Blaming Reliance Jio for financial woes of the telecom sector, employee unions of BSNL on Wednesday alleged that the government was favouring the latest entrant over other firms and said they will go on an indefinite strike from December 3.

The employee unions claimed that the government has not allotted spectrum for 4G services to BSNL in order to prevent it from competing against Reliance Jio.

NEW DELHI: Chinese telecom gear vendor ZTE expects its 2018 India revenue to increase marginally helped by recent orders from state-run Bharat Sanchar Nagar Ltd. (BSNL) and Bharti Airtel despite the recent US ban which hurt its global operations.

“India market holds a very important position in ZTE's overseas business. This year, we had challenges, but even that didn't impact the India business much.

New Delhi: Cutting flak from the department of telecom (DoT) over gaps in maintenance of BharatNet infrastructure, the BSNL has given a strong reply to the DoT putting the onus of the failure on Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL) and asserting it is this entity that should be questioned for the mismanagement.

The Cabinet on Thursday approved continuation of quota for state-owned ITI Ltd in procurement made by three telecom firms — BSNL, MTNL and BBNL.

"Provision of procurement quota from BSNL, MTNL and BBNL will provide further boost to the order book of ITI and help in improving its financial health," an official statement said.

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched an alternative digital KYC process for issuing new connections across various circles, a top official has said.

The telecom PSU has informed the Department of Telecom (DoT) about the new system which has been rolled out, Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said.

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched an alternate digital KYC process for issuing new connections across various circles, a top official has said. The telecom PSU has informed the Department of Telecom (DoT) about the new system which has been rolled out, Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava told PTI. “We have conveyed that we have launched the new system across all our circles and it has stabilised,” Shrivastava said.

In a fresh bid to take on Mukesh-Ambani owned Reliance Jio, BSNL has announced a mega offer for its customers. As part of this offer, BSNL offers unlimited voice calling, SMS as well as data benefits to the customers. To avail these benefits, the customers will have to get a BSNL SIM card which will be provided free cost.

State-owned telecom operator BSNL and Ericsson on Wednesday announced inking of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which both companies will work on developing new 5G use cases, knowledge sharing on 5G technology concepts, among others. The partnership will leverage Ericsson’s 5G Center of Excellence established earlier this year at IIT Delhi to work on evaluating benefits of 5G technology in areas like rural connectivity,

Activist Rehana Fathima, a BSNL employee who had made an attempt to enter the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, has been transferred to the Palarivattom telephone exchange in the city where public contact is not required, sources said.

Fathima, a telecom technician working in the customer relations section at the Boat Jetty branch here, was Tuesday transferred to the telephone exchange at Palarivattom, the sources said.

NEW DELHI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will be “cautious” while deciding on extending an alliance with Chinese technology vendor ZTE to set up a fifth-generation (5G) network in the country in the wake of security concerns, a top official said.

“When it comes to rolling out the 5G network, a cautious call will be taken,” BSNL chairman Anupam Shrivastava told ET, adding that the telecom technology needs to be protected. He was responding to a question on the threat perceived in deploying Chinese telecom equipment.

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