Public Wi-Fi Hot spots BSNL

BSNL has started rolling out Public Wi-Fi Hot spots in major cities, shopping malls, colleges etc across India. Telecom Minister Sri. Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated BSNL's Free Wi-Fi project in Varanasi Ghats.

To have a better mobile broadband experience to customers, BSNL plans to deploy Wi-Fi Off load solution on PAN India basis.  Wi-Fi Off load solution aims for Off-loading Mobile data traffic from 2G/3G Mobile services whenever mobile users enter into Wi-Fi hot spot zone.

How it works?

When a mobile customers with active data connection enters into Wi-Fi hot spot zone, the mobile data traffic from 3G/2G network will switch to Wi-Fi network.

BSNL addition of 14,421 2G sites and 10,605 3G sites across the country

State run tlecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is investing over Rs.11,000 crore to improve its network and focus on customer care and service delivery for better service quality and installing mobile towers in Naxal-dominated areas.

"BSNL and MTNL are taking several steps to enhance revenues through investments to strengthen its network and focus on consumer care and service delivery to improve quality of service," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on 25-02-2015.

Both companies have drastically lost their subscriber base mainly due to inadequate investment that led to network coverage issues, inability to compete with private sector telecom firms with regard to marketing and customer satisfaction, he said.

TRAI reduced the ceiling price for the call carriage

When you make a STD call to a number outside your telecom circle, your network operator is required to transfer your call to an operator which has National long distance (NLD) telephony license, who in turn transfers your call to the recipient network in another circle. The NLD operator charges a carriage fee to the network on which the call originates for carrying it over the long distance. This leads to STD calls being costlier than local calls.

high bandwidth WiFi services Andhra Pradesh (AP)

The state-owned telecommunications company, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has selected 10 cities of Andhra Pradesh (AP) circle where company will roll out its high bandwidth WiFi services.

We have identified 10 towns, including Guntur, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati, which will soon have high-speed WiFi services. In each town, we will provide WiFi hotspots to universities, public spaces like bus stations and railway stations. High-speed connectivity will be one of the primary growth drives in development of the State

Pan India number portability from 3rd May 2015

Telecom regulatory authority of India has yesterday issued the 6th amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulation which was in place since 2009. The DOT had notified all telecom operators on 3rd November 2014 to prepare their systems for the implementation of full Pan India number portability to be in place in six months from the date of issue of the notification which comes to 3rd May 2015. This date has been made official by TRAI in the latest amendment.

TRAI had also floated a consultation paper to the operators regarding the handling of issues pertaining to disconnection of postpaid numbers in case of the bill not being settled with the donor network before porting to the recipient network and regarding the lock-in period with the new operator before porting the number again. With the inputs received from the operators, TRAI has issued new guidelines with regards to these issues as well in the 6th amendment.

World Cup Cricket Season Karnataka BSNL new offer from 24-02-2015 to 09-04-2015

Karnataka BSNL management launched new offerings, by introducing One of the Best BSNL 3G Plans for Prepaid Mobile Internet Data Customers at this new Cricket Season.... Yes., In General we all do think of having 3G Data at Lowest Price.. Lowest means you might be expecting 1GB of data per Rs 100. Keeping this expectation of todays consumer mind set and considering the affordability of its customer base, Karnataka has launched best BSNL 3G Plans as Special Tariff Vouchers having above 4GB & 6GB 3G Data usage at effective price of almost Rs.100 per GB along with More Free Talktime.

Karnataka Telecom Circle has launched two types of 3G Data Plans/Special Tariff Vouchers (STV) in addition to the existing BSNL 3G Data Plans at Rs. 444 and Rs.666, which allows a validity of 30 days with 4444MB and 6666MB Free 3G Data. Beyond the Free 3G Data Usage available in Karnataka New Data STV(Ratecutter), BSNL also offers More Free Talktime for Voice Calls from Mobile by allowing Local and STD calls of any network.

