BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

BSNL Headquarters at New Delhi
Company type	Central Public Sector Undertaking
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	15 September 2000; 24 years ago (2000-09-15)
Founder	Government of India
Headquarters	New Delhi , India
Area served	India, Nepal (with MTNL), Mauritius (as MTML).
Key people	Jyotiraditya Scindia (Cabinet Minister for Communications) Shri A. Robert J. Ravi, ITS (Chairman & MD) [1]
Services	FTTH Fixed line telephone Mobile telephony Broadband Internet services Internet television IPTV
Revenue	₹21,317 crore (US$2.5 billion) (2024)[2]
Operating income	₹2,052 crore (US$240 million) (2024) [2]
Net income	₹−5,367 crore (US$−620 million) (2024)[2]
Total assets	₹167,086 crore (US$19 billion) (2024)[2]
Total equity	₹106,626 crore (US$12 billion) (2024)[2]
Owner	Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
Number of employees	56,820 (as on 30 June 2024 as per RTI)
Divisions	Bharat Fiber BSNL Broadband BSNL Mobile Bharat Net BSNL Towers[3]
Subsidiaries	Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited[4] BBNL[5]
Website	www.bsnl.co.in

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (abbreviated as BSNL) (transl. Indian Communications Corporation Limited) is an Indian central public sector undertaking, under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, which is part of the Ministry of Communications, Government of India with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. The central public sector undertaking was established on 1 October 2000 by the Government of India. Its highest official is designated as Chairperson and Managing Director, who is a central civil service group 'A' gazetted officer from Indian Communication Finance Service cadre or central engineering service group 'A' gazetted officer from Indian Telecommunication Service cadre. It provides mobile voice and internet services through its nationwide telecommunications network across India. It is the largest government-owned-wireless telecommunications service provider in India.^[6]