18/06/2012

18-06-2012:The Minister has directed the senior officials of BSNL to focus especially on quality voice and data services..click here...PTI

18-06-2012: RailTel bags Rs 600 cr OFC contract...Edging out BSNL

KOLKATA: State-owned RailTel has edged out BSNL in the race to execute the Rs 600-crore OFC network expansion project in the Northeast. The telecom department has also cleared a Rs 388-crore subsidy allocation for the project from the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF). The balance cost will be shouldered by RailTel.
The project involves laying in excess of 10,000 km of optical fibre cable across the Northeast (excluding Assam) to create a bulk bandwidth resource that will be shared by all IT and telecom service providers operating in the region at discounted rates. "RailTel emerged the L1 bidder for augmentation, creation and management of a greenfield OFC network across six northeastern states, where there is a serious bandwidth constraint. A letter of intent (LoI) will shortly be issued to the company," an official in the telecom department said. The government has split the Northeast telecom circle into two zones for execution of the upcoming OFC network expansion. Zone I includes Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, while Zone II encompasses Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.

18-06-2012: ZTE may bag Rs 4,000 crore BSNL deal..ET news

05/06/2012

06-06-2012: FinMin opposes sops to BSNL for servicing naxal-affected areas...ET

NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry has opposed subsidy of over Rs 5,800 crore to BSNL for providing telecom services in naxal-affected areas, saying that the operator was not selected through a tender process and the demand was several times the current incentives.
DoT has sought approval from the Cabinet to Rs 5,809.38 crore subsidy to BSNL from the Universal Obligation Fund (USOF) for commissioning and maintaining 2,199 sites in naxal-affected areas for five years....ET

06-06-2012: No "FORUM of BSNL union Associations" formed in these Krishnagar SSA..

Only NFTE requested us to join in their Dharna Programme at GM office...
We dont know why FORUM not formed in these SSA????... hence Separate Dharna Programme will be arranged by NFTE. 

06-06-2012:BSNL management kept the orders in abeyance in respects of allowances to ITS officers issued on 25-05-2012.

BSNL management kept the orders in abeyance in respects of allowances to ITS officers issued on 25-05-2012.

still dharna is on .....called by FORUM....