Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) both need to stay in the market to ensure that India doesn’t become a country with a duopoly of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Pradeep Mehta, Secretary-General of CUTS International told ET Telecom that BSNL should be privatised and Vodafone Idea should be provided temporary relief to ensure the survival of the two struggling telcos. Mehta warned that if this doesn’t happen, India will suffer from a lack of competition since only two telecom operators would be functioning.
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BSNL Finally Rolls Out 4G In This State; 12,000 3G Towers To Be Converted Into 4G Using This Technology
Till now, the BSNL consumers in Kerala have been missing out on 4G.
But now those days are over since the consumers of the telco in South India might soon get the ability to enjoy 4G, as per a new report by Mathrubhumi.
BSNL to Finally Offer 4G Speeds in Kerala via BTS Technology
BSNL customers in Kerala have been missing out on 4G, but it seems that these days will soon be gone, since, according to a new report by Mathrubhumi, the consumers of the telco in South India might soon get the ability to enjoy 4G.
How Voluntary Retirement Scheme Helped BSNL In Decreasing Its Losses?
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has finally managed to narrow its loss to Rs. 7,441.11 crores by the end of the last financial year. Notably, the telecom reported a loss of Rs. 15,499.58 crores during 2019-20. The revenue from the operations has been declined to Rs. 18,595.12 crores, which is less than 2019-20.
BSNL narrows loss to Rs 7,441 crore in FY2021
New Delhi: State-run telecom firm BSNL has narrowed its consolidated loss to Rs 7,441.11 crore in the financial year ended on March 31, 2021, according to an official. The company had posted a loss of Rs 15,499.58 crore in 2019-20.
BSNL Providing Unlimited Data At Night With Special Tariff Voucher Rs. 599
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has announced the launch of new offers with a special tariff voucher of Rs. 599. Under this new offer, the company offers unlimited data at night from July 21st, 2021. This offer has been designed for the upcoming festival Id-ul-Zuha (Bakrid).
BSNL employees’ union asks DoT to clear dues of Rs 30,000 crore: Report
NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) employees’ union has shot off a letter to new telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to ensure that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) clears dues of Rs 30,000 crore to the financially ailing telco, according to a report by The Hindu.
BSNL Rs 398 prepaid plan gives unlimited data and calls, check similar plans from Airtel, Jio and Vi
Government-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) introduced a prepaid plan priced at Rs 398 that offers unlimited data with no speed restriction. The plan is popular because it has a validity of 30 days, something which private telcos are now trying to achieve with the introduction of new plans with 30 days and 60 days validity. The plan also offers unlimited calls along with unlimited data. Airtel, Jio and Vi do offer prepaid plans at a similar price point with 3GB daily data and unlimited calls.
BSNL: Salary Delays Continue, Employees to Stage Hunger Strike in Protest
Salary delays at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) continue to haunt its employees, prompting unions to allege that the decision to slash the company’s manpower via a voluntary retirement exercise carried out more than a year ago – without realising other commitments to achieve the “financial revival” of the state-owned telecom company – has only deepened the crisis. The employees have also planned a hunger strike in protest on July 28.
DoT to fine commercial SMS senders upto Rs 10k/ violation for messages aimed at duping users
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will impose a fine of upto Rs 10,000 per violation and permanent disconnection of all telecom resources of commercial SMS senders who dupe customers by sending fraudulent SMSes with fake headers.
BSNL Offering Free 4G SIM; Here's How To Get It
BSNL has started providing free 4G SIM to its new users and those who are choosing the network via MNP services. The new offer is valid until September 30th, 2021. However, the offer is listed on its Kerala website and is expected to extend the services to other circles.
BSNL launches prepaid plans under Rs 100, extends validity on Rs 699 offer
Government-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended the validity of its Rs 699 promotional plan again. The prepaid plan which has seen many extensions in the past has now been extended till September 2021. BSNL offers 0.5GB daily high-speed data with the plan after which the speed will be reduced to 80 Kbps. The plan is ideal for users who want to make calls as it offers unlimited voice calls and 100SMS per day without any FUP restrictions with a long validity period of 180 days till the end of September after which the validity will again be reduced to 160 days. The telco also offers free PRBT or BSNL Tunes for the first 60 days.