TRAI going to completely remove Inter Service Provider charges only from Landline to Land line and also from Landline to Mobile

Now a days we are all addicted to have wireless mobile technology, we don’t want to be tied at a single point, this makes mobile technology a big hit. This is fact and everybody will vote for it. But still at the bottom of your heart you may be expecting to have a wired broadband connection that too from BSNL. As BSNL Broadband Service is the cheapest and most reliable service provider across PAN India, along with the Broadband Service we do also have many more bundled free calls in all Limited and Unlimited Broadband Plans which was only for BSNL community at present.

Fiber Broadband Connection Apply Online with effect from 1st March 2015

Telecom Major BSNL announced about the modification in tariff about Fiber to Home Unlimited Broadband Plan which was introduced in earlier for BSNL Hyderabad Broadband Customers with high speed internet connectivity having high FUP Limit. Now BSNL introduced new payment options for this Fibro Broadband Plan of Hyderabad by reducing the plan charges in some, and extending the Free Email ID space of BSNL in a huge extent.

Reducing the validity period for 3G Data Plans of 1GB and below with effect from 23rd February 2015

PSU is going to reduce the validity for BSNL 3G Data STV Plans which are below 1GB only, and this may not effect the 3G subscribers as the validity is only reduced to a day or two. As per the statistics available, the data consumption of an average Indian user is approximately 600 MB, and this is set to increase day by day. So that BSNL has reduced the validity for only smaller packs if 90MB, 200MB, 450MB, 650MB and 1GB only as follows.

Free 3G Data Prepaid Special Tariff Vouchers with extra validity

BSNL 3G has launched New Free 3G Data Prepaid Special Tariff Vouchers with extra validity to attract more customers with these new BSNL 3G Plans at cheapest rates for mobile users to enjoy the best 3G Data browsing at any where across India, by allowing Online BSNL Recharge.

At this time, BSNL has launched three types of regular 3G Data STVs and 2 types of promotional 3G Data STVs at cheapest prices with free bundled data usage of 500MB, 800MB for a night data usage and 2GB Free Data for 60days along with 200MB / 300MB Plan available in each prepaid 3G Packs with longer validity more than double available for present BSNL 3G Plans.

BSNL Installation Charges to Half from present rates

Indian Telecom Major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited announced the promotional offer for Kerala Circle Landline & Broadband Customers by reducing the BSNL Installation Charges to Half from present rates to give more effective internet services at cheapest rates.

This new reduced BSNL Installation Charges shall be applicable for all Rural & Urban area New Landline & Broadband customers of Kerala Circle as follows

• Rs. 375 (for Urban customers) & Rs. 275 (for Rural customers) to be waived on Installation Charges for new BSNL Landline Connection on Annual Payment Option Only.

Circle level Convention : News from SNEA

Circle level Convention of Karnataka circle held at Bangalore on 10.2.2015.

Circle level Convention of Kerala circle held at Thrissur on 11.2.2015.

Convention at Patna on 18.02.2015:

State Level Convention of Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations, Bihar Circle was held on 18.02.2015 at Patna for “SAVE BSNL-SAVE NATION” Campaign and about 800 comrades attended the Convention.

JTO to SDE promotion case : High Court of Kerala Updates

JTO to SDE promotion case in the Hon High Court of Kerala postponed to 26.02.2015 for final disposal after preliminary hearing today as the bench is not sitting today afternoon. 

Budget 2015: Telecom industry demands relaxation of spectrum trading and sharing norms

In an exclusive interaction, Vivek Sood, CEO, Uninor, talked about four key things the telecom industry is expecting from the Budget 2015-16, especially as an impetus which can aid the industry to partner with Government's Digital India mission

The telecom subscriber base in India reached 96.42 crore in Nov 2014, but a major chunk of it was attributed to the urban and semi-urban population. It is noted that 70 per cent Indians who live in rural areas have still not experienced effect telecom penetration.

Promotion and posting in the cadre of AE Arch on regular basis

Promotion and posting in the cadre of AE Arch on regular basis.....View Order copy.

Save BSNL, SAVE NATION: PARLIAMENT MARCH ON 25.02.2015 : SNEA

The Parliament march will start exactly at 11.00 am from BSNL CO, Janpath, New Delhi and end by 2 PM. So, all comrades are requested to reach BSNLCO by 10.30 am. CSs of all Circles to ensure that maximum number of comrades are participating in the March.

