The number of telephone subscribers in the country rose 0.16 percent, a meagre growth compared with that of previous months, taking the total subscriber base to 952.91 million as on April 30, 2012. The total user base in the country stood at 951.34 million as on March 31, 2012.
The wireline user base declined to 31.89 million as on end of April 2012 compared with 32.17 million a month ago, pulling the overall wireline teledensity fell to 2.63 in April (2.66 in March). Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) hold 80.40 percent of the country’s wireline market share.
Airtel led the additions by roping in 2 million new subscribers. The GSM operator had a total subscriber base of 183.29 million at the end of the month. Idea Cellular witnessed the highest addition of 1.48 million new users, while Uninor added 1.11 million users. Almost of the telecom companies added users during the month, with Aircel adding over 1 million new users in April. Reliance Communications added 0.5 million, Vodafone India added 0.81 million, Sistema Shyam Teleservices added 0.2 million and Videocon added 0.15 million new users.
The country’s total broadband subscriber base rose to 13.95 million at the end of April 2012, a 1.13 percent rise from 13.79 million posted during the previous month. The yearly growth in broadband subscribers is 15.04 percent during the last one year (April 2011 to April 2012).
There are 156 Internet Service Providers providing broadband services in India and BSNL tops the chart with a 9-million subscriber base. Bharti Airtel (1.36 million) is in second position, while MTNL (1.05 million) was in the third position.
Tharun George June 30, 2012 at 6:02 pm
@Riju
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2037374412.png
I also tested my connection just for you.
Having a switching center kerala does not befit kerala citizens. There broadband and other servers are located at Bangalore.
MTS and uninor lost their license but they are not in loss. Uninor one of the fastest emerging mobile company in India. If it was in loss they would have quit as soon as they lost their license. Both are going to bid and win back their license in the up coming auction.
I am again saying only a minority have a Govt job. So BSNL gives free service or discount to them.
Yes there is no validity extension for BSNL. They now changed name to plan voucher which in fact extends the validity. Now it need to be purchased for Rs 30-60 depending on plan every 60-180 days.
My exchange is the first rural exchange after Kottayam exchange it also has 3000 capacity which is full. Under Pala SSA in kottayam 70% exchanges are full and they don’t even have a modem for the last 1 year. Waiting time is 3 months to 6 months.
BSNL provides instant BB connection only during BSNL Mela once in a year. All other time there is waiting period for most exchanges in kottayam.
Idea and Docomo are selling 21mbps modem and have 21mbps plan. There are rules in India where companies should offer what they advertise. BSNL has only 3.6mbps and 7.2mbps so they advertise that speed. when they finish upgrading they will also advertise 21mbps.
I have a 7.2mbps 3G modem on Idea network I got between 6-7mbps all the time. Where on the same modem for bsnl I got 1-2mbps.
Asianet may be weak at malabar areas. But they have full coverage from tirvandrum to thrissur covering 70% kerala.
Cable service all over the world is the best. It is better than ADSL technology. Check foreign countries all rely on cable service for broadband eg: comcast, Cox. Cable modems are cable of up to 28mbps. See the speeds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cable_Internet_providers
You get billed for your usage both for BSNL and Relaince or any other. Now a days who go for postpaid? Cost of owner ship is absolute zero for relaince prepaid WLL. Only pay for calls we make.
By the way BSNL bring a new billing system were it is almost impossible to know the usage. Now they tell usage in amount which include free calls + BB free usage. We must calculate it and separate to know approx usage. I have asked many BSNL customer care on how to know free calls left, they all don’t know. If you know a way to get free calls left please tell, it will be very useful for me.
Over 80% of internet users in india use mobile for internet. Nobody will buy 3G handset if it is of know use when tariff is high. See the growth of 3G handset in the coming months since all 3G price are now cheap. If one cannot afford 3G they can get a 3G Modem which is affordable.