BSNL Broadband Success Might Turn the Luck for Public Telco
There are two telecom operators in the country who are suffering at the hands of the incumbent and the top-performing other telecom operators. One is a private telecom company, and the other is a public-owned telecom operator. No more words need to be mentioned for the readers to know whom we are talking about. But, it’s also true that every telco has something unique to offer to the
BSNL prepaid plans 2021: Best BSNL recharge plans, vouchers, offers, and more
BSNL prepaid recharge plans 2021: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL is probably the biggest telecom player you have in India. The public-owned telecom operator has serviced for many years and continues to do so, even though it faces tough competition from Jio, Airtel, and more. BSNL prepaid recharge plans are still popular among users in tier II and tier III circles in the country, who seek a good value on their mobile recharge. Here are the best BSNL recharge plans you can get in 2021 along with different vouchers and offers.
We had wings, learned to fly
It seems in the distant past but it is well to remember that, barely thirty years ago, there was one domestic airline (Indian Airlines), two telephone service providers (BSNL and MTNL), three cars (Ambassador, Fiat and Maruti) and numerous waiting lists for a telephone, gas connection, scooter etc. There were many scarce articles and commodities, the scarcest being foreign exchange. I traveled to the US to study for a Master’s degree on USD 7 a day for only 10 months a year!
BSNL Rs 94 STV Offering 3GB Data Among Other Benefits
BSNL plans withdrawal and launch is always a work in progress. However, as of late, BSNL has been intensifying its portfolio rework progress to make its plans more attractive and lure more customers to its network. These changes in the BSNL prepaid portfolio combined with the free SIM and BSNL 4G network is likely to impress the customers to port in from other telecom operators to BSNL.
BSNL Retailers to Get Rs 200 Commission on Every SIM Activation Now
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been working at a guns-blazing speed to intensify its presence all across the country. The public telecom operator has already been doubling down on its broadband connections and has had a meteoric month on the back of 1.1 lakh new connections.
BSNL launches Rs 599 plan with a validity of 84 days, to provide users with massive daily data
Government-owned telecommunications service provider BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has launched a new Rs 599 plan for its users which gives 5GB of data per day. This plan is expected to bring relief to the users who have heavy data consumption on a regular basis.
BSNL Had a Solid Last Month, FTTH Business Grew
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) had a solid last month. The state-run telco saw strong demand for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services and fulfilled more than 1 lakh new orders. Due to the pandemic and the second wave, more people adopted a fiber broadband connection for fulfilling their internet needs to work and learn from home. Bharat Fibre is BSNL’s fiber broadband business that caters to customers living across the nation. According to KeralaTelecom, BSNL successfully provided 1.1 lakh new FTTH connections to customers living across India.
BSNL 4G Plan That Leaves Behind Jio and Airtel’s Offerings
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), despite its struggles, offers some really great 4G plans to its customers. While there are very few 4G sites of the state-run telco in India, users can still recharge with these plans and keep consuming data and other benefits at 3G speeds. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two top operators of our country. Both the telecom companies compete heavily on providing the best offers to their users. However, BSNL offers a prepaid plan to the users which neither of the companies can compete with. Let’s take a look at that plan.
BSNL announces free 4G SIM offer for new users from July 1
Government-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is giving free 4G SIM cards to new as well as MNP port-in customers from today, July 1, 2021, till September 30, 2021. The offer was first introduced in April this year and was meant to expire in June. It now seems that the telco has extended the free 4G SIM offer till September. However, as of now, the offer is available in the Kerala circle and might also extend to other telecom circles.
BSNL Can’t Do 5G Straightaway, 4G Required: Opinion
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), regardless of its falling reputation, is loved by many in India. One thing that’s become evident from the statements of the government is that the telco won’t be privatised and its 4G networks will be leveraged to make it profitable again. There are many who question BSNL’s attempt to roll out 4G networks when it is on the verge of becoming a legacy network and believe that the telco should invest in 5G instead to gain the upper hand over the other operators. But it isn’t as simple; let me explain.
'BSNL employees themselves use Jio': Students in Goa protest over patchy internet; netizens call out the network
Tired of the internet connectivity issues leading to a continuous struggle in attending their online classes, students from the villages of Kodal, Satrem and Derode in Sattari taluka in North Goa held a protest march at BSNL office at Valpoi on Tuesday.
BSNL Poor Financial Performance Even More Evident Now
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) hasn’t been performing financially well for years now. It is not something that the market or the government doesn’t know. However, the recent action or rather inaction from BSNL just even makes it clearer for the country to understand its dire situation. According to a TNN report, the state-run telecom operator has been unable to pay off the salaries of its employees for the month of May 2021. The employees were due to receive their salaries from the company of May in June. But June is about to end and no salary has been credited into the accounts of the employees.
