What our Managers selling ?

The Key Performance Indicators of Marketing of Kerala Circle displays pathetic numerics. The cliché of "aggressive marketing" still keeps vague for the embellished bureaucratic redundancy. To level the drooping revenue from voice calls, these value added sectors must be identified , addressed and acquired by all efforts.

But Mighty Ganges starts from Gangotri not from Sunderbans

Extract of Management Meeting (Marketing)

TRAI favours national broadband network

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday recommended setting up a ‘National Broadband Network’ at a cost of about Rs.60,000 crore to achieve 16-crore broadband connections by 2014.

Issuing its recommendations on ‘National Broadband Plan’, TRAI said the project would be financed by universal service obligation (USO) fund and the loan given by the government.

National database of IMEI number on cards

A national data base containing the unique identity of all mobile phones , known as the IMEI number – to block usage of handsets that are stolen or lost is set to become a reality, after leading telcos extended their support to this initiative. >>>>>>

All India GSM Figures Nov 2010

All India GSM Figures released by COAI shows a fourth slot for BSNL narrowly edged by Idea Cellular. The Airtel leads the market with 149 M followed by Vodafone with 121, then comes Idea with 78.8M and BSNL with 78.1M.

BSNL added ~3M subscribers during November out of which 2.5 lakhs contributed by Kerala Circle.

List>>

Wireless-NGN: the future of communication

An Article By A. GANESAN,Former Deputy General Manager, BSNL, Chennai

Technology Update Read More >>>

Snapshot of Meeting on 14.12.2010

A meeting for giving farewell to transferred Graduate Engineers Mr. Ratheesh Ponnappan and Mr. Subiksh T Surendran conducted on 15.00 hrs ,14.12.2010 at Palace Auditorium. Mr Faisal Ellatuparambil , Secretary AIGETOA MRX Inaugurated the meeting. Mr. Vijay , Vice president ,AIGETOA MRX presided the meeting.

AIGETOA MLP extended  a warm farewell, followed by the thanksgiving speech by the parting officers. This was followed by a general discussion on concurrent issues of organisation as well as the association. A small Glance of EPF rules and DOP&T rules and issues faced by DR GE Officers in relation were outlined by Mr. Vijay and Mr. Gireesh respectively.

The meeting nominated Mr. Anoop John as Asst Secretary and Mr. Abdulla as Asst Financial Secretary and Mr. Ajesh as Executive Member. Meeting decided to conduct a full fledged general body during Jan-Feb 2011.

The meeting winded by vote of thanks by Mr. Faisal ,Secretary AIGETOA MRX.

Snapshots

BSNL LAUNCHES 3G SERVICES @ SABARIMALA

DoT TERM Cell caught napping at Sabarimala

The antennas installed by certain private cellular phone providers on the Pampa-Sannidhanam trekking path are posing alarming health risk to pilgrims, by reportedly emitting hazardous radiation, experts say.

Antennas have been installed on the sides of the trekking path at Appachimedu, violating rules specified in the Indian Telecommunications Act, according to them. Stipulations for such installations were set by the Telephone Equipment Resource Management (TERM) cell attached to Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and they too were flouted.

Pilgrims passing by antennas installed at such a low height are exposed to point-to-point electro-magnetic radiation, not to speak of the radiation threat facing wild animals in the Periyar Tiger Reserve. An antenna has been installed very close to a shop at Attathode near Nilackal on the main trunk road to Sabarimala. Neither the Department of Telecommunications nor the Public Health authorities has taken note of the health risks involved. The Travancore Devaswom Board and the State Pollution Control Board too have not initiated any action.

Only BSNL has optical fibre cable connectivity between Pampa and Sannidhanam

Lease a BSNL Tower & grab 10000/- incentive

A Corp. order setting incentive for leasing BSNL towers and its conditions being circulated today on intranet.

Order








AIGETOA Malappuram describes these types of orders are the said "panacea" applied injudiciously  with porous SLAs will create havoc and unprecedented penal losses to this Titanic!

A Strike Notice and its Reply

Reply given by BSNL Management  for Strike Notice given by a group of Associations in BSNL (JAC) is here by made available for the scrutiny of our fellow members.
Reply

Out of 11 demands given by JAC, 9 are for Central goverment to decide!
Rest Out of 2 demands, This JAC had already conducted Dharnas , Strikes and a lot in the memorable past!

These all things aim at an Hidden Ajenda of the Associations in JAC.




The Mother DOT had already disowned its squealing baby BSNL 
and JAC is killing the baby for the disownment? 

STD calls from landline to landline to go cheaper

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. on Monday announced that from December 1, 2010, the pulse rate of STD calls made from its landline number to any other landline number across the country would be increased from 1 minute to 3 minutes, a step aimed at arresting its declining fixed line connections.
Read more

Stay to unqualified promotions to Group A

AIGETOA TAMILNADU had achieved another feat in securing STAY ORDERS to promotions to Grp A under relaxation of qualifications as per the foot note no.2 schedule 1A of the BSNL Management Services Recruitment Rules,2009 in the interest of justice from PCAT, Chennai.


Order

Long Standing Lists

List of Long Standing Officers belonging to Trivandrum and Ernakulum SSAs  are prepared and published via intranet.

Will it Stand?