Asianet has cable network covering 60% of kerala of which 80% has internet enabled. Most of the business and commercial institutions in kottayam use Asianet as they offer same plans for both business and home users and customized plans for any business. Where as BSNL reserves many plans for home users only and only offer BB with LL.
Also Aricel and Docomo 3G is not failure in kerala. Aircel now offers the best 3G plan in the country with free 2G unlimited. Docomo also offers 1GB for Rs 91 in kerala as promotional offer. Aircel and Docomo are samll operators and take time to cover full kerala. They event has finished covering 2G in kerala. Docomo has launched 3G in
Ernakulam
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Alappuzha
Kollam
Perumbavoor
Kozhikode
Malappuram
Palakkad
Thrissur
Manjhery
Kannur
Kasaragod
Kottakkal
LL is failed technology. Globally everyone is changing from land line. Now a days everything is going wireless from keyboard, mouse, charger etc. LL has now only disadvantages. See the above TT article that tells why private offer LL in metros only.
If idea is costly why everyone goes for idea. I am a idea subscriber they offer me 1p/3sec and 1p/3sec for 6 months without any recharge. They provde full TT on 32, 49, 52 75, 149, 222 recharges. They are offering me the lowest tariff in the country. All other private operators have similar plan and good MNP offers. If idea ever increase tariff I switch to another operator through MNP, it that simple.
When MNP was introduced BSNL lost the highest number of subscribers followed by relaince and TATA. http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/MNP-Data-as-on-31-Jan-2011.jpg
Subscribers doesn’t what to know reason why BSNL is like this? A subscriber leaves the operator if he doesn’t get good service. That’s why BSNL is in 5th position.
Actually I was making my point that 3G 1GB plan is more cheaper and efficient than BSNL 250 plan. In the next fe months we can see these change. Selling of 3G mobile will increase, 3G penetration will be doubled or tripled. BSNL will see drop in new BB connection if they didn’t introduce new plans.
Tharun George June 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm
@RF
I agree to all your point. All your points are reason why BSNL losing subscribers and poor performance. Nothing is going to change with BSNL in the near future. So it will continue to be like this.
So all I was saying is private operators are far more better than BSNL.
I am also of the opinion that Govt should exit BSNL step by step and make BSNL a real public limited company who can take decision on their own. Govt already is try to sell 10% in stock market.
BSNL first added WiMax in all major towns in kerala. Then only they went to rural. All towns in kerala are covered by WiMax but not all rural areas.
They failed in WiMax because they never want to sell that service. They were only interested in selling 2G, 3G and Broadband. They never tried to sell WiMax or EVDO in the first place. WiMax tariff was not bad and had best tariff in the country for EVDO with unlimited plans. But no one knows about it and coverage was also unknown. So all went for expensive Tata Photon and Reliance netconnect.
When ever I ask about WiMax or EVDO, BSNL tells me to go for 3G. When I insist they say WiMax and EVDO are still under experiment testing.
BSNL could easily sell EVDO or WiMax but they are silent about it all the time. Also after initial launch they barley added 5 or 6 site per year.
Riju June 30, 2012 at 4:31 pm
@Tharun George
http://speedtest.net/result/2036791473.png
This is the speed test result of my connection.I tested today only for you.Please check it..
Still Kerala is the most performing circle for BSNL. Andra is in 2nd position..Performance is not based on the subscriber base. It also consider the revenue and others. One thing you know that the BSNL switching center of south india is in kerala(paravor in ekm).
Who said that every mobile companies in india is in profit. Still MTS, Uninor and newcomers are in huge loss. I already said that BSNL is a PSU.just know one thing that BSNL is providing so many free services to so many peoples. eg. Free broadband services to schools in kerala(govt and aided), huge discount for govt employees ,pensioners, physically and mentally challenged ones etc…
Who said that BSNL is still using recharges for validity extension.BSNL used it, but now there is no validity extension.
