Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited popularly also known as BSNL is an India-based telecommunication service providing company. BSNL operates under the guardianship of the Ministry of Communication, Government of India and Department of Telecommunication, Government of India. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited operates according to the telecommunication policy laid as per the Indian Telecommunication Acts and Rules. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited was established on 1.10.2000, as a result of the revamping of the erstwhile Department of Telecommunication, Government of India. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is world's seventh largest telecommunications company, with a huge bouquet of telecommunications services. The services offered by BSNL includes wireline, CDMA mobile, GSM Mobile, Internet, broadband, carrier service, MPLS-VPN, VSAT, VoIP services, IN Services etc. It is one of the fast growing and most profitable organization of Government of India.

BSNL enjoys market leadership amongst all telecommunication operators in India and has grown in leaps and bounds. This gigantic Indian telecommunication company offers seamless service to its customers and it and enjoys market dominance in the area of basic telephony, rural telephony and Internet connection. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is dedicatedly working towards bridging the gap between the rural and urban India digital divide in the ICT sector. This Indian telecommunication company is one of the market leaders in the Indian telecommunication industry. Further, it has gain tremendous popularity due to its competitive pricing of tariffs. Further, to retain its market dominance as a market leader it has formulated aggressive plans for expansion of its cellular network as per the policy laid in the Tenth Telecommunication Plan of India. BSNL has one of the widest and deepest telecommunication networks in India. The governing body has ratified a huge budgetary allocation of Rs.733 crore in the next three years for the development of telecommunication infrastructure in India. BSNL is market leader and is vastly experienced in planning, installation, network integration and maintenance of switching and transmission networks. Further the company is equipped with a state-of-the-art Telecommunication Training Institute, which holds ISO 9000 certification.

The present turnover of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is of Rs.351, 820 million and the company has posted a net profit of Rs.99, 390 million in the financial year ended 31 March 2006-2007. Further, the infrastructure assets of telephone equipments, assessed during the last financial year are around Rs.630, 000 million. Mr Kuldeep Goyal, as the Chairman of the company, heads Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

Some of the key notable points about BSNL are as follows -

• Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has around 47.3 million line basic telephone capacity
• BSNL has around 4 million WLL capacity and 20.1 million Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) capacity
• It is equipped with more than 37382 fixed telephone exchanges, 18000 BTS, 287 satellite stations, 480196 Rkm of OFC cable and 63730 Rkm of microwave network
• Its network serves 7330 cities and towns, 602 districts and 5.5 lakh villages across India
• Cell One cellular service has more than 17.8 million subscribers representing around 25% of all mobile users of India
• BSNL has 35.1 million of basic telephony subscribers representing 85% of the landline subscriber base of India
• It has more than 2.5 million WLL customers
• It has 2.5 million Internet subscribers, using access modes like Dial-up, leased line, DIAS, account less Internet
• Aiming to increase its present customer base from 47 millions to 125 million lines by the end of December 2007

The products and services offered by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited are as follows -

• BSNL Landline
• BSNL Mobile
• BSNL WLL
• BSNL Internet
• BSNL Broadband
• BSNL MPLS VPN
• ISDN
• Leased line
• Intelligent Network
• Video conferencing
• Audio conferencing
• Enterprise solutions
• I-Net
• Telegraph
• EPABX
• Data communication

Contact details of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited are as follows -
Corporate Office:
Bharat Sanchar Bhavan
Harish Chandra Mathur Lane
Janpath, New Delhi-110 001
Fax: +91-11-23765296
Website: www.bsnl.co.in

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