31.12.2009: IDA increase w.e.f. 1.1.2010: According to our calculation, IDA has increased by      w.e.f.1.1.2010.

30.12.2009: Meeting with GM (Estt): We had a detailed discussion with GM (Estt) today on BSNL's letter dated 4-12-2009 instructing deletion of HRMS number of TTAs promoted as JTOs in Outside quota and our letter No.AIBSNLOA/CHQ/2009/62 dated 10-12-2009 requesting withdrawal of the said letter of BSNL.  GM (Estt) has assured that a case for reviewing the said letter will be processed.

30.12.2009: Promotion and Posting in Accounts Officer cadre: BSNL has issued orders of promotion and posting as Accounts Officer for 196 JAOs/AAOs. View orders...

30.12.2009: Clarification on BSNL Medical Reimbursement Rules: BSNL clarifies that for undertaking outdoor treatment outside the place of posting/State permission of the competent authority is not required. View clarification...

29.12.2009: JTO 2008 Examination - Withholding of pre-appointment formalities: BSNL has ordered withholding of pre-appointment formalities in respect of 53 candidates. View Circular...

26.12.2009:BSNL's Rs 35,000 crore expansion plan hits rough patch:'While the major equipment supplier Ericsson has lowered its price substantially after negotiations for the GSM expansion contract, the two government nominees-- joint secretary J S Deepak and a senior DoT official P K Mittal-- have raised some proprietary issues concerning the tender that was cleared early 2009.' Read More...

25.12.2009: Absorption of ITS Group A in BSNL: In a meeting of DoT officials with ITSA on 5.11.2009, DoT was reported to have asked the Association to identify only two/three specific issues which could be again taken up with cabinet and the Association thereafter asked three weeks time to respond to this.  DOT is reported to have waited for the response from them till November end and even issued a reminder thereafter. But finally, finding no change in the stance of the ITS Officers regarding the pre-conditions for their absorption, DoT is said to have put up a case for the decision of the competent authority on the matter of absorption and revision of pension.

24.12.2009: Introduction of Maharatna category for CPSEs: Cabinet has today approved introduction of Maharatna Category for Central PSEs. View cabinet decision...

24.12.2009: More SDEs transferred to ERP Project: BSNL has issued transfer orders for more SDEs(T) to ERP Project, ALTTC, Ghaziabad. View orders...

23.12.2009: Conduct of LICE for promotion to JTO cadre under Departmental 35% quota & 15% quota: BSNL has directed recruiting Circles to hold LICE for promotion to JTO cadre under 35% & 15% departmental quota at the earliest, for vacancies calculated upto 31.3.2009. View circular...

22.12.2009: Anomaly in pay fixation in revised IDA scales for JTOs/JAOs/Assistants and equivalent cadres: DPE has forwarded our letter dated 6.11.2009 to DoT for necessary action by DoT.  View DPE letter...

22.12.2009:3G Spectrum auction on January 14th?:'An empowered group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee which met on Monday to resolve the impasse surrounding 3G spectrum auctioning assured that 3G spectrum auction in the country will take place as scheduled on January 14, 2010. Spectrum however will be handed over only by August as opposed to earlier scenario when it was to be granted by June.' Read More...

21.12.2009: AIBSNLOA CWC AT DELHI: AIBSNLOA CHQ has notified its first CWC to be held at New Delhi on 7th and 8th January 2010. View notification...

20.12.2009: Mobile Number Portability only in April: The mobile users in India may now have to wait till April 2010 to be able to enjoy mobile number portability (MNP) services, a facility that allows users to change their operator while retaining the number. MNP was earlier scheduled to be implemented from January 1, 2010, in metros and large circles, while the rest of the country was slated to have access to this from April. At a review meeting on Friday to evaluate MNP preparedness between operators, DoT and Trai officials agreed to extend the deadline for metros to April 2010. Both private operators and state-run telecom firms - BSNL and MTNL - during the meet said that while equipment for MNP was already in place, they can be tested and commission only by March next year.(PTI)

17.12.2009:Idea Cellular overtakes BSNL in GSM Market share: BSNL has been relegated to fourth place in GSM Market share, due to Idea Cellular forging ahead of it in November 2009. View GSM Subscriber figures...