MY exchange is a rural exchange. landline capacity is 3000 lines. Has broadband connection of more than 500 lines. There is no waiting list in this exchange.
Idea and docomo have 21mbps plans. But there is no 21mbps BTS in kerala..
Coa is also providing bb service in some area. Asianet has no cable coverage in so so many places in kerala. I mentioned about the kannur is showing that asianet has no coverage in malabar area.Coverage is only in some places.
BSNL has also the sms service for getting the connection.The BSNL employee will come to your home even in sundays.
The unlimited data usage with a cable broadband is a funny fact. Every one know about cable BB.
I also used reliance landphone . Every one know about reliance. I got electric shocks by postal(their bills)..
You said that 90% have mobile and 60% have cable.
Only less than 10% of mobile customers have 3G enabled phones. Even they all are not using 3G.
less than 5% getting internet enabled cable service. less than ’5% of 5%’ is using cable internet.
I said an example that in my home there are 5 members. can i use separate landline for 5 members.so that we can’t compare landline subscribers with population.
Please try to know the fact about ‘Why pvt operators providing landline services to metros and not in kerala’.
Every one in kerala know that IDEA in kerala is a costly network.
THE GOVT IS NOT ALLOWING TO ADD GSM LINE BSNL NETWORK SINCE 2006.That is the answer for ‘why BSNL is in 5th position?’
Please know one thing that WE ARE DISCUSSING ABOUT BSNL BROADBAND ‘NOT ABOUT BSNL MOBILE’..
RF June 30, 2012 at 3:14 pm
@Tharun George
Sir answer to ur first point about 3G coverage, in last 5 years BSNL was allowed to add capacity of 1.4 crores only according to many article in news papers so in that case how u expect that it can provide coverage everywhere unless new capacity is allowed to be purchased and installed. In BSNL being a govt company to buy anything a tender is required for good quality at reasonable rates which takes a long time for completion which most of the times gets cancelled due to so many reasons whereas in private operators case- the company owners and suppliers decide it in a single sitting so their expansion is fastest.
To ur second point BSNL was awarded 4G spectrum in inferior quality which has certain limits in coverage,speed and franchise also, and main thing was BSNL social responsibilities to serve the rural without expecting the profits and in the mean time no financial help from govt in loss making areas. So maximum expansion was done in rural areas so lesser customers was the outcome.
So with increasing customers and limited capacity, network performance of any company will decrease. Network performance can be good or average or below average depending upon the load on system at that particular time.So it is understood and clear from every point that the main contributing factor is capacity in performance of any company.
dskushwaha June 30, 2012 at 2:29 pm
It can show the desired unit of speed, if you login and set your preferences
see: speedtest.net/result/1512604059.png
Tharun George June 30, 2012 at 12:46 pm
@RF
Yes I accept that being a PSU is a disadvantage for many companies. BSNL have to call tenders to buy equipment which cause great delay. Also follow govt policies strictly to avoid corruption.
But I don’t understand what private operators did to BSNL? BSNL also had advantage of getting 3G and 4G spectrum very early but still they didn’t use it efficiently. BSNL launched 3G in 2009 and only covered main towns in last 3 years. But private operators like idea have double coverage for 3G than BSNL.
I don’t think it was the capacity that pulled back the BSNL. There tariff is also not good as private operators. There customer care is not efficient. There network performance was below average. Difficult and long waiting to get service at BSNL centers.
Also management of BSNL is governmental compared to private firms. The government management is below average in our country.