Tripura: 708 gram panchayats connected with high-speed broadband under BharatNet
Agartala: About 708 gram panchayats (GPs) or village committees in Tripura have already been connected with high-speed broadband under the Central government’s ambitious BharatNet project.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on August 15, 2020 announced that all villages in India will be connected with broadband in 1,000 days.
BSNL Reaches Out to PMO for Hybrid 4G: Report
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reached out to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for communicating that it intends to roll out a fresh 4G tender for 50,000 sites across India. The telco is aiming for a hybrid 4G plan where it wants to divide the tender into two parts.
BSNL Introduces Rs. 249 And Rs. 298 Prepaid Plans; Offer Unlimited Calling For 60 Days
BSNL has launched two packs for its prepaid customers, priced at Rs. 249 and Rs. 298. These newly launched prepaid plans offer unlimited calling and message benefits. The Rs. 249 plan offers unlimited calling, 100 messages daily, and 2GB of data per day for 60 days. This means users will get all services for two months. This pack is known as the First Recharge Coupon pack and is specially designed for first-time users.
BSNL dials PMO; seeks to split 4G tender into two parts: Report
NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that it intends to float a fresh notice inviting tender for 50,000 4G sites and split 4G rollout into two parts-- Part A comprising 57,000 sites that will be reserved for Indian companies, while Part B-- comprising 50,000 sites will be an open tender with commercial terms and conditions, as per a Financial Express report.
BSNL Offers 3TB Data, 30Mbps Speed At Rs 449/Month: New Price War With Jio, Airtel Broadband?
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has introduced several new broadband plans that deliver super-fast speeds and plenty of data to help you work from home.
How To Activate National Roaming On BSNL Prepaid And Postpaid Mobile Numbers
The national roaming services of BSNL allow users to receive and make calls without any extra cost. The telecom operator offers this roaming facility to all prepaid and postpaid customers. The national roaming facility ships unlimited calling on all networks, including MTNL without any extra special tariff vouchers. This facility is available in all circles, where it offers its services and is known as New Roam Free Plan.
BSNL introduces free 4G SIM offer for new prepaid customers till June
Government-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new free 4G SIM offer for prepaid connections until June 30, 2021. This is not the first time that BSNL has rolled out such an offer as it has also launched it several times in the past for a promotional period. BSNL aims to increase its activation by giving a free SIM to users. New SIM users, as well as MNP port-in customers, can avail a free 4G sim offer. However, it will be only applicable to customers availing a first recharge coupon (FRC) above Rs 100. BSNL users can avail of the SIM from Customer Service Center or from their nearest BSNL retailer shop.
BSNL Offering Google Mini And Google Nest Devices With Bharat Fibre And AirFibre Plans
BSNL has announced the launch of a new offer for broadband users. The new offer will offer Google Mini and Google Nest products at a discounted rate until July 14, 2021. However, this offer is available for those who are using annual plans of Bharat Fibre and AirFibre broadband packs. Under this discounted offer, BSNL annual users will get devices at a monthly rental amount of Rs. 99 and Rs. 199.
BSNL 4G Can Be a Boon for the Indian Telecom Industry
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is pushing hard to roll out 4G in India. The state-run telco already has several 4G sites in many prominent cities as well as tier-2 and tier-3 cities of the country. But the pan-India rollout of 4G services will require a lot of resources and upgradation of more than 1,00,000 sites which also includes sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
BSNL’s 4G rollout will be a boon for India because it will dilute the competition in the telecom industry. Currently, the real competition is between Airtel and Jio, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) is trying to recover from its critical financial condition.
Everything You Should Know About BSNL's Upcoming 4G Services
Even though BSNL has several 4G sites in tier two and tier three cities, it is trying really hard to launch its 4G services in all circles in the country. However, to launch 4G services in the country, BSNL requires a lot of investment and upgradation of 3G sites, including Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited sites.
BSNL’s 4G Will Launch In Next 24 Months; BSNL Will Never Be Sold To Private Firms
Sanjay Dhotre, minister of state for communications addressed Parliament and said that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)’s 4G rollout will be completed in the next 18-24 months.
He also stressed that the Centre had no intentions to privatise BSNL.
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