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The BSNL board will meet on Monday to review its multi-billion dollar GSM tender for 45.5 million GSM lines for which the PSU had shortlisted Ericsson and Nokia. According to a senior BSNL executive, the board during its meeting would examine various options, including going ahead with the tender in the present form, limiting it

The Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent has won an over $400-million contract from Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications to supply IP-based CDMA and GSM network equipment. Alcatel-Lucent will provide mobile network gear for RCOM’s wireless network expansion, which will cover to over 20,000 towns and 6 lakh villages. Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will also upgrade RCOM’S

At a time when GSM players are riding the cellular boom with the addition of 5.4 million new subscribers in June, public sector BSNL has registered negative growth in five of the 21 telecom circles where it offers services. Overall, the PSU has added just 4.3 lakh new subscribers in June compared to 1.96 million