State-run telecom firm BSNL’s plans to expand mobile network are finally ready for take off with Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson on Thursday accepting the GSM equipment contract and submitting bank guarantee. Ericsson has paid the guarantee and accepted the order for laying GSM lines, BSNL sources said. BSNL will now offer an advance purchase order […]
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A top-level reshuffle is underway at Vodafone Essar. With the Newbury, England-based Vodafone in the driver’s seat, it was widely expected that there would be some changes at the top. To begin with, Vodafone Essar CFO Christopher J Foll and legal head Geoff Carolan are on their way out. The two were alternate directors on
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BSNL, which has an ageing workforce, has sought the government’s nod to offer Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to 20,000 employees, and hire Class-I officers in their place to improve efficiency and compete better with private operators. That BSNL, which has over 3.6 lakh employees, needs to streamline its workforce was a fact Mr Raja drove
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