RF June 30, 2012 at 10:52 am
@Tharun George Sir i think u have misconception about BSNL the only reason it is behind in GSM is due to non expansion of network from 2006 due to your so called private operators and inefficient system of our country which makes so much difficult for a govt sector to compete with private operators due to so many rules and regulation. For your kind information BSNL was near to dislodge Airtel from number one position in 2006 and in most of the states its was number one or near to become number one and then major problem came it was out of capacity to provide new connection for about three years and its efforts to install new capacity were held by some court cases and some mean ways and in the mean time others expanded their GSM network and now BSNL is fighting back to regain its leadership in Kerela and most of South. BSNL was at number four an year ago due to shortage of capacity and when a little capacity was added it is now number 2 in kerela and will be number one hopefully. BSNL IS number one as it is not only fighting with private operators but also with our system and still it is progressing. Sir if full freedom can be given to BSNL for only One year without any type of inference it will sweep the market and will become number one in all respect bandwidth, GSM, LL, revenue and whatever you can think off.
Tharun George June 30, 2012 at 10:29 am
@dskushwaha
I do exactly the same. I put my laptop to sleep mode and use schedule task to wake the computer and use utorrent and orbit scheduler to download. At 8:00am use auto shutdown if I don’t wake.
Using a laptop is very much energy efficient. When the screen is off laptop consumes less than 10w power. I could download almost 300GB and upload 30Gb per month at 4mbps.
Tharun George June 30, 2012 at 8:35 am
@Riju
I still say 70% BSNL BB users are in 250 plan. Its the default plan for every BB users and many don’t change it after.
Only youth spend time downloading movies. Others has to get ready for work and they don’t use BB from 5AM-8AM downloading.
Kerala was the most performing circle for BSNL. Now it is Andhra Pradesh. In kerala idea overthrown BSNL. Also BSNL is not only loss making, but also at 5th position in India. This shows that nobody wants BSNL service. Even the last position telecom company is making profit.
BSNL customer care is poor. Their tariff plans are not attractive. Time to solve complaints is much higher. Network performance is worst. It is only operator that still charges the customer for validity, were other operator provide lifetime for free.
All rural exchanges have waiting list for both LL and BB here in kottayam. They are saying no capacity. Also my exchange which is only 7 km from kottayam town has not provided a new LL in last 2 years. They now give WLL to waiting list more than 6 months.
Asianet also has many free modem scheme even before bsnl had one.
Also speedtest.net don’t show download rate like 240kbps. It shows the actual speed like 2mbps.
Only BSNL has 3.6mbps and 7.2mbps BTS. Idea, Docomo and other operators have 21mbps modem and plan. BSNL who launched 3G first used the cheap 3.6mbps. Then later they upgraded to 7.2mbps in towns and now to 14.4mbps in selected cities.
http://telecomtalk.info/exclusive-bsnl-to-offer-14-2-mbps-super-speed-on-3g/52475/#more-52475
If the netowrk is only 3.6mbps, then when users increase the speed is shared between users. If the network is 21mbps each user gets a good speed. Thats why bsnl 3G is between 1mbps-2mbps and private 3G are faster than 7mbps. I use idea 7.2 modem and got 7.2 mbps from idea.
In olden days when there was bsnl only no one want a telephone as it was costly. When private operators came with cheaper mobile telephone, wireless revolution occur. Now the same is true for BB. The only reason India has 1% broadband is the fact that only BSNL has it. When other operators start offering cheaper BB, revolution happens.
BB in other countries have average speed of 20mbps compared to India average of 1mbps. BSNL can offer upto 8mbps using telephone lines without any upgradation, but they choose not to. They monopolized BB segment like they did in olden days. When there is no competition they will never offer good service.
Did you know COA also offer BB in kerala? Also I am not from kannur.
Not every one has a govt job to get discount from BSNL. But most of them do have a cable T.V along with BB to get double usage. Which one is better 20% discount or double usage? BSNL almost charge double amount to get double usage.
Asainet does not require there customers to have cable T.V in order to get BB. They provide BB alone. But BSNL require to have a LL to have a BB. Now a days every one is getting rid of LL and bsnl insist to have one.
Asainet have 24×7 customer support. Does BSNL has a 12 hour customer support? To get a asianet connection a call is only needed. No need to visit and give application and wait. They come to our house in 48hours and provide the connection and fill application at home.
