Long Standing Lists

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

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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.