BHARAT BROADBAND NETWORK LIMITED BBNL
GX Group to make telecom gear in India for the world
GX Group plans to establish a new Rs 100-crore manufacturing facility in India to export FTTH equipment globally, supporting the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative. This will be their second plant, following a 2021 Haryana unit. The new facility will produce Wi-Fi routers and GPON equipment for Indian and international markets, including Europe and Africa.
HFCL Ltd bags order worth Rs 67 cr for supplying OFCs
HFCL Limited has procured a Rs 67 crore order for Optical Fiber Cables (OFC) from a leading domestic telecom service provider in India. The order, to be executed by April 2024, requires HFCL to supply multiple types of cables as per customer specifications. The demand for OFCs is growing due to India's digitization drive and the recent Cabinet approval for rural broadband connectivity.
BSNL, MTNL sign pact for synergy of operations
"The MoU with BSNL will pave the way for synergy of operations between MTNL and BSNL in order to provide pan India telecom services as a public sector enterprise under the government of India," the filing said.
Cabinet approves Rs 1.39 lakh cr for last mile BharatNet connectivity
The cabinet has approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan under the BharatNet project for 6.4 lakh villages across the country with a financial outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore, a top government official said. The broadband connectivity project has already connected 1.94 lakh villages, with the rest likely to be completed in two and a half years.
Cabinet approves Rs 1.39 lakh cr for connecting 6.4 lakh villages with broadband
The Union Cabinet has approved a last-mile broadband connectivity plan for 6.4 lakh villages across the country under the BharatNet project with an outlay of Rs 1.39 lakh crore, according to sources. Around 1.94 lakh villages have been connected under the BharatNet project at present, and the balance is likely to be connected in two and a half years, they added.
TRAI plans to repeal regulation on dial-up, seeks views
Industry stakeholders have until April 17 to present their views on the matter. “It has been noticed that these regulations were issued when the dial up service was the only service available for accessing low speed internet,” Trai said in a statement.
In a world where 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks coexist, how is 6G going to be different?
It's a game changer in that it adds capacity, provides a stable and very fast connection (10 Gbps), connects devices other than just smartphones, consumes much less power and reduces noise, all this while handling as many as a million devices per sq km. 5G even allows slices of the network to operate independently as separate networks, and leverages its huge processing power to enable vastly enhanced edge responsiveness.
Congress treated PSUs like BSNL as cash cows: Vaishnaw in RS
Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw said the BSNL and the BBNL have been merged with each other and the joint network being created by them is helping add more than one lakh connections in villages every month. Taking a swipe at the Congress, he said the BSNL was a very healthy company and so was the MTNL.
Certain people used BSNL as 'cash cow' during UPA rule: Ashwini Vaishnaw
"The BSNL went through a very bad phase. Primarily due to certain political parties during UPA time. Lots of funds were diverted away," Ashwini Vaishnaw said, amid protests by some opposition members.
Ashwani Vaishnaw asks BSNL staff to focus on customers, solve their problems immediately
"I am rock solid with you. The Prime Minister is with you. Now, we have to be with our customers. Every customer is God. Customer is the king. Whatever problems customers face, they should become our problem and (we should) solve them immediately. Focus on your customers," PTI quoted Vaishnaw as saying during his visit to Chennai.
Common Service Centre stops BharatNet fibre maintenance as dues mount
CSC is a special purpose vehicle set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Companies Act, 1956. BharatNet is a government initiative to connect all 600,000 villages in the country to high-speed internet through an optic fibre network.
Cabinet clears BSNL-BBNL merger, approves revival package worth Rs 1.64 lakh cr
The government in April 2022 had announced that BBNL, the special purpose vehicle (SPV), formed to implement the ambitious BharatNet project will be merged with BSNL.
Government defers proposal to merge BSNL, MTNL due to financial reasons
BSNL Chairman and managing director PK Purwar, who also heads MTNL, has submitted before a Parliamentary panel that the Department of Telecom should consider carving out of over Rs 26,500 crore debt of MTNL and its assets under a special purpose vehicle.
Govt plans to merge BBNL with BSNL this month: BSNL CMD
With the proposed merger, BSNL will get 5.67 lakh kilometer of optical fibre which has been laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats in the country using Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
Govt cancels Rs 19,000-cr tender for connecting villages in 16 states with broadband
The project was approved in June last year to roll out an optical fibre network under BharatNet in 16 states in a public-private partnership model with a total expense of Rs 29,430 crore.
BBNL defers Rs 19,041 crore Bharatnet broadband tender bid date to September 14
An official source told PTI that the bid dates are likely to be extended further as the queries need to be vetted by the Department of Telecom as well and the entire process may take a few weeks.
Jio, BBNL boost connectivity in Uttarakhand border areas
According to the SDM, all 35 villages, from where locals migrate during the summer, can benefit from improved mobile and Internet connectivity in the area.
Plea against contracts awarded under Bharat Net by govt on nomination basis: HC seeks Centre reply
A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan issued notice to the ministries of Communications and Electronics and Technology, CVC, CSC and Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) and seeking their stand on the plea by NGO Telecom Watchdog.
DoT clears Rs 1,500 crore for BSNL, BBNL to pay dues to vendors
BSNL has already cleared more than Rs 300 crore to vendors and contractors on account of BharatNet-II, the person said on condition of anonymity. The two companies have also disbursed payable amounts to some circles including Uttar Pradesh (East) and Madhya Pradesh, the person said.
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