Another funny fact is BSNL exchanges don’t have modem. They are asking customers to purchase modem from outside. Even the main Pala SSA exchange don’t have modem.
BSNL 499 unlimited 256kbps. Asainet 449 unlimited 400kbps.
BSNL 750 unlimited 512kbps. Asainet 725 unlimited 650kbps.
These are true unlimited with no FUP.
Also owning a land line is not that costly. I have a land line, reliance wireless. I bought it for Rs 999. I recharge it for Rs 150-200 per year. It is portable, never goes out after a rain and is prepaid. Can make ISD calls with out any deposit and call rate much cheaper than BSNL LL.
Only 10% kerala population have LL. Out it how many have a BB 3 or 4%? Above 90% have a mobile and 60% have cable.
Private operators have landline only in metros so don’t compare them to all kerala base. Who needs a LL when it is costly and unreliable.
Only thing I see is there new website after 12 years. I ported out of BSNL 1.5 year ago and now enjoying idea with 1p/3sec and other with 1p/2sec without any recharge.
The only reason BSNl at least got second is due to there good rural coverage. But now idea has better coverage than BSNL.
Last time I was on BSNL it took 45 min to get connected to Customer care. Full night network busy. GPRS speed at 12kbps compared to idea 22kbps.
dskushwaha June 30, 2012 at 7:37 am
There is no need to get up & stay awake to download at free night hours. Just create a schedule task for that. Your computer will start automatically at 02:00 hrs. (from hibernate state) & start downloading your pre defined downloads. Create another schedule task to shutdown automatically at 08:00 hrs.
dskushwaha June 30, 2012 at 7:11 am
@Riju
Only 2% of the population have BSNL LL/BB, still a post on TT about BSNL (especialy LL/BB) gets the maximum number of comments
Riju June 29, 2012 at 11:25 pm
@Tharun George
Rs. 250 1GB is is used by over 70% of all BB subscribers.
It is not true. upto 2009 it may be true. Now just only less than 20% users have 250 plan.
night unlimited
Man After night is only upto 5 am . After 5 am we can say morning. I start downloading only after 5am.
Man the above article is about all india basis. Every one in india know that kerala is a most performing and different circle for BSNL. BSNL KERALA have more than 30lk landline connections.You said that BSNL is a loss making company. BSNL IS NOT A PVT COMPANY. It is a PSU.The main aim of a PSU is make available the services.Making profit is only at last step.. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT BSNL KERALA CIRCLE IS STILL MAKING PROFIT..
bsnl is providing broadband connections with in 48 hours .. waiting list is only in less than 50 exchanges..
the cost for a broadband connection 1000+500+250..
A BSNL broadband customer get modem FREE of cost. if he is ready for 1 year commitment..
The speed I mentioned is not the speed of any download managers. I checked my speed with speedtest.net..
Show me a BTS in kerala which can provide 21mbps speed.Man one of my friend working with idea 3G deployment. He said that Idea have so many 3.6 &7.2 BTS. ONLY some 14mbps BTS. Do you want any other explanation. Then about Tata and aircel 3G It is great failure in kerala in terms of coverage.
I know that BSNL 4G is a failure. I mentioned it only for showing the speed of wireless penitration.
I dont know about ‘Kerala Cable TV association’. I know about COA(cable operators association) which is running kerala vision. there are more than 3000 independent cable networks associated with COA. they are providing cable service to more than 80% kerala cable users. Ie only less than 20% to Asianet and others. Still Asianet cable service is not available in so many places. Can you show a place other than Kannur town, thalasseri town, payannur town and thaliparamba town where asianet providing cable service in kannur district.
About discounts.
Am getting a 20% discount in bill monthly + 2 months free(for annual payment). Ie with 8 months payment I can enjoy ONE YEAR broadband and landline….
I just visited asianet dataline website. I can’t find a true unlimited plan.. Please check the meaning of ‘ true unlimited(with out FUP)’…….