GSM Figures Oct 2010

BSNL Kerala added a whooping 5.28L GSM customers to give a 12% leap in the growth rate. As on Oct BSNL Kerala is on 2nd spot @ 4.8M behind Idea with 6.0M. Vodafone is @ 3rd with 4.7M customers.

On All India GSM subscribers base grew 3 per cent in October with the addition of 14.7 million subscribers with telecom giant Bharti Airtel alone signing over 3 million users.

The total number of subscribers in the country crossed 508.72 million as against 494 million the previous month, data released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) showed.

Bharti Airtel now gains a market share of 28.76 per cent, with 146.29 million subscribers -- the highest in the country.

Vodafone added 2.49 million subscribers in the country, a growth of 40 per cent as against 1.78 million the previous month to have a total of 118 million subscribers.

State-owned BSNL and new telecom operator Uninor closely followed up with 2.48 million each to have a total of 75 million and 13.7 million respectively.

Idea Cellular signed over 1.8 million subscribers, a growth of 22.5 per cent as against September taking its total number to 76 million.

COAI GSM FIGURES for OCT 2010

Notice to Centre on telecom appointments

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to reply on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that has alleged irregularities in the appointment of heads of two telecom public sector undertakings — BSNL and MTNL. The petition has accused Communications and IT Minister A. Raja and his “trusted” officials in this regard.

Accepting a joint petition filed by an NGO — Telecom Watchdog — and the Sanchar Nigam Executives' Association pleading that the procedure for appointment of heads of BSNL and MTNL was arbitrary and it should be quashed, a Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued notices to the Centre and the Department of Telecommunications seeking their response.

BSNL to get additional subsidies, compensation for WiMAX operations

BSNL is set to get additional subsidies to support its landline business. Also on the cards is a plan to compensate the telco for its WiMAX operations in rural India as well as mandate that all PSUs and government departments must avail services from this telco. >>>>>>>>>

BSNL adds 2.5 mn mobile users in Oct

BSNL today said it has managed to add a whopping 2.5 million mobile subscribers in October, despite the fierce competition from new and incumbent private operators.BSNL had added only 1.08 million subscribers in July. However, subscriber additions picked up from August when it added 2.2 million users. BSNL added 2.3 million users in September. BSNL has over 81 million subscribers.» » » »

DoT rejects Pitroda panel suggestions on BSNL

A government panel has rejected some key recommendations of the Sam Pitroda committee set up by the prime minister to suggest a turnaround strategy for loss-making BSNL, saying drastic changes in a state-owned company could impact the running of all public sector units..» » » »

Key Rejections.
1. No splitting up of CMD into C & MD
2. No IPO for 2 years (2 years for improvising financial health)
3. No NON-ITS eminence for top-brass.

Key Acceptances.
1. Cut down employees strength by 30%
2. The ‘managed capacity’ model’ equipment procurement process.
3. Must complete ongoing restructuring by March 2011.
4. Share its infrastructure with private companies to improve its revenue streams,
5. Launch a venture fund with its Rs 30,000-crore cash surplus
6. Hive its land bank into a separate company and monetise it.

BSNL, Datacraft sign pact to set up data centres

 BSNL today said it has signed a pact with IT firm Datacraft Asia to set up data centres and provide IT-related services to customers with an initial investment of Rs 200 crore.In the first phase BSNL and Datacraft will open data centres in six regions with an investment of Rs 200 crore. 

Both the companies did not reveal the revenue sharing. The alliance is for a period of 10 years, wherein BSNL will provide the infrastructure base to Datacraft in turn the IT firm will provide services, including IT systems, cloud computing under the brand 'onecloud' to clients.» » » »

Random testing of telecom tower radiation from next month:Govt

Worried about reports of a clear link between serious ailments and strong radiation emanating from mobile towers, the government has taken a tough stance and will start random testing of towers next month, with a huge penalty proposed in case of non-compliance with norms.» » » » » » » »

BSNL's new Rs 2k-cr tender runs into trouble

The new controversy relates to Nokia Siemens Networks wanting BSNL not to enforce a clause in its latest tender that mandates vendors to share their source codes with the Indian government. This has been opposed by Ericsson, which dropped out from placing a bid as the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker said it would not follow the new tender clause that made it mandatory for equipment suppliers to submit source codes to the government. 

Ericsson executives also maintain that if BSNL were to make any concessions to Nokia Siemens and relax this clause, it would violate existing government guidelines which does not allow the telco to change rules midway through the tendering process. Ericsson’s objections are further strengthened by the fact that the company has in the past emerged as the lowest bidders in BSNL’s tenders. » » » » » » » »

Appreciation for CGM for completion of NME Projects

Order

We came to know that the Way bill of Vehicle used for providing this 1Gbps Connection was objected by Accounts wing for running outside SSA. To reduce the delay , the media-converter couriered  from chennai has to be collected from its Calicut office. Amid speculations of eruption of violence in the light of  Ayodhya verdict, BB team from malappuram had went and stayed back till 19:00 pm to put through the connection. DGM BB& IT had sent SMS appreciation on the same day.

