{"id":46492,"date":"2013-09-24T10:07:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T08:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=46492"},"modified":"2013-09-24T10:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T08:15:01","slug":"indian-state-telcos-to-share-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/46492\/indian-state-telcos-to-share-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian state telcos to share networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s two state-run telecommunications carriers &#8211; Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam &#8211; signed a pact on Tuesday to share their infrastructure and provide joint services to corporate customers.<\/p>\n<p>BSNL operates mobile, fixed-line and Internet services in 20 of India&#8217;s 22 telecommunications zones, while MTNL operates in the key Delhi and Mumbai zones.<\/p>\n<p>Hit by intense competition from private sector rivals, both carriers have seen their market share eroding, and lost money in the past four fiscal years.<\/p>\n<p>Under the pact, the two carriers will share assets like buildings, mobile masts and international long-distance phone networks, the companies said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on India telecoms<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"MTN India venture put on hold: report\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/41663\/mtn-india-venture-put-on-hold-report\/\"><strong>MTN India venture put on hold: report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"India opens up to MTN, global operators\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/41434\/india-opening-the-door-for-mtn\/\"><strong>India opens up to MTN, global operators<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s two state-run telecommunications carriers have signed a pact to share their infrastructure and provide joint services to corporate customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[25,6729,6730],"class_list":["post-46492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-active","tag-bharat-sanchar-nigam","tag-mahanagar-telephone-nigam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46492"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46495,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46492\/revisions\/46495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}