Telecom
Finance ministry wants BSNL, MTNL closed down: report
10 Oct 2019
In the event of closure of the two state-run telcos, which together employs nearly 1,65,000 people, the finance ministry feels that the VRS payout of Rs29,182 crore can be reworked while also saving 4G spectrum cost of Rs20,410 crore and the Rs13,202 crore capex required to roll out the 4G services
RIL Jio teams up with global partners for O-RAN testing and integration
19 Sep 2019
Open Test and Integration Centre (OTIC) partners have invited additional members to join and advance the creation of ready-to-implement blueprints for RAN solutions conforming to the O-RAN specifications in order to realise open and disaggregated 5G networks
Malaysia’s Axiata, Telenor call off merger move
11 Sep 2019
BSNL to offer VRS to 80,000 employees
06 Sep 2019
Telecom ministry okays merger of MTNL with BSNL
30 Jul 2019
MTNL, which operates only in the Mumbai and Delhi circles, will become a subsidiary of BSNL following the merger, says a report in the Business Line
