India’s fifth-largest IT service company Tech Mahindra is diving into the revised tender of the state-owned telco BSNL to supply the 4G equipment. Tech Mahindra will team up with ITI and other local companies who have experience in creating telecom software and services. As reported by ET Telecom, C.P. Gurnani, who is the CEO and managing director of Tech Mahindra, stated that the company is ready to build the digital... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu circle on Monday announced the availability of Plan Advance 94 and Plan Advance 95 with 3GB data benefits to users. The development is on the heels of the operator revising its prepaid mobile plans in the state including the Chennai circle. Initially, BSNL on June 30, announced that the Vasantham Gold prepaid plan priced at Rs 96 would no longer be available to... Read More
As India continues to be under lockdown, state-run BSNL has brought a new 'Work from Home' prepaid plan to cash in during the tough phase. BSNL has been struggling a lot in recent times, thanks to the private telecom service providers. However, the company did not back off from providing the industry's best tariff plans to prepaid subscribers. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has now brought a new prepaid STV of... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday withdrew its Rs 149 postpaid plan that offered 100 minutes of free calls to users. The development was highlighted by the BSNL Rajasthan circle on social media platforms. The “Plan 149” is among the 10 BSNL postpaid plans offered in several BSNL circles across India. BSNL enabled users to subscribe to Plan 149 on a monthly and on annual basis with users also... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Wednesday cancelled its 4G tender that the operator issued in March. The tender required the vendors to deal with the “planning, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning & annual maintenance of 4G mobile network.” BSNL estimated that the winners of the tender would deal with 50,000 sites of BSNL across India and 7000 sites of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Delhi and Mumbai circles. Following... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday withdrew an order that required the institutional buyers to purchase annual tariff plans of BSNL broadband, landline and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connections. According to the earlier order issued on April 9, BSNL said that its services would be offered only to those institutional buyers who availed the annual tariff plans. The operator highlighted that the institutional buyers include central, state and private organizations. Crucially,... Read More
ITI, a PSU engaged in the manufacturing of telecom and defense equipment has set its sight on the now delayed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 4G tender. The development was revealed on Monday by R M Agarwal, CMD of ITI in a video interview to CNBC TV18. ITI on Friday announced the signing of an MoU with Tech Mahindra for the new generation wireless technology with Agarwal on Monday highlighting... Read More
Government-owned telco, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is working to set up its own 4G infrastructure and network in India. The telco is already eight years late in introducing its 4G services and that has been a huge problem for it lately. Most of the customers using BSNL prepaid SIMs still have to go with 3G plans. It hasn’t been an easy road for BSNL when looking for expanding its... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Employees Union (EU) said that the “employees will be forced to resort to more serious forms of struggles” if the management does not act on its demands. The development is on the heels of the BSNL employees staging demonstrations across India on Friday urging the government to act on its demands ranging from salary payments to 4G roll out. The BSNLEU on Saturday said that... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Employees Union (EU) on Thursday said that the government of India is promoting Reliance Jio while offering only “lip service” to BSNL. The BSNLEU voiced their concerns following a tweet from Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, MP of Ladakh who said that the government has sanctioned 54 Jio mobile towers for the uncovered rural areas of Ladakh. Namgyal said that the new towers would be covered under... Read More
Government-owned telco, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) brings its customers tons of benefits and offers. One of its offers ‘5 pe 6’ helps customers get cashback for the calls which they make. Now the call can be made from any device, mobile or landline, and the customer will still be eligible to get a cashback. But most of the offers that come from the telco have a validity period after... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Telangana Circle on Monday launched Wi-Fi Hotspot service at a gated community in Hyderabad. The operator started its Wi-Fi services in 2015 by launching a Wi-Fi Hotspot service in Varanasi and has since commissioned around 49,517 Hotspots across India. BSNL in the Telangana circle has commissioned over 1388 Hotspots including 382 Hotspots at over 170 Hotspot locations in Hyderabad. The operator highlights that each Hotspots... Read More
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