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time for the implementation of the project is 36 has achieved global recognition by being inducted as
months. member of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), a
senior-level gathering of the world’s leading
• This project will enhance the operational information and communication technologies (ICT)
communication of the Army. The impact of project will standards organisations in July 2014. It has now
have on the Network Centric Warfare capabilities of the become an Organisational Partner (OP) of the 3rd
Indian Army in terms of enhanced voice, data and real Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and a Partner
time video services Type 1 (PT1) of one M2M. Membership of TSDSI in these
bodies will facilitate India centric development of
‘Make In India’ in Telecom standards for Machine-2-Machine Communication,
Sector which is critical for realising the vision of smart cities.
• India became a council member of International Revival of BSNL and MTNL
Telecommunications Union (ITU), in October, 2014 for a
period of four years. • BSNL has added 47 lakh new customers in the last one
year and its revenue has increased by 2.1%.
• To provide a desired boost to ‘Make in India’ in Telecom
Sector, Government has taken following measures: • BSNL in the process of setting up 25645 new BTSs in
Phase-VII of its expansion plan at a cost of `4,805 crore.
(i) Imposition of basic Customs Duty of 10% on 15000 such BTSs installed in the last one year.
certain imported telecom products in the Union
Budget 2014-15 to provide a level playing field for the • BSNL plans to replace the network of wireline local
domestic manufacturers, and to give fillip to domestic exchanges by IP (Internet Protocol) enabled Next
telecom electronic manufacturing. Generation Network. More than 30 yrs old 432
Telephone Exchanges and 70 lakh telephone lines are
(ii) Inverted duty structure corrected. being replaced with this new technology. 136
Exchanges have been migrated to NGN in last one year.
(iii) In budget 2015-16, basic custom duty on HDPE
(High Density Polyethylene) for use in the manufacture • BSNL signed an MoU with Bangladesh Submarine
of telecommunication grade optical fibre cables has Cable Company Limited (BSCCL) to provide alternate
been reduced from 7.5% to NIL to provide a boost to internet connectivity to North East.
the manufacturing of optical fibre in the country.
• MTNL is setting up/upgrading 2160 3G and 1466 2G
• Telecommunications Standards Development Society, sites in Delhi & Mumbai. After having seen a negative
India (TSDSI) which is an industry led body set up with growth in subscriber base for last two years, MTNL has
an objective to develop, promote and maintain first time seen a positive growth in its subscriber base. In
standardised solutions for India-specific requirements, last one year it added 2 lakh new subscribers.
• To provide greater value proposition to their esteemed
customers, both BSNL and MTNL launched schemes to
the benefit of their landline and broadband customers
by allowing unlimited free local calls during night hours
(2100 hrs to 0700 hrs by BSNL and 2200 hrs to 0700 hrs
by MTNL) effective from 1st May, 2015. MTNL have also
made the STD call charges local by making call charge
rate 180 sec/pulse during night hours between 2200 hrs
to 0700 hrs.
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