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Tanay Singh Thakur April 4th, 2021 6:14 PM 23 COMMENTS

BSNL Bharat Fibre Discontinues Multiple Broadband Plans

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has its own arm of fiber internet services called ‘Bharat Fibre’. The broadband internet service provider (ISP) has discontinued several fiber plans starting today. BSNL started by offering four fiber plans on October 1, 2020. The four plans that launched initially were - Fibre Basic, Fibre Value, Fibre Premium, and Fibre Ultra. During the period, multiple new plans were added and several were removed from... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 4th, 2021 7:02 AM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and Jio Will All Target Homegrown 5G

The last few years have changed the trend of the telecom market completely. If you notice, several countries, including India, are shifting towards homegrown technology because of security concerns. India’s only four operators, Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Reliance Jio, are also expected to integrate more homegrown technology into their upcoming 5G networks. Jio and Airtel are pretty vocal about the same. Jio has said... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 3rd, 2021 11:40 AM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL Faces Accusations from TEPC Yet Again: Report

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) journey has been one of a roller coaster ride in the last few years. The state-run telco is restricted by other government bodies whenever it tries to do something new or expand its business. The Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) and the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) have called out BSNL’s Kochi-Lakshadweep Islands (KLI) project tender to be focused only... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 1st, 2021 8:00 PM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL Bharat Fiber Broadband Dealership Charges Nil at Purchase Point

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers its customers Bharat Fiber broadband plans and services to get super-fast internet connection at their homes and offices. Users don’t have to pay anything upfront when it comes to charges for a BSNL Bharat Fiber broadband dealership. This is what the telco has been trying to tell its customers. However, there is a fake website that’s also offering users a Bharat Fiber broadband dealership... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 1st, 2021 11:45 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Prepaid Plans Recently Announced by the Company

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced new offers for its prepaid plans which include rationalising, regularising, and promotional offers. The telco has regularised two prepaid plans, announced three promotional offers, and rationalised/revised one prepaid plan. The ‘STV-298’ and ‘FRC-249’ are the prepaid plans that are regularised, while the three promotional offers include ‘PV-699’, full-talk time on recharge of Rs 100, and ‘PV-2399’. The one plan that has been revised... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 31st, 2021 6:30 PM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL Fresh 4G Tender Approved by ETG: Report

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) has been approved by the Empowered Technology Group (ETG) to issue a fresh tender inviting global vendors to upgrade 57,000 of its sites to make them 4G compatible. Finnish vendor Nokia along with Ericsson and Samsung, are expected to participate in the tender process of the telco. According to an ET Telecom report, ETG has given its nod to BSNL for going ahead with its... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 29th, 2021 5:00 PM 48 COMMENTS

BSNL Gets a Major Relief, to Roll Out Hybrid 4G Pan-India Soon

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will finally be able to roll-out 4G pan-India very soon. The state-run telco has received the nod from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to go ahead with its hybrid 4G rollout plan. For the unaware, under the proposed hybrid 4G rollout plan, BSNL had recommended splitting its tender into two parts. The first part contained 50,000 sites reserved exclusively for the Indian vendors, and the... Read More

Chakri K March 26th, 2021 7:08 AM 26 COMMENTS

BSNL and MTNL to Receive 5G Spectrum Administratively from the Government

BSNL and MTNL will receive 5G spectrum from the government administratively, meaning the telcos will not be required to participate in the auction. Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed this news to the Parliament. While there's no update on when BSNL is planning to launch 4G services in the country, the government is talking about 5G services already. The Union Minister also said the allocation of 5G spectrum would be... Read More

Chakri K March 25th, 2021 7:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 798 Postpaid Plan Compared to Similar Plans from Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea

A few months ago, BSNL revised its postpaid offerings to tackle the offerings from private operators. After the revision, BSNL started offering postpaid plans bundled with add-on connections. The basic BSNL postpaid plan with family add-on connections is priced at Rs 798. In the similar price range, there are other postpaid plans from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea bundled with add-on connections. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has Rs 799... Read More

Chakri K March 23rd, 2021 9:22 AM 18 COMMENTS

BSNL Employee Group Asks PM Modi to Hasten the Launch of 4G Services

BSNL Employee Group is now looking for intervention from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speed up the delayed revival process of the state-run telecom operator. In a written letter to PM Modi, the employee group of BSNL asked to hasten the launch of 4G services in India alongside speeding up assets' monetisation. The Union Cabinet announced a massive revival package worth around Rs 70,000 crore in 2019, but the process... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 20th, 2021 8:00 PM 32 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Launch Can Change the Overall Telecom Market: Opinion

Whenever Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launches 4G services pan-India, it will completely change the competition structure of the Indian telecom. The state-run telco is surviving through its revival package and fixed-line broadband connections at the moment. Millions of users are still utilising 2G and 3G networks of the telco. Thus the telco might not shut down its older-general networks, but it is in immediate need of launching 4G services.... Read More

Chakri K March 19th, 2021 7:14 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL YuppTV Scope Subscription Costs Rs 199 per Month After Introductory Offer

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) partnered with YuppTV last month for a new service called 'YuppTV Scope.' Available exclusively to BSNL Broadband users, YuppTV Scope bundles services from various OTT services into a single package. As of this writing, YuppTV Scope offers content from four OTT services- ZEE5 Premium, YuppTV, SonyLIV and Voot Select. BSNL Broadband users can purchase the only available YuppTV Scope package at just Rs 129. Now,... Read More