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ALL INDIA BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED EXECUTIVES’ ASSOCIATION Central Headquarters, New Delhi Key Note Address delivered by Shri Prahlad Rai, General Secretary in the Open Session and Seminar on “Role of BSNL in the Telecom Sector of India” on the occasion of 5th All India Conference of AIBSNLEA and Annual General Meeting of AIGETOA held at Mysuru on 17th June 2016 It is indeed a matter of great pride and privilege for me to have such a distinguished gathering on the occasion of the Open Session and the Seminar on “Role of BSNL in the Telecom Sector of India” on the occasion of 5th All India conference of All India Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Executives’ Association and Annual General Meeting of AIGETOA being held here in Mysuru, the city of Heritage after the 4th All India Conference held at Nashik (Maharashtra) on 10th, 11th and 12th November, 2013. AIBSNLEA was formally launched on 1st May 2004 by integrating ten separate Associations which were earlier representing Group -‘B’ and promote source Group ‘A’ officers of different disciplines in the Department of Telecommunications. We, the members of AIBSNLEA belonging to various disciplines of BSNL i.e. Telecom Engineering, Telecom Finance & Accounts service, Telecom Civil, Electrical and Architectural Engineering, Telecom Factory Services, Telecom Personal Staff, Corporate Office Secretariat Staff, Telecom Official Language Officers etc., are playing the pivotal role in the development, maintenance and operation of Telecom. Our delegates of AIBSNLEA & AIGETOA present here are the true representatives of plus 30,000 strong BSNL executives and have come to attend this AIC from every nook & corner of the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Lakshadweep to Andaman & Nicobar. We have assembled here, to discuss and find out ways and means for all out growth of BSNL which gives us our daily bread and also discuss the issues to our career prospects. I am sure the Financial Year 2016 will give us a ray of hope and happiness to elevate BSNL to a top Telecom Company in India. 2. At the time of formation of BSNL from a Govt. Department to a corporate entity, BSNL faced unique challenges, in which serious doubts were raised about its capability to sustain productivity and profitability. But with true grit determination, dedication and sincerity, BSNL has belied these misconceptions and sustained its position but after the year 2009-10, 2010-11,2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 BSNL has made losses of Rs. 1823 Crore, Rs.6384 Crore, Rs. 8851 Crore., Rs. 7884 Crore., Rs. 7020 Crore. and Rs.7265 respectively, which is a matter of serious concern for all of us. This Financial Year 2015-16 the BSNL has made loss of Rs.3607 Crore which is almost half of the previous year. BSNL has made an operational profit of more than 2000 Crore. this year. 3. India’s telecom network is the third largest in the world on the basis of the customer base and it has one of the lowest tariffs in the world enabled by hyper competition in the market. The total telephone connections as on 30.04.2016 are 1059.8 million out of which 102.49 million are provided by BSNL. BSNL has been at 5th position as an operator with market share of 9.67%. The present tele-density in the country is 83% and total wired line broadband connections as on 31.03.2016 are 16.98 million, out of which 9.94 million are provided by BSNL. We have been at 1st position as an operator with broadband market share of 58.54% as on 31.03.2016. We are also the leading service provider in fixed-line (with customer base of 16.94 million), internet/broadband and national long distance segment. BSNL is privileged to be the first service provider offering 3G Services to its customers. We have rolled out 3G services in 3714 cities across the country. 4. CMD BSNL has announced some major initiatives for the benefit of its valued costumers which includes unlimited Free Night Calling facility on land line phones from 9.00 PM to 7.00 AM, free incoming calls on roaming for Mobile customers, increase in minimum Broadband speed, services of BSNL Buzz and Speed pay, there is a steady progress in the business of all our verticals viz. CFA, CM and Enterprise etc. There is an opportunity to increase our revenue through these initiatives. BSNL has been adding more than 22 lac new GSM connections every month since last three months. The mobile number portability also has TELEWAVE 5 JUNE-2016