Tech :: new wi-fi standard for PAN

A coalition of technology industry giants announced a new wi-fi standard Monday that will allow individual devices to easily connect to each other, even if there is no conventional wi—fi hub in range. Backed by companies such as Intel, Cisco and Apple, the Wi-Fi Direct technology is expected to be widely adopted within a few years in a wide range of devices including cameras, laptops, printers, smartphones, tablets and even home appliances.» » » » » » » »

Mobile number portability to begin from Nov: Raja

The mobile number portability (MNP) service that allows subscribers to change operators but retain the mobile number will be available from November. Starting from the Haryana circle, the facility will be rolled out across the country from next month, All the 22 circles will get this service in a phased manner by this year-end .Union minister for communications A Raja said in New Delhi on Tuesday. » » » »

A report Says MNP Benefits State Owned Telecom Companys to grab more sub base. Lets wait and See...imPort or exPort is happening

Extension of CSC counter timings

From the formation of AIGETOA MRX , We were repeatedly asking to extend the CSC timings. Now Circle management meeting held on 12-10-2010 has decided to extend the timings.

Extension of counter timings as per Blue Book Guide Lines including Sundays and Holidays ( Cat I - 8 AM to 8 PM, Cat II - 8 AM to 6 PM, Cat III - 5 to 7 hrs daily )

Solar energy to become must for telecom towers

More Expenditure on Cards.........
The government will make it mandatory for mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy, hoping to cut pollution and tamp down a key driver of diesel consumption in the country. But this would raise construction costs by up to 50% for cellphone operators » » » »

A Story of a Broadband Subscriber

Opinion » Open Page     October 23, 2010

Caught in the Net for one long week

R. Ramani

Three hours passed with a series of disconnect, redial, and change of the receiver from the left ear to the right and back… An occasional relief was an abrupt two-minute silence, probably a mark of respect to the net connectivity that died last night!

Must Read » » » »

We have Supporters too..... read out loud » » » »

Teracom ADSL Modems Again....

Teracom bags Rs 70 cr order from BSNL to supply modems

Teracom will provide 'ADSL 2+ modems', a 3-in-1 device that combines the function of a high-speed DSL modem, wireless access point, and Ethernet router. More>>>


Quote : If Lowest Tender System exist in Ancient India , the Taj Mahal and Qutab Minar would not have been built!

Will examine DoT proposal to merge circles into one zone: TRAI

Telecom regulator Trai will examine a recent Department of Telecom (DoT) proposal to merge all 22 telecom circles in the country into a single service area, a move that could lead to the end of costly roaming charges for Indian mobile phone users, an official said on Sunday. More>>>

Nokia demonstrates high-speed 4G network

Telecommunications equipment major Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) demonstrated for the first time its Time Division Duplex version of LTE (TD-LTE) technology in India on Tuesday in Bangalore. The technology, running on broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum, for which licences were issued recently, will herald the fourth generation (4G) of technology in the wireless communications space, said top officials of the company. More >>>

Service mobiles 3G'ed

Finally 3G service made available to our service mobile numbers. So enjoy Video Calls. 
But NOT GPRS.

Bidding on for BSNL numbers

About 600 fancy mobile numbers are under the e-hammer, with BSNL Chennai Telephones beginning a round of bidding on Monday following the rollout of the new series 94456 and 94459. More>>>

Its time to introduce vanity numbers in the Landline Sector. Many of the vanity numbers used by service numbers  and office numbers should be vacated and put into auction.



With reference to the report “Bidding on for BSNL numbers” in these columns on October 19, 2010, BSNL Chennai Telephones has clarified that the minimum reserve price for levels 1, 2 and 3 was inadvertently issued as Rs.7,000, Rs.5,000 and Rs.3,000 respectively when the correct rates are Rs.3,000, Rs.2,000 and Rs.1,000 respectively.

Almost 200,000 SMSs sent every second: ITU

GENEVA: The popularity of text messaging has leapt three-fold in the past three years, with almost 200,000 text messages sent every second, the UN telecommunications agency said today. A total of 1.8 trillion SMSs were sent in 2007, but in 2010, the number sent has jumped to 6.1 trillion, said the International Telecommunication Union. 

This translates to revenues of 14,000 dollars (10,050 euros) every second and 812,000 dollars every minute, said the agency. Users in the Philippines and the United States were among the most prolific, accounting for 35 percent of all text messages sent in 2009.

Gujarat CUG deal...BSNL out of Picture.

The country’s largest cellular service provider Bharti Airtel and telecom giant Vodafone Essar are in the final race for the prestigious bid to connect 3.75-lakh Gujarat government employees in the country’s largest closed user group (CUG) network. However, state government sources say, Vodafone is leading the tally with overall 91 points, followed by Airtel’s 79.5 points, Tata’s 55 points, BSNL’s 50 points and Idea’s 40 points.  More >>>

While Politics actively interfere in Day to Day affairs of BSNL irrespective of its Commercial viability claiming PSU obligations, return oblige in favour of ailing BSNL should be delivered. Unless Institution should resurrect, stand united to think financial preference to the service provided to one and all who enjoys it. 

 

NB: Marketing Division, Malappuram wins competitive tender for 2Mbps 1:1 Internet Leased line for Kladio, Kinfra. It was captured for the 2nd term competing to a private operator with active and timely efforts from Marketing Division. We congratulates concerned officers of Marketing Division, Malappuram for the achievement. Also BSNL Gujarat can avail advisory propositions from Marketing Division, Malappuram !!