17.12.2009:Transfer of STS (Telecom) to ERP Development Centre, ALTTC Ghaziabad: BSNL has issued transfer orders for STS (T) of various circles to ERP Development Centre, ALTTC Ghaziabad. View orders...

17.12.2009:Fixation of pay in Stenographers Grade I: BSNL has issued clarifications that the pay of Stenographer Grade I in the CDA scale of Rs.5500-175-9000 as on 1.10.2000 is to be first fixed in the IDA scale of Rs.7800-225-11175 [substantive in PS (Adhoc)] and then in the IDA scale of Rs.9850-14600 of promoted post [PS (Adhoc)]. View orders...

16.12.2009:BSNL issues clarifications on Time Bound Upgradation in respect of JTOs/JAOs: BSNL has clarified that Time Bound Upgradation of JTOs/JAOs on or after 1.1.2007 will be kept in abeyance till final scales are announced. View clarifications...

16.12.2009:Revision of subscription rates of CGHS: BSNL has circulated Dept. of Health and Family Welfare O.M. revising rates of subscription for CGHS, consequent to revision of scales of Central Government employees and revision of Pension/Family Pension. View circular...

16.12.2009:Transfer of Civil wing Executives to ERP Project: BSNL has issued orders transfering JTO(C), SDE(C) and EE(C) to ERP Project at ALTTC, Ghaziabad. View orders...

15.12.2009: Eligibility for full pension - date of effect of revised rules preponed: DoP&PW has decided that linkage of 33 years of qualifying service with full pension shall be dispensed with from 1.1.2006 instead of from 2.9.2008. View orders...

14.12.2009:Tenure transfers in SDE (T): BSNL has issued transfer orders for SDEs (T) who have completed tenure and substitutes for them. View orders...

11.12.2009:DPC for promotion to STS (Adhoc): BSNL has called for ACRs of 1017 SDEs (T) for holding DPC for promotion to STS (Adhoc). View circular... View list...

10.12.2009: CHQ writes to CMD on withdrawal of clarifications regarding old HRMS number of TTAs selected as JTOs in Direct Recruit quota: 'Deletion of HRMS numbers given in the lower posts and creating a new number will result in complete loss of data of service in lower post, which will be virtually a break in service. All data relating to Salary, Loan/advance deductions, PF subscriptions, LIC/PLI deductions, Leave particulars, Income tax records etc. would be lost causing unwanted problems, since drawl of salary and related payments and sanction of leave etc are based on HRMS modules.' Read More...      View BSNL clarification...

10.12.2009: DPC for promotion from STS to DGM (Adhoc): BSNL has called for ACRs of 279 STS (T) for holding DPC for promotion to DGM (Adhoc). View circular...      View list...

09.12.2009:GSM, CDMA players fight over 11-digit Number: 'Under the circumstances, reserving levels 2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8 for fixed line is unreal and blocks out way too many precious resources. They seek the release of levels 7 and 8 specifically, in addition to level 9, for introducing a new mobile series. It is estimated that with these three series, a billion plus subscribers can be served without the need for any fresh allocation of levels.' Read More...

08.12.2009: Promotion/Regularisation in EE(E): BSNL Corporate Office Electrical Wing calls for ACRs of 121 SDEs(E) for promotion/regularisation in EE (E) cadre. View letter...        View list...

07.12.2009:BSNL cuts roaming charges in price war: BSNL on Monday cut charges on calls made outside a user's local coverage area, saying it was joining an ongoing tariff war in the world's fastest-growing wireless market. State-run BSNL, which is India's No. 2 telecoms firm including fixed-line subscribers, will let users choose roaming charges of either 49 paisa (1 US cent) per minute or 1 paisa per second.(PTI)

07.12.2009:BSNL issues more inter-circle transfer orders in SDE (Telecom) from various Circles to ERP Project at ALTTC, Ghaziabad. View orders...

07.12.2009: BSNL's 93 mn GSM-lines tender in limbo; cancels Huawei order: 'Sources also indicated that BSNL was weighing various options, including calling fresh bids for adding 93 million GSM lines to its networks. Officials said, in the process, BSNL would lose further market share to private operators as it may exhaust the remaining capacity in various circles soon.' Read More...

