31-08-2012:ET review: BSNL Penta T-Pad IS701C.....regarding....ET

NEW DELHI: Although delayed, BSNL's entry into the budget tablet is not without reason. At Rs 4,999, its 7-inch tablet is the cheapest one in the market with a capacitive touchscreen.

Surprisingly for the price, the tablet does not skip out on any feature or compromise on the hardware specifications.

The build quality is at par with most other budget tablets. It feels solid to hold and the white finish looks elegant. The 7-inch touchscreen has the standard 800 x 480 pixel resolution and suffers from the same issue as most other budgets tabs - poor viewing. On the bright side, the screen has excellent touch response.

The tablet's onboard mini HDMI port can output at 720p resolution to a connected display - a slight letdown as most other budget tablets output at 1080p resolution.

There is mini USB port with on-the-go connectivity and also a full-size USB 2.0 port to connect flash drives - impressive and unexpected at this price. It also has a charging indicator light, skips on useless hardware buttons for home/back and menu, has large and well-placed volume keys - little additions that made us like the tablet more.

Hardware specifications are similar to the competition with a 1Ghz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB onboard storage expandable via microSD cards. It runs Google's Android 4.0 operating system in its stock interface and provides full access to Google's Play Store as well.

A front VGA camera is available for video calls. Like other tablets, the output quality from the camera is full of noise and mostly useless. The audio output is shockingly loud and is good enough for a small room to play music.

For the price, the BSNL Penta tablet is really high value for money - it has no match in the sub Rs 5,000 bracket at the moment. The only downside is the 3,000-mAh battery that lasts under 3 hours with continuous video playback.

If you can spend a bit more, consider the Zync Z-990 Plus (Rs 6,490) tablet which has better battery life, a faster 1.5Ghz processor and 1GB of RAM - all combined, you get better performance.

31-08-2012: Coming soon: Video chats on your BSNL landline... ET NEWS

Soon, you can do video calls, chats/conferencing on your old BSNL land phone connection, a feature which will be facilitated after C-DoT upgrades BSNL's existing telecom infrastructure to the Next Generation Network (NGN) -- a process which has started & expected to complete within a year and a half.

ET talked to AKV Sai Jayram, Group Leader, C-DoT, whose team has been working on this cutting edge technology for a couple of years.

C-DoT has also developed a broadband wireless terminal which can provide broadband speeds faster than 3Gnetworks with very low capital and operational expenditure.

31-08-2012: BSNL Board has approved the followings

BSNL Board has approved the following in its meeting held on 28.08.2012.

1. 78.2 % IDA fitment.

2. Recruitment of 2670 TTAs from the market.

3. NE-12 Pay Scale for the non executives.

31-08-2012: Change of Designation Committee meeting has been discontinued by Management. There will not be any new designations for Non Executives in BSNL....

31-08-2012: 30% fitment case is firther extended to 18 th SEPT 2012

24-8-2012: all India Conference of SNATTA is decided to be held at Jaipur....Rajasthan Circle....will announce date later on

24-08-2012: VRS proposals to cost over Rs 17,445 cr to BSNL, MTNL....ET

22-08-2012: meeting with GM....headlines.....

we were invited by GM in the all union association meeting with GM/krishnagar and DS amit khan attended the meeting. All the unions of this SSA attended also. we from SNATTA proposed the following:

Expenditure reduction:

1) dismantle or cut up AC machines which are unnecessary. it will reduce the electric bill and maintenance expenditure.
2) properly maintain the logbook for diesel consumption & load shedding
3) closing of exchanges below 50 connections
4) exchange deloading
5) proper utilisation of cars
6) proper & routine checking of power plant etc.
7) batteries installation and maintenace logbook follow up



development:

1) increase no of PCMs to the DSLAMs phase wise
2) BTS maintenance properly
3) a SSA level unit may be created under the direct control of GM to follow up the all sorts of complain booked by customer.
4) maintain Laese CKT customer complain register separately.
5) alternate route creation for high profile customer based area
6) engage all sorts of employess( directly/indirectly) to promote our business
7) proper marketing of our products.
8) etc.

however GM  took the points with concentration and lastly urged to be accountable in every respect and told that mobile service in this SSA is improved than previous traffic record. one alternate route under process, and appreciates for our   comments and also requested unions /associations to care more for BSNL. one more thing again GM told for looking after arrangement to DRTTAs and we have also placed our opinion for the same.
AS all the union leaders were pesent , DS also urged all the union /associations to move a whole for the development work.......

18-08-2012: BSNL loss stood at Rs 8,851 cr during last fiscal: Govt

NEW DELHI, AUG 17: 

The financial loss of state-run telecom firm, BSNL, touched Rs 8,851 crore during 2011—12, Parliament was informed on Friday.

The figures presented by Minister of State for Communications and IT, Milind Deora, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha shows losses by BSNL during the last three financial years starting 2009—10 when it reported loss of Rs 1,823 crore.

BSNL’s profit had started declining continuously from Rs 10,183 crore in 2004—05 before showing a loss in 2009—10.

During 2010—11, BSNL losses rose to Rs 6,384 crore mainly due to hefty outgo on employees’ salary and expenses borne by the PSU for procuring 3G and BWA spectrum.

BSNL officials had attributed widening of the losses mainly on account of payment made to the government to procure 3G and BWA licenses for which it paid a total of Rs 18,500 crore.

BSNL has proposed to surrender some spectrum and seeking refund for the same but no decision has yet been taken by Department of Telecommunications.

The total revenues of the company at the end of FY’11 were Rs 28,876 crore.

BSNL has submitted a proposal of Voluntary Retirement Scheme as part of its efforts to revive the loss—making company. The government is yet to approve it.

16-08-2012: we are asked to join in the all union/association meeting with GM. on 21-08-2012 at 4 pm.....officially we are asked by administration.....every member are requested to send their proposal if any regarding development & reduction of expenditure

15-08-2012: HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

******14-08-2012: BSNL plans landline revamp; to offer video calls, free call transfer..click for detail.source(.pti)

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12-08-2012: BSNLEU has put up a revised brief note on the last NCM and has now included the remarks of Com. P. Ashokababu showing the concern for the pay loss of DRTTAs. The revised brief note itself speaks of the volume of discernment BSNLEU has on the issue of pay loss to the DRTTAs. Let us wish that the some sense of belongingness will prevail in them and the committee for rectifying the pay loss to the DRTTAs will be formed at the earliest.

12-08-2012: regarding paya scale upgradation...BSNLEU has demanded the pay scale up- gradation of official language (OL) cadres at par with 6th pay commission in the NCM... but not for TTAs

12-08-2012: BSNL, MTNL not losing users due to poor service, network: Milind Deora.minster in a written reply to LOKSABHA QUESTION>>>>..

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