Also the same Marketing Division, Malappuram , due to a concerned official had delayed the BSNL Home Plan for two weeks from distributing through telephone exchanges. Otherwise we could have achieved 2nd spot for some time and a final 3rd Spot in the circle.

2.3 million subscriber additions by BSNL during Sep 10

GSM operators add 12.4 mn new subscribers in Sep
BSNL registered 2.3 million subscriber additions, the highest amongst all the telcos during the period, taking its total user base to 72.6 million followed by  Uninor garnered the second highest number of new users in September, taking its base to over 11.2 million..More>>>

Out of BSNL's 23L Growth 4.3L ie 18% was contributed by Kerala Circle, Kudos to the Kerala “BSNL HOME” Plan. Kerala BSNL achieved a 10% Growth in GSM Sub Base


On All India Performance only HP Circle posts a comparable growth of 7.3% (98K).Also for the All India 3rd position in GSM we are only in short of 16000 behind Idea.


:: COAI Data sheet on All India GSM figures::

BSNL Home SIM Extension

the Kerala “BSNL HOME” Plan extended up to 31-10-2010.
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AIRCEL Tower Collapsed, Circle Managers Arrested and Remanded.

AirCel Cell phone tower collapses , No one is Injured but Circle Manager Eshawaran and Assistant Manager Saravanan of the telecom firm were arrested.A case has been registered for offences under Section 336 (endangering human life or personal safety of others) and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the IPC and the Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act 1998. The men were produced at Saidapet Court and remanded to custody, sources said.Read more>>>

Well , Who will be behind bars if  a BSNL Tower Collapse?

Choice a) CGM/ GM (CM)/GM Impcs
Choice b) DE Impcs/SDE Impcs/Jto Impcs
Choice c) SDE Civil/JTO Civil
Choice d) SDE Ext/ Jto Ext
Comment your Answers

BSNL Home SIM Update

@1715,12.10.10.

EKM-86115,MRX-86999, CLT-89181, TVM-112819, CAN-125195
:: All Kerala- 862061::
pending 11103

#3 MORE DAYS ONLY#

Volunteers to work in MRX/CNN/TCR SSAs

Volunteers from SDEs/JTOs are called from TVM/EKLM SSAs to work in MRX/CNN/TCR/ALP SSAs.

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As Management policy (Samam/Danam/Bhedam/Dhandam) to start with Samam!!
Danam may be bypassed!

Targets for Grp C&D??.....No way

BSNL drops plan to set up daily output target. Read More >>>

What we need is a Management with a Backbone. These types of union fearing prejudice will end up only in pandemonium  and total destruction of the institution.

ERP System by Dec 1st

BSNL plans to roll out Enterprise Resource Planning Software by DEC 1st 2010 which is intended to improve the information flow and facilitate better decision making leading to improvement in overall performance of the outfit.


AIDS , Acute Immuno Deficiency Syndrome is literally same for BSNL, in level playing market field.
DEC 1st Is Worlds AIDS Day. The fight against this Immune Deficiency should start @ the right day!

BSNL Home SIM Update

@10.10 am 10.10.10.

MRX-82443, EKM-80583, CLT-84125, TVM-103839, CAN-120905

All Kerala- 817154.

BSNL Loyal SIM....Revealing its ailments

As the Entire BSNL Kerala Circle compete each other to sell maximum number of SIMS , it is going to happen...

Top Brass still under estimates their subordinate's true prowess .Chaos of  SIM shortage and IN under-capacity is already  reported (ORDER) by authorities. We who faces the customer should anticipate call connection problems and preload remedy answer databases to answer the customers!!

As when Motorola rolled out GSM network in Kerala , we have seen a queue in front of CSRs bigger  than that we see at BEVCOs nowadays. A  similar queue formed on 30th sept 2010. The order says 10.2L SIMS distributed out of that 7.2L activated (in 30 days, now at a greater pace), we have 6 days more. 2.8L is a figure that we definitely achieves. So anticipatory Bail is necessary. And the mobile no, res no etc of those bailed out wont be displayed on Pillars,

Now and then the answer from the top will be one, underestimation. does that answer work with our loyal customers?

Growth for BSNL in Andaman & Nicobar

BSNL achieves tangible growth in telecom services in Andaman & Nicobar islands

BSNL has achieved substantial growth in telecom services in the Andaman and Nicober Islands with its customer base having touched the 1,82,003 figure base. Chief General Manager BSNL V K Sanjeev told media the overall tele-density in the islands, including private operations, is 62 per cent, having crossed the all India figure of 58 per cent, of which BSNL alone shares 36 per cent

press quotes. 

TRAI to cut call-moving charges

Call Termination charges to be cut...A further cut in BSNL revenues....

Leading GSM operators have dropped their opposition against reducing call termination charges, the fee mobile phone companies pay each other for moving calls between networks, paving the way for a further cut in call rates . Indian consumers already enjoy the lowest tariffs in the world.

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USO Fund to be made an autonomous body

The government will create an autonomous body out of a fund worth Rs 25,000 crore that purports to build communication facilities in rural India, but has little to show for. The telecom department (DoT), which oversees this fund, has accepted in-principle a proposal by sector regulator TRAI to make the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) an independent body administrated by an official at the rank of a secretary,
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Controversy hits BSNL CMD hunt??

