rs 4,600.77 crore and state-run BSNL at Rs 4427.80 crore, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its India Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report.'
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08.11.2011:DoT issues clarifications to its 4.3.2011 orders: DoT clarifies that officers who are to revert to DoT cannot abdicate their posts or refuse to perform their assigned functions until they are formally relieved by BSNL. View clarification...
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08.11.2011:BSNL top executives asked to rejoin DoT tech wing: 'ET had reported last week that BSNL was merging operations and installing a back-up senior management team to take over operations in an emergency situation. Circle heads who have opted to return to DoT have been asked to suggest replacements from the existing pool of absorbed officers as part of a contingency plan.' Read More...
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08.11.2011:BSNL circulates DoT order on repatriation of non-optee ITS Group A officers back to DoT: BSNL has merely circulated DoT letter dated 3.8.2011 on repatriation of non-optee ITS officers back to DoT. View circular...
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06.11.2011:USO project defaulters face 5-year ban: The Department of Telecom may impose a five-year ban on Reliance Communications, Bharti Airtel, and Aircel from participating in future rural telephony projects supported by the Universal Services Obligation fund. This is because these operators have failed to meet their roll out targets under a GSM project floated by the USO fund in 2007. Read More...
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04.11.2011:Repatriation of ITS Group A officers back to DoT: DoT has issued orders directing all ITS officers who have opted for government service and those who have not given any option and those who have given conditional option to report to DoT immediately after being relieved formally by BSNL, by reporting to Sr.DDG (TEC), Telecom Engineering Centre, New Delhi with a copy to the Cadre Controlling Authority and Director (HR), BSNL. After such reporting, they have been directed not to leave Head Quarters, ie. New Delhi without appropriate approval. Read More...
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04.11.2011:Contingency Plan on completion of process of absorption of ITS Group A officers: BSNL is communicating with retired ITS/TFS/IFS/GCS officers in the age group of 60-64 years as part of its contingency plan. View orders...
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04.11.2011:Nearly 4 cr mobile connections in a city of 1.68 cr people: There are nearly four crore mobile phone connections in Delhi, which has a population of 1.68 crore, with the connections taken by city residents witnessing over 50 per cent increase in 2010-11. (ET)
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03.11.2011:BSNL gets Rs 5.5K cr more for defence network: 'The Telecom Commission (TC), the apex decision-making body of the communications ministry, has cleared BSNL's request for an additional capital expenditure of Rs 5,503 core for the alternative network the state-owned telco is building for the armed forces.This will be over the Rs 8,098 crore that has already been given to the PSU for this project. This will be over the Rs 8,098 crore that has already been given to the PSU for this project.' Read More...
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02.11.2011:Retention of staff quarters beyond permissible limit: BSNL has delegated the power of consideration of requests for retention of staff quarters beyond permissible limit, to the Circle Heads, at stations where sufficient quarters are vacant. View orders...
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02.11.2011:Revised Scheme and Syllabus for LICE for filling up JTO (Telecom) posts under both 35% & 15% quota: BSNL has circulated revised Scheme and Syllabus for Limited Internal Competitive Examination for filling up JTO (Telecom) posts under 35% & 15% quota for exams to be held in the future. View circular...
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02.11.2011:Holding of JTO (SRD) 2011: BSNL has initiated action for holding Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) for filling up backlog vacancies of JTO (Telecom/Civil/Electrical) for persons with disabilities (PWD). The exam will be conducted on 19.2.2012. View letter...
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01.11.2011:TRAI suggests 50% cut in termination charges by Jan: 'The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed reducing mobile termination charges from 20 paisa to 10 paisa a minute from January 1, 2012 and to nil by 2014.' Read More...
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01.11.2011:Pesky messages back? TRAI raises SMS limit to 200 per day per SIM: 'Telecom consumers will now be able to send up to 200 SMSes per day from a SIM, as against the earlier limit of just 100 SMSes per day imposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
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