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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 of Joint Central Working Committee Meetings of AIBSNLEA & AIGETOA held th at Kolkata on 25 August 2015 It is indeed a matter of great pride and privilege for me to have such a distinguished gathering on the occasion of the Joint Open Session of the Central Working Committee meetings of the All India Bharat Sanchar Nigam st Limited Executives’ Association and AIGETOA being held here in Kolkata, the City of Joy after the 1 CWC st rd nd th meeting held at Hyderabad on 21 , 22 and 23 August 2014 and the 4 All India Conference held at Nashik th st th th (Maharashtra) on 10 , 11 and 12 November, 2013. AIBSNLEA was formally launched on 1 May 2005 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 CWC members in this CWC meeting, who are the true representatives of plus 25,000 strong BSNL executives, have come to attend this CWC meeting 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 year 2015 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 Crs, Rs.6384 Crs, Rs. 8851 Crs., Rs. 7884 Crs., Rs. 7020 Crs. and Rs.7265 respectively, which is a matter of serious concern for all of us. 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 30.06.2015 are 1007.4 million out of which 93.73 million are provided by BSNL. BSNL has been at 5th position as an operator with market share of 9.3%. The present tele-density in the country is 80% and total broadband connections as on 31.05.2015 are 15.56 million, out of which 9.91 million are provided by BSNL. We have been at 1st position as an operator with broadband market share of 20% as on 31.03.2015. We are also the leading service provider in fixed-line (with customer base of 15.94 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 3106 cities across the country. 4. Large number of disconnections of landline phones in the last few years is a matter of great concern to us. There is a need to overcome this problem sincerely and take corrective action. Broadband business can help us to bring back our landline customers and also retain our existing customers. BSNL has launched Loyalty Management Scheme in the CDR System w.e.f.1st April 2013, for landline and Broadband customers to encourage customers to use landline and also to retain our existing customers by way of rewarding loyalty. TELEWAVE Page-14 AUGUST-2015