Economic Times Reports:
The telecom ministry is finding itself in the eye of a fresh storm with allegations that it is using suspicious and surreptitious means for the appointment of BSNL's chairman and managing director.
BSNL's executive unions and a well-known NGO called Telecom Watchdog have independently accused the DoT and R K Chandolia, advisor (economic) in particular, of manipulating the eligibility criteria and scheduling interviews in a suspiciously hasty manner to favour a particular candidate.
More>>>>>

Hindu Reports
‘BSNL CMD selection process flawed'
More>>>>
Please read the comment at the bottom of the news

Atlast We Become Loyal

On 5th october 2010 G.M. (S&M)-CM,Kerala Circle invented Serving and Served Employees are loyal to BSNL, decided to extend Loyal SIM to SE/RE DOT and service connections and conveyed vide order No.MS/CML/1-9/2010 /48 dated 5th October, 2010

Better Late that Never

Grab Your SIMS before Mood Swings again!!

BSNL Home Plan Update

@ 15:45Hrs
All kerala 7.38Lakhs
Kannur 1.14L , Trivandrum 0.92L ,Clt 0.77L ,Mrx 70987, Eklm 70556

@ 22:15hrs

All kerala

760549

Kannur

115896

,Trivandrum

95193

,Calicut

79534

,Mrx

74261

, Eklm

73520

todays: Mrx 3274 Out of All Kerala 21777

Already ~1 lakh Sims are distributed in Malappuram SSA but due to server busy , there is delay in activation.

Telecom users top 700m

Telecom operators in the country added 18.18 million subscribers in August this year, taking the total number of mobile users in India to 670.60 million, Trai on Tuesday said. According to data released by the telecom regulator, the wireless subscriber base increased from 652.42 million in July, 2010, to 670.60 million by the end of August, 2010, translating into a growth of 2.79%.

The total number of telephone subscribers (both mobile and landline) in India increased to 706.37 million by August-end from 688.38 million in July, it added. With this, the overall teledensity (telephones per 100 people) in India touched 59.63%.
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BSNL contributed 12.40% of net wireless addition just behind Vodafone all over india. BSNL is in 5th place with 11.34% Market share.
~20K wirelines closed during august itself, But Metro regions posts a positive growth of ~9K lines. Broadband (>256Kbps) shows a grwoth of 3.17% and crossed 10Million Mark to 10.08M.
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In kerala BSNL added up 1.25L Wireless Connections and subtracted 12513 wired lines
Trai doc

BSNL threatens to stop WiMAX rollout across rural India

Blaring its disgust at operating as a social workhorse without compensation, BSNL has bluntly told the government that it will continue building wireless internet services across rural India only with a grant of Rs 2,395 crore more to support an unviable business.

The state-owned telecom company has written to the telecom department it is against rolling out services on the WiMAX technological platform without adequate financial support.
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BSNL Home Plan SIM Sales

@22.00hrs, 30-9-2010

Total Kerala Circle 611828 Lead by Kannur with 107001

Malappuram in 4^th place with 54928

We are followed by Ernakulam with 54048,Trichur with 52970,Palaghat with 52615,Kottayam with 52284

Todays

Kerala Circle sold 52100 while Malappuram added 5859 .....still a lot of activation pending

@ 23:35 : no further activation reported , Gud Nite!

Gigabit Era reached Malappuram BSNL

Broadband Sub-division, Malappuram today put through its first 1Gbps Connection (Under NME Project) to Calicut University at 1730hrs, Thursday, 30-9-2010.

Thus GE Era begins today at Malappuram!!

BSNL Home Plan SIM Sales.. still counting

Total Kerala Circle 569728 Lead by Kannur with 102569

Malappuram in 6^th place with 49069 just behind Trichur with 49467

We are followed by Palghat with 48535

Todays

Kerala Circle sold 50532 while Malappuram is still adding its account 5956..7...8 still counting.

AIGETOA MALAPPURAM HEARTFULLY CONGRATULATE EVERY OFFICIALS OF KANNUR SSA FOR ACHIEVING THIS FEAT. WE LOOK FORWARD FOR SUCH NOVEL EXAMPLES FROM YOU FOR OTHERS TO LEARN.

BSNL Home Plan Loyal SIM update .... still counting

@ 2230Hrs

Al Kerala Total 509052. Lead By Kannur SSA with 98180

Malappuram SSA with 43081 @ 5th place followed by Palghat 42784 , Kottayam 42356 and Ernakulam with 41851. Today Malappuram SSA distributed 4900 SIMs while all over kerala it is 41811.

@23.30hrs

All kerala 509196

Kannur with 98184 Malappuram 43113 , Palghat 42822, Kottayam 42368,Ernakulam 41862

Todays All Kerala 41955 malazppuram 4932

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NB: As per vision of 'AM', GM (PM S&M)-CM, the loyal SIM should not be provided to Serving Employee's Landphone Connections. Click For Order. (this officer may be doubtful about the of loyalty of employees of BSNL). Still now at 2330 hrs of today 28-09-2010 many (disloyal) executives are busy in activating the SIMs they sold during day hours. They dont have time to count the M's of this (inferior) superior officer.