I didn’t mentioned any word about BSNL 3G in data usage. We are discussing about BSNL broadband.
In kerala BSNL have more than 30lk landline connections.That is about 10% of kerala population. In my home there are 5 members. CAN I APPLY FOR 5 Landline connections. So dont compare a landline connection with population.But we can compare mobile connection with population.
BSNL started mobile service only in 2002.BUT airtel.Idea(old escotel) and vodafone(old bpl in kerala) started mobile service in kerala in 1996.
BSNL is in 2nd position in the mobile segment in kerala.
please check the kerala mobile subscriber base.
idea-7540664
bsnl-6852061
vodafone-5978008
reliance-4357425
airtel-3602889
tata docomo+tata indicom-2404802
aircel-1852675
Please check the pvt operators kerala landline subscriber base
airtel-55791
reliance-56452
tata-12342
You are still talking with your old experiance.
One think you know that BSNL changed in every level.
Tharun George June 29, 2012 at 8:50 pm
@Riju
Here is a comparison between my BB plan and your plan.
BSNL BB 500 Combo
Cost: Rs 450 + tax
Usage: 1.5GB + night unlimited at 2mbps
Extra: 175 free calls= 175min of mobile call= Rs 52.2 at 1ps/2sec tariff on mobile
Annual payment: 2 months free
Asianet BB Rs 475
Cost: Rs 475 + tax
Usage: 3GB + Night unlimited at 4mbps
Extra: 6Gb for asainet digital T.V
Annual: 3 months free + 50% extra usage. For 2 year 6 months free + 100% extra.
Now tell which one is cheap?
I assume all LL subscribers will have a mobile too. Idea, airtel, vodafone, docomo, reliance, aircel and uninor has 1p/2sec offer free for MNP users and new users.
Tharun George June 29, 2012 at 8:39 pm
@Riju
Rs 250 1GB is is used by over 70% of all BB subscribers.
I am again saying that you download 70GB-80Gb during night unlimited(2am-8am). During day time only 1.5GB. Yes its true that 3G operators don’t have night unlimited. But how many BSNK BB users have 500 combo plan and don’t sleep at night and download 70gb?
The majority users use the Baisc Rs 250 plan. Now its is cheaper on 3G, that was I saying all this time.
To get BSNL BB, you first need a LL. In the above article we can see that “The wireline user base declined to 31.89 million pulling the overall wireline teledensity fell to 2.63 in April (2.66 in March).” So it is steadily decreasing. In my area bsnl is having 8 months waiting list for LL and they provide WLL at the end. In most rural exchange BB capacity is full and have over 6 months waiting.
Also BB and LL are postpaid (Prepaid plans not at all good) and they take deposit and other charges. So to get BB= LL + Deposit + Modem + Waiting = Double amount of 3G modem(No waiting for 3G).
Unlocked 3G modem is available at eBay for Rs 1300. BSNL free installation is a promotional offer after that they charge Rs 500.
I am always in kerala and I was a BSNL BB user from 2006 till 2009. They provide service to me by underground cable also, but have you visited any deep rural areas? In erattupeta and nearby regions BSNL still use telephone posts for LL and BB and service is pathetic. One rain or wind will knock down BB and LL for several days. Even if it works the speed is below 800kbps with frequent.
In 2009 I took Asianet broadband. They also have combo plans, if we have asianet digital TV they provide double the usage on BB.
BSNL Speed is always less than 2mbps. You saw that speeds on download managers like IDM which fakes the speed. Go to speedtest website and do a test and see your speed. I get 4mbps from asainet which is 480-500kbps.
About the BTS, expect BSNL all private opertors in India uses 21mbps BTS and for reliance they have 28mbps. BSNL only recently updated BTS to 14mbps in major towns. You won’t get that speed beacause 21mbps speed is offer on higher plans with 21mbps datacard.