05.12.2009: Unrelenting fight to ensure proper reservation in SDE (T): At the instance of Com.Sant Kumar, JTO, Solan, Himachal Pradesh Circle (now our Circle Secretary of Himachal Pradesh) CHQ had written a letter to administration on 25.5.2009 drawing attention to non-filling of SC/ST quota in SDE promotion on seniority basis ordered on 15.5.2009.  Com.Sant Kumar had given valuable inputs regarding SC/ST vacancies shown to have been filled with already promoted and retired officers.  CHQ followed up the issue with GM (Pers) [See our reporting on 15.7.2009, 8.10.2009 and 24.11.2009] and was assured that roster will be updated and unfilled SC/ST vacancies will be filled in next DPC.  Now BSNL has initiated the process for updating the roster (BSNL circular available below on 4.12.2009).  CHQ will continue to pursue the issue till satisfactory settlement.

05.12.2009: Preparation of Eligibility List of JTOs for promotion under the seniority quota of 2008-09: BSNL has initiated the process of preparing JTO Eligibility List for promotion under seniority quota for 2008-09. OC category JTOs of Recruitment year 1994 and 1995, SC category JTOs of year 1996 and ST category JTOs upto the year 2001 will be eligible for inclusion. View BSNL circular...

04.12.2009: Updation of reservation roster in respect of TES Group B officers: In order to update the reservation roster for the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09, BSNL has called for from Circles, the details of SDEs(T) retired, voluntarily retired, resigned, expired, promoted to higher cadre etc. for the period from 1.4.2006 to 31.12.2009. View letter...

04.12.2009:Eligibility for LDCE for promotion to SDE (T) held on 15.7.2007: BSNL has called for details of candidates who had appeared in LDCE for promotion to SDE (T), but had not completed 3 years qualifying service as on 1st July of the vacancy year, in connection with O.A.No.238/09 in Hyderabad CAT. View letter...

03.12.2009: LTC travel by tour packages operated by IRCTC: DoP&T has issued orders allowing reimbursement of air fare along with rail and road fare in case of LTC journey in tours offered by IRCTC. View orders...

03.12.2009:Telenor launches operations in 7 Indian mobile zones:Norway’s Telenor Group alongwith its Indian partner Unitech Wireless today launched GSM services under the Uninor brand name in 7 circles of India namely Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Bihar including Jharkhand.Keeping in line with the ongoing competitive tariff trends in the country, Uninor is offering subscribers two tariff structures to choose from. Talkmore@29p offers local calls at 29 paise per minute and STD calls at 49 paise per minute with a call set up fee of 39 paise.(TT)

03.12.2009:BSNL, BT partner to offer global conferencing solutions: BSNL is expanding its "Managed Enterprise Business Solutions," offering and has now partnered with BT. This will help BSNL to provide the world's best audio and web conferencing solutions to customers, CMD Kuldeep Goyal said today.The conferencing solutions to be rolled-out by BT will allow BSNL to deliver the latest conferencing technologies in the Indian market, which will help increase business efficiency for enterprises while also providing for a greener environment by increasing collaboration and reducing the need for corporate travel, both the companies said. (PTI)

02.12.2009: Soon, your cell phone number may have eleven digits: DoT has prepared a draft notification in which it wants all mobile users to adopt a 11-digit numbering plan by pre-fixing '9'. All 500 million mobile users in the country may have to change their phone numbers from January 1, 2010, and adopt a 11-digit cellular connections  if a DoT proposal is accepted by the industry. But, all leading operators said that it would be ‘next to impossible’ for the country to move to a 11-digit mobile number by January 2010 as this would involve making massive technical changes to both software and mobile network configurations, while adding that this process could take up to 12 months. (ET)

02.12.2009: MTNL dials 1/2 paise per second plan: MTNL on Tuesday raised the bar for competitive tariffs by announcing a half paise-per-second plan for mobile calls on its 2G as well as 3G network in Delhi and Mumbai circles. For calls made to other networks, the tariff is 1 paise-per-second, MTNL chairman and managing director RSP Sinha said. (TNN)

02.12.2009: Amendments to BSNL MS RR: BSNL issues amendments to BSNL MS RR adding bench mark and CPC composition in Electrical and Architecture streams.  View amendments...

02.12.2009: BSNL issues inter-circle transfer orders in SDE (Telecom) from various Circles to ERP Project at ALTTC, Ghaziabad. View orders...