BSNL listing only after financial performance improves: Govt

NEW DELHI: The government has made it clear that it will not go public with state-run BSNL until the financial performance of the telecom PSU improves

more>>>

Financial Loss-Autonomy-Navaratna all Bootstrapped.

Pitroda says to disinvest and give autonomy for BSNL to improve financial performance and Govt says disinvestment only after improved financial status.

BSNL HOME PLAN :: SIM SALES update

Malappuram SSA bettered its SIM sales position to 6th followed by Kottayam in a very short margin. We must try our best to better our position to 4th this week itself.
We have given 31560 SIMs till date, behind Kannur at the top with 87211 connections, followed by Calicut having 45880, Thiruvananthapuram having 38908 connections, Thrissur having 34954 connections and Ernakulam having 31858 connections.
Kannur SSA still upholds its role model status and keeping the crown intact and says "Somebody Please do some thing , i feel bored at the top!!"


We started late but its the time to show off , lets put more effort to grab more customers....

No SIMs have been activated since yesterday. A large number of connections are pending for creation. AIGETOA MALAPPURAM requests all the concerned officers to immediately take care of the same.

Optical connectivity to gramapanchayaths...

DoT, Pitroda clash over rollout of Rs 12k-cr optical fibre project......>>>>

Malappuram Txmn has already completed survey of about 120 panchayaths and report given to circle office by last month itself, similarly other SSAs of Kerala circle. The 12K cr project could have been a fortune for limping BSNL.

It is the time for BSNL top brass to proactively display its credentials and technical workforce capable for the roll out of the ambitious project to the DoT/Pitroda/PMO rather than sitting idle in a manner only to do the work if someone insists!!

Chennai BSNL FTTH facility soon

The Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) facility, provided by BSNL Chennai Telephones, will be rolled out in about six months. This will offer various services at a higher bandwidth, according to Chennai Telephones Chief General Manager A. Subramanian.....
click here for details

MALAPPURAM SSA GAVE >3000 PREPAID SIMs TODAY

Congratulations.....

At last the wise decision of our Marketing wing to decentralize the BSNL Home SIM sales proved to be a great success. Lets work hard to give more connections in coming days.

Total BSNL Home connections in Kerala crossed 325000. Kannur tops the list with above 80000 connections.

Malappuram SSA gave 23545 SIMS till date and is now at 8th position. All members are requested to give more connections in the coming days to take Malappuram to the top of the list.

ALL IN GSM FIGURES FOR AUGUST 2010

In August BSNL topped the list in Kerala with 125030 net additions. Let's try our level best to maintain our position in future also.


View figures...

BSNL HOME SIM SALE CROSSED 3 LAKHS

SSA Executive meeting

SSA executive meeting is proposed to be held on 330pm 21-09-2010 at Manjeri. All executives must attend without fail. For further details contact DS.

House panel to probe BSNL's poor FY10 show

A Parliamentary panel that scrutinises the accounts of the government and state-owned companies has launched a probe into the dismal financial performance of BSNL, in search of answers to turn around the public sector telco’s fortunes. more details

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CHQ Meeting

The meeting resolved following issues will be taken on priority and on war footing basis for an early settlement through mutual discussions and other means if needed...

• Seniority issue of JTO and DPC
• Standard pay scale
• 30% superannuation benefit
• EPF issue

AIGETOA Presentation to DOT on Shri Pitroda Committee Recommendations
Shri R P Shahu (General Secretary), Shri Shilohu Rao (President), Shri Surinder Kumar (AGS) and Shri Adi Govind (Org. Sec) gave presentation on Shri Pitroda Committee Recommendations to Member (Services) – The Chairman of the DOT Committee along with other Senior Officers of DOT.

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Meeting with CMD

CHQ had a follow-up meeting with acting CMD on 3rd sept 2010
An urgent meeting of Office bearers of CHQ will be held today.


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How Number Portablity Works?

Customer is the King. He can swap between operators without losing any of his calls, as customer is enabled with Number portability . And a scenario of fierce competition and hectic work load awaits the telcos.
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3G spectrum allocation

3G spectrum allocation from today

BSNL Stills Upholds its convetional habit of losing the advantage edge!
After garnering over Rs.67,000 crore from the auction of 3G spectrum, the Department of Telecommunications will start the process of allocating radio waves from Wednesday, which will pave way for the roll out of advanced mobile services by private operators in their respective circles for which they have bagged the spectrum.

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Pay Anomalies of Batch 2007/2008, E-2/e-3 scale, Rule 8 & Seniority fixation


Shri Amit Roy, CS Delhi Branch & AGS (HQ) and Shri Ravi Shil Verma, VP (HQ) met GM ( Establishment) Shri D P DE and had an elaborate discussion on the Pay scales of newly Recruited JTOs. It was emphasized to GM (Estt) that the JTOs were recruited in the pre-revised scale of 9850-250-14600 (E1A) and to place them in revised scales of 16400-40500 (E1) is sheer injustice. GM (Estt) informed that the file in regard to the pay scale is with DoT and any decision can be taken only after the communication of DPE in this regard. AGS and VP again clarified to GM (Estt) that it has been learnt from DoT that intermediate scales have been rejected by DoT itself and so there is no other alternative than to implement the standard E2 scales for JTO/JAO level cadres and E3 for SDE/AO level cadres. Leaders requested for an immediate appropriate action to ensure that standard pay scales of E2 & E3 are in place in the least possible time.



