State-run telco BSNL is now offering unlimited benefits with its prepaid STV of Rs 58. This plan from BSNL goes against the Rs 59 plan of Bharti Airtel and Rs 52 plan of Reliance Jio. And it offers benefits in-line with the rival operator plans. The STV 58 of BSNL gives unlimited voice calls, 100 SMS per day and 500MB of data for a period of seven days. Private operators... Read More
With the constantly declining price of data and with the telcos offering new plans each and every day there seems to be a fierce battle going on between all the telecom operators for capturing the market. Companies are desperately trying to bring in subscribers in mass numbers, and in this lieu, they are rolling out the most economic and high-value plans out for the public. In between all this hustle... Read More
Public sector telecom operator BSNL today announced that it has managed to add 12 Lakh (1.2 Million) new customers during last week, out of which, four lakh customers were added through Mobile Number Portability. BSNL says that the remaining eight lakh customers joined the network because of its unique offers, where it's offering free voice calls and data for the new joining customers. BSNL also stated that it's committed to... Read More
Ahead of private telecom operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has rolled out a new procedure to check the mobile numbers linked to a particular Aadhaar number. BSNL mobile subscribers can now check which mobile numbers are linked to their Aadhaar number by just sending an SMS. However, users will only get to know the BSNL mobile numbers linked to an Aadhaar ID and not other operators mobile numbers. For... Read More
The government was asked to allocate 4G spectrum to both BSNL and MTNL at the earliest so that the PSUs will be able to compete with private telecom operators and survive in the competitive Indian telecom market. The Standing Committee of Information Technology has asked the government to allocate the required spectrum to the state-run telcos. “The Committee is of the view that both BSNL and MTNL will lose the... Read More
BSNL has re-launched its Loot Lo postpaid offer it introduced back in November 2017. Under the BSNL Loot Lo Postpaid offer, users can avail up to 60% discount on premium postpaid plans between March 6, 2018, and March 31, 2018. Under the offer, BSNL is offering up to 60% discount on postpaid plans, 100% free activation charges and a free SIM card. However, the discount rental can be availed only... Read More
The government yesterday allocated various telecom network projects to state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The government has allocated Rs 25,000 crore for completing the assigned tasks. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha informed this news to Parliament yesterday. These big projects include laying of optical fibre based network dedicated for use by Defence worth Rs 13,334 crore and Rs 6,500 crore for execution of the second phase of BharatNet Project.... Read More
One of the leading telecommunications service provider owned by the government, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) today announced that it had expanded mobile network coverage in Goa. As of January 2018, BSNL is providing services via 216 towers in Goa, up from the previous number. This news was revealed in the Lok Sabha earlier today. Union minister of communications, Manoj Sinha, answered to a question tabled by BJP leader and... Read More
Aircel' struggle seems to be too good for BSNL, at least in the Tamil Nadu circle as the latter welcomed over 1.86 lakh Aircel users onto its network in the last few weeks. Aircel users in the second half of February month started facing no network issues, thanks to the company's financial woes. At the end of February, Aircel officially confirmed that it has filed for bankruptcy at NCLT Mumbai... Read More
BSNL has been in a tough spot recently as a reporter Elliot Alderson claimed to hack some of the company's websites that contains BSNL employees data. However, BSNL has now issued a press statement stating that the websites hacked didn't have any customer related data and stated that the affected subdomains were public sites that didn't contain customer-specific data. "BSNL, being one of the largest Telecom Operators in India, is fully... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), in January 2018 surprised one and all by pulling back the Sunday free calling offer on broadband, landline plans with effect from February 1, 2018. However, the company quickly learnt the lesson and extended the offer for another three months. For the unaware, BSNL' Sunday free calling offer will expire April 30, 2018. Last time, the company has extended the validity of the offer due... Read More
State-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new Unlimited calling plan to any network with 30GB data per month at Rs 399 per month under Postpaid mobile services. The BSNL Plan-399, which is also known as Holi Dhamaka plan offers unlimited voice calls (local/STD) to any network even on roaming, free 30GB data per month per billing cycle. On the occasion of Holi, the Plan 399... Read More
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