Landline Call Charges may come down, Free Calls may Use for all

Now a days we are all addicted to have wireless mobile technology, we don’t want to be tied at a single point, this makes mobile technology a big hit. This is fact and everybody will vote for it. But still at the bottom of your heart you may be expecting to have a wired broadband connection that too from BSNL. As BSNL Broadband Service is the cheapest and most reliable service provider across PAN India, along with the Broadband Service we do also have many more bundled free calls in all Limited and Unlimited Broadband Plans which was only for BSNL community at present.

BSNL to roll out 5G, WiFi services

BSNL will soon roll out high bandwidth WiFi services in select cities in the State by April, Chief General Manager, BSNL AP Circle, V. Srinivasan said here on Tuesday.

BSNL has tied up with US-based Quadgen, which is working with US telecom major service provider AT & T, for the purpose. It is also gearing up to launch 5G services in the State.

Telecom regulator reduces carriage charge by 30 paise

New Delhi, February 24:  

A day after reducing the termination charges, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reduced carriage charges to 35 paise from 65 paise earlier. This will make STD calls cheaper.

“The ceiling of 65 paise for carriage charge was fixed in 2006. Thereafter, many developments have taken place. New telecom service providers (TSPs) have entered the national long distance... Therefore, the Authority is of the view that there is a strong case to review the carriage charge,” TRAI said.

Cabinet note on hiving off BSNL’s tower assets shortly

Monetization of other passive infrastructure assets could assist the corporation raise Rs 10,000-15,000 crore
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has agreed state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL’s) plan to cream off its tower assets into an entirely owned subsidiary and is in the process of formulating a Cabinet note for the same.
The offer to this effect will be send to the Cabinet quickly for a final approval, a leading official from DoT said.

How to apply Online for New BSNL Broadband,WIMAX,3G DATA Card etc…

You don’t have to go BSNL OFFICE anymore!  NOW BSNL AT YOUR DOORSTEP! Yes,  BSNL introduced UDAAN by using this service you can apply several bsnl service through online or by just sending an SMS!. By using this facility, it becomes convenient and easier to get a LANDLINE/BROADBAND/EVDO/WIMAX/3G DATA CARD. Etc. All You need to just fill a form and submit it online or Send an sms. A Lead ID is generated for your request and a service engineer  is allotted for the installation process. The service engineer  name along with his contact number is provided to you to check the status of the application or to know more about the service, so that they may approach to you and perform all the needed tasks in a mean time. If the connection is not installed at an appropriate time, you can raise a complaint against the delay to higher authorities and can also get the complete status of your complaints.

BSNL launched new data plan for Kerala Circle starts with Rs. 73

BSNL, state own Telecom player has now launched new Data STV offers for Kerala Circle, as looking with competition BSNL is making best effort to provide better services for user's. As the plans stars with STV Rs. 73.

Why is Airtel Tieing up with BSNL?

Bharti Airtel is planning to sign a pan-India intra-circle roaming pact with BSNL to strengthen its 2G services. So, why two large operators are planning intra-circle roaming?

First, the intra-circle roaming pact helps Airtel to improve its coverage in semi-urban, rural and remote areas where BSNL is pretty strong due to its sheer presence in smaller cities and villages. This complements very well with Bharti Airtel’s strong coverage in urban India through 163,361 network sites present in 5,121 census and 462,779 non-census towns and villages, covering 86.8 percent of India’s population. So it is a win-win for both the operators.

Parekh: Listing of LIC, BSNL, Air India can unlock crores

Mumbai, Feb 22 : Pitching for disinvestment in public sector behemoths such as LIC, Air India and BSNL, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said it can unlock huge funds worth “lakhs of crores of rupees” and shares should be given to retail investors without depending on the overseas entities.

However, one of the major requirements for such large-scale disinvestments is a Government thinking on those lines, as lack of political will and union pressure have been halting such proposals for a long time, including during the tenure of the previous UPA government, he said.