Pay Anomalies of DRJTO Batch 2007/2008 :

CHQ leaders also pointed out that the pay scales of these newly recruited JTOs have been reduced to near about Rs. 4200/- if compared to the initially promised pre-revised scales of 9850-250-14600 through the recruitment notifications. Shri Ravi Verma and Amit Roy requested GM (Estt) that as an interim and immediate measure, till the finalization of new scales, pay of JTOs of batch 2007 onwards may be fixed in the pre-revised promised scale of 9850-250-14600 vide the recruitment notification or by granting the difference in pay as personnel pay. GM ( Establishment ) assured to look into the matter positively.

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CMD's Stringent Intiative

Our new Hon' CMD Mr. Gopal Das has initiated stringent measures to check closure of telecom facilities provided by BSNL. We wholeheartedly support such measures and fixing the responsibility in the chain of discharge from the top brass to bottom line. In these days of hectic competition losing an in-hand customer cant be justified rather than capturing a new customer.
The best eg. is Calicut University 12Mbps 1:1 Internet leased line a Rs 10 Lakhs Project closed due lack of Quality in Service.
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BSNL deprived of deserved money?

Deposit 50% of BSNL dues with SC, telcos told
NEW DELHI: Leading telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, will have to deposit with the Supreme Court half of the Rs 470-crore carrier charges they owe to state-owned BSNL, the apex court said.

“You would have to show your bona fide and have to submit at least half the amount in the Supreme Court registry, then only we would stay TDSAT’s order,” a bench comprising Chief Justice SH Kapadia and Justice KS Radhakrishnan told COAI and AUSPI, the two operators’ lobbies, which have challenged the sectoral tribunal TDSAT’s order.

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India Plans to Introduce IPv6 by 2012

India will start using IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) from March 2012, according to a new roadmap released by the Indian government.
All telecom and ISPs will have to be IPv6-compliant by the end of next year and offer IPv6 services thereafter, the government said in a statement issued on Wednesday by the country’s Press Information Bureau.

Gopal Das appointed as acting CMD of BSNL

State-run telecom operator BSNL today appointed Gopal Das as acting Chairman and Managing Director after the retirement of Kuldeep Goyal.

Mr. Goyal retired as CMD on July 31.

Mr. Das, who is serving as Director (Human Resources Development) in the telecom PSU, will be the acting chief till a new CMD is appointed by the government-nominated search panel.

The government has constituted a search-cum-selection panel, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, for finding suitable candidates for the posts of CMD of BSNL and MTNL, as part of restructuring to make them financially viable.

The panel has invited applications from candidates in the public and private sectors for these posts. The new chiefs of the two telecom PSUs will be hired on a contract basis with a fixed term of three years, which can be extended for a further period of three years based on performance evaluation by an external expert group.

Mr. Das, on his appointment as CMD, said, “After a good old journey of more than three decades, this is the best form of reward I can seek for my career. A great challenge lies ahead of us and I am sure we will meet every challenge with determination.”

Prior to joining BSNL in 2007, Mr. Das has served as the Chief General Manager (Wireless Services) in Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited at Mumbai.

The losses coincided with a distinction of BSNL achieving mobile subscriber base of 100 million.

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dear friends,colleagues we belive its a D-Days to respond your self against the prevailing confusion-laded anarchic management of dischraging power with slipping down the responsiblity.We urge each and every collegues of MRX irrespective of politics and positions to come out and do what ever need to plug the points where revenue leakages is there. If you found any such effluxes show them right out here as comments.
Toghther we will survive.

News
The losses coincided with a distinction of BSNL achieving mobile subscriber base of 100 million.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) on Saturday reported a loss of Rs.1,822.65 crore in 2009-10, first-ever in the company's history. It had reported a profit of Rs.575 crore in 2008-09. It also reported a 10.4 per cent decline in its revenue at Rs.32,045.41 crore in 2009-10 compared to previous fiscal's Rs.35,812 crore.

Reduction in tariff

“The loss has occurred mainly due to reduction in revenue and increase in expenditure. Revenue has gone down due to drastic reduction in tariff, fierce competition as well as decline in fixed wireline connection due to preference of the subscribers for mobile,” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal told reporters here.

He retired on Saturday after a three-year stint as the head of the telecom major.

Mr. Goyal pointed out that the wage revision had alone caused an additional expenditure of Rs.2,900 crore over the previous year on account of payment of arrears for the period from January, 2007 to March, 2010. “Had the wage revision expenditure not been there, the company would have recorded a profit before tax to the tune of Rs.703 crore,” he added. For BSNL, this is the first-ever loss registered since its inception in October 2000 when it was hived off from the Department of Telecommunications.

1Mb For All....A 1000,000,000Mb (1Tbps) Market!

After France, the Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right .When India Will?
Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has made 1-megabit broadband Web access a legal right, YLE, the country's national broadcasting company, reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, every person in Finland (a little over 5 million people, according to a 2009 estimate) will have the right of access to a 1Mb broadband connection starting in July. And they may ultimately gain the right to a 100Mb broadband connection.

Just more than a year ago, Finland said it would make a 100Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. Wednesday's announcement is considered an intermediate step.