BSNL 4G (WiMax) was a full failure and BSNL is about to return back the spectrum in many circels including kerala. Also it was very much costly. Read old TT articles to know about idea 3G coverage in kerala.
Asianet and Kerala Cable TV association in kerala has statewide cable network with 70% of it has BB service.
Digital TV service is costly compared to telephone service. The cost of ownin a telephone is almost zero after buying a mobile and getting a connection. But still cost of owning a BSNL LL is average Rs 110 + tax which they provide with BB combo not free but charging Rs 500 for both.
Still asianet provides double usage for all BB subcribers with asianet digital tv at 4mbps. See aisanet plans at there site, all plans similar to BSNL + 4mbps – 20% lower rent. For 1 year advance they provide 3 months free + 50% extra compared to only 2 month free of bsnl.
Answer to your questions.
1. Asianet. By the way does BSNL provide true unlimited in 3G? So as other operators.
2. Till now only BSNL have pan india BB. This will change shortly due to lower tariff 3G. In kerala Asianet and regional BB have 30% market share.
Only 2% (and falling) of population have a BSNL landline, so its a truth that BSNL BB never can’t be more than that. So there are 98% population who will chose other operators.
Take any BSNL BB, 2G, 3G plans there are much better plans with private operators. BSNL was around here for many years, still it was the private operators that created all the mobile revolution in India. BSNL position is now 5th in terms of mobile subscribers in india. This is only due to their poor and costly service. Also only operator which makes loss for last few years.
I strongly think that you work at BSNL. No one argues for BSNL better.
Riju June 29, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Man please read my replay to your earlier comment.
subrahmanyam June 29, 2012 at 4:55 pm
How many Indians own a sub$15 category mobile telephone is known to every mobile operator. 3G handsets costs somewhere around $150-450. So the handset affordability is known worldwide and in particular in India. 3G has not been quite successful in India, if it was the same would have been grabbed by all the Operators but not by PSUs like BSNL and MTNL.
Stunning Fact —–No other operator has 3G airwaves/spectrum on a PAN India basis except BSNL & MTNL combine. Never compare Tigers with Wolves who eat dead bodies and steal public wealth.
Riju June 29, 2012 at 4:40 pm
1.Man 1GB for Rs. 250 is only the basic plan…There are so many plans providing higher data with lower charges…
I am using Rs.500 combo plan.My data usage is 70GB to 80GB + 150-170 calls per month. Still paying Rs.449…. The data speed is 2mbps.
CAN U USE LIKE THIS WITH YOUR 3G CONNECTION???
2.Modem charge is only less than that of the datacard charge. Then there is no instalation charge for broadband now…
Now in many Exchanges connections are available with in 48 hours…
3.I think you are not in kerala now. BSNL is now giving land line and broadband service with underground cables. If you want optical fiber broadband service, It is also available in city area.
Even my house is in a village area( Mavilayi in kannur district) they converted their lines to underground cables in 2006 itself.I got broadband in 2008 only. They converted line to UG cables only for lindline..
4.Still I am getting 240-260kbps download speed.upto last year I got 250-300 kbps download speed.(Means that more than 2mbps speed. They are saying speed is upto2mbps.)
NOW There is no BTS in kerala which can provide 21mbps speed. In kerala all the BTS are providing 7.2 mbps.so many BTS are provding 3.6 mbps. The speed varies with distance from BTS.
5.Man wireless penitration is very easy. BSNL already covered 30% places in kerala with its 4g service .. BSNL started providing service in 14 January 2005 only. Who said that IDEA covered 60% of kerala With 3G ?
Pvt broadband services are also available in kerala.Can u show me them in OUT OF CITY. They are providing service for more than 3 years. Are they covered 5% of kerala?
Still cheap Infotel 4G is only a dream. They don’t know when they can launch services.
They are still in ‘DISCUSSION’ with tower companies for getting towers.