France, one of a few countries that has made Internet access a human right, did so earlier this year. France's Constitutional Council ruled that Internet access is a basic human right. That said, it stopped short of making "broadband access" a legal right. Finland says that it's the first country to make broadband access a legal right.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/telecom/BSNL-may-find-a-lifeline-in-Rs-18000-cr-govt-project/articleshow/6156970.cms

• Is the esteemed Economic times Reviews went in parleys to write for Private Telcos?
• What is its motivation for The privatisation of Not the company (BSNL) but its Breadearner (Infrastructure) only?
• Is 18000 cr to Loss Making PSUs like Feeding before Slaughter?

Note the letters in RED !

NEW DELHI: The government plans to award BSNL a Rs 18,000-crore project to improve broadband connectivity in the country, throwing a lifeline to a company whose snail-like expansion plans have left it groping in the dark against fleet-footed private rivals.

The boadband for all project involves building WiMAX networks across rural India and laying a 5 lakh km optic fibre cable (OFC) to ensure that broadband connectivity reaches every panchayat, says a new proposal that is to be circulated for a meeting of secretaries on Monday. Though BSNL can strengthen and extend its own fibre and WiMAX networks, it must share the infrastructure with all private telcos.

Enhancing BSNL’s existing networks negates the need to create an independent company and duplicate infrastructure, as was originally proposed but abandoned after government officials thought it to be a waste of money. The proposal explores the wireless broadband option as well as involvement of the private sector in a bid to pre-empt howls of protests from critics.

The earlier plan called for a new infrastructure company carved out of BSNL, Power Grid Corporation of India and RailTel to execute this project with support from the Universal Service Obligation(USO) Fund. The infrastructure was then to be shared by all telecom companies and monitored by an independent agency.

The government also plans to double the subsidy that BSNL receives to maintain its unviable landline business in rural India and other far-flung places to Rs 4,000 crore a year. The money comes from the USO Fund, made up of telecom companies’ 5% annual revenues.

The government is expected to dig into the USO Fund, established in 2002, to improve rural connectivity, and launch the broadband project. It is estimated that nearly Rs 25,000 crore is lying idle in the USO Fund.

The project will not come at a better time for BSNL, once a monopoly in domestic telephony, but now a pale shadow of its former self. The company’s financial performance has been declining over the years due to a ponderous expansion plan caught in the grip of red tape and trade union activity.

While private mobile phone firms such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and others left it behind by adding customers by the millions a month, BSNL could not even buy equipment required to serve a growing market, despite being the only telco to have a pan-India presence only a decade ago.

BSNL’s original tender for 63 million global system for mobile communications (GSM) lines in 2006 was slashed to 12 million by telecom minister A Raja. The next tender for 93 million GSM lines, the world’s largest equipment order, was cancelled after a series of controversies erupted. The project, depending on how it pans out, is expected to boost broadband penetration, which is less than 1% compared to a mobile penetration of nearly 60%.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/KolkataBSNLfiretrips70Klandlines/articleshow/4750904.cms

KOLKATA: Over 70,000 landlines and 10,000 broadband connections including those, reportedly, at chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's Palm Avenue residence tripped after a fire broke out at a BSNL office on Hungerford Street around 10 pm on Tuesday. Though five fire tenders managed to bring the situation under control in two hours, the thick smoke triggered panic in the area. According to police, the BSNL mother station at 10/2 Hungerford Street seemed to have caught fire after an electrical fault. Apart from the landlines and broadband connections, 3,000 leased lines and 55 RSUS (Remote Satellite Exchange) connected by DLC (Digital Loop Carrier) were affected. BSNL sources said that 55 other exchanges fall under the mother station. All of them have been affected. "The lines at the CM's residence will need repairs," said a BSNL official. "No BSNL official informed us about the incident, leading to delay. We got a phone call from a local resident and rushed there," said an official of the fire department. DC (South) Rajesh Subarno and other Kolkata police officers went to the spot to probe the case.

All India GSM Subscriber Figures for June 2010

In Kerala circle, Our net addition in GSM connections in June 2010 was 57673 there by increasing the total number of GSM connections to 3752093 on 30.0.2010. third to idea cellular with 5662302 connections and Vodafone Essar having 4447067 connections.

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MEETING WITH CGMT

Circle Secretary Sri. Ajith Kumar along with Finance Secretary Sri. Hareesh S.V, Asst. Secretary Sri. Hari and Thiruvananthapuram District President Sri. Santhosh met CGMT today and greeted on his assumption of charge as the Chief General Manager of Kerala Telecom Circle.

Circle Executive meeting

Circle Executive meeting of AIGETOA, Kerala was conducted at PWD Rest house hall, Ernakulam on 11.07.2010. Six members from Malappuram SSA including SSA President Sri. Sambhu Chandran and SSA Secretary Sri. Faisal E attended the meeting.

The main topics of discussion were the Pay issue of 2007 and 2008 batches and the pending transfer cases of JTOs. Arranging welcome for 2008 batch JTOs and conducting Circle conference were also discussed.

In the meeting it was decided to meet the CGM at the earliest to explain the problems we are facing now, especially the pay issue and the transfer cases. CGM was out of station till thursday, 15th of this month and hence we are planning to meet him by monday of the coming week.