ASIANET cable broadband service is not available OUT OF CITY. They are providing only cable internet. The main problem of cable internet is that when subscriber rate increases the bandwidth of every person will decreases..BSNL is providing 4mbps at Rs.800 with 8GB then 512kbps+350 free calls. Are they providing their digital TV service free with the mentioned plan?????
Man please read this. And answer the above questions.
Please also answer the Questions given below.
1.Please show me a pvt operator who is providing true unlimited internet(service With out FUP)
2.Why BSNL has more than 64% market share in Broadband segment in india and more than 90% in kerala?
Please
Tharun George June 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm
@Riju
You download 70GB-80Gb during night unlimited(2am-8am). During day time only 1.5GB. In terms of calls BSNL LL has the highest tariff in the country. Also only few are heavy downloaders who spend there night downloading. Most of the BSNL BB subscribers are for there 250 plan. I was comparing there 3G 1GB plan with BSNL most common 250 plan.
Regional BB providers have better discount and tariff. I using Asianet BB. They provide 3GB with night unlimited at 4mbps for Rs 475. They provide 6 months free + 100% extra usage if I pay for 2 years advance. I can download 10GB and upload 1GB per day during night unlimited 2am-8am.
Achu June 29, 2012 at 2:41 pm
MTNL Need much appreciation in the BB section
“Bharti Airtel (1.36 million) is in second position, while MTNL (1.05 million) was in the third position.”
MTNL have 1.05 million just form 2 circles
Tharun George June 29, 2012 at 2:32 pm
@Saptarshi Roy
There was time when all think mobile services will not be cheaper than landline. This concept was broken several years back.Now for broadband same is going to happen.
Here is my comparison between 3G and BSNL broadband.
1. All 3G operators offer 1GB at Rs 200-250 per month. Where as BSNL is still providing 1GB at Rs 250 + 12.00% tax. So this make 3G most affordable for both stationary and portability user needs.
2. BSNL modem + Installation + Land line connection charge is much higher than a 3G modem + connection.
In most of the area BSNL takes years to allocate a landline connection and another 6 months for broadband. Here in my area they are saying exchange capacity is full for both BB and LL so has to be in waiting list.
3. Reliability of BSNL very poor in rural as they still use telephone posts for BB service and LL. Most cable have several joins and distance to exchange is higher than standard. Which all result in BB with less than 1mbps and frequent disconnection.
4. Speed is 256kb and upto 2mbps for BSNL. Where private operators provide at 7.2mbps – 21mbps on 3G.
5. BSNL BB took 10 years to cover 90% of kerala where as Idea took only 1 year to cover 60% kerala with 3G.
The above is only BB vs 3G. But when 4G launch all over India by Infotel it will be much lower.
In foreign countries like US and europe, BB is much cheaper compared to 3G and 4GB. Even then there BB offer average speed of 20MBPS unlimited. Even with this much competition from 3G operators BSNL is not increasing its speed.
Regional broadband providers are offering double or triple speed at the same rate of BSNL. In kerala Asianet cable provides 4mbps at Rs 475 with 3GB and night unlimited.
Mahmood Junaid June 29, 2012 at 1:45 pm
tata docomo has reduced 3g tariffs… they had updated it in website… but base tariff still 10p/10kb…
n s murthy June 29, 2012 at 11:39 am
we should not be complacent with bb mkt share and strive to improve our fault repair service of our wirelines; also we should try to actively market GPRS on mobile so that we do not lose out of rolling of 4G services by other service providers.
Shinefire June 29, 2012 at 11:39 am
@SREEKANTH.J
On the basis of 3G network it is Idea, On the basis of tariff it is Aircel and if you want both network coverage and tariff as criteria it is BSNL if you are in Kerala.
PS Kankesh June 29, 2012 at 10:26 am
@Sudhakar
Fault repair and Customer care is now at par excellence. Our CSCs and sales team spread across the entire country and villages. We are proud to say that we are No! BB service provider in India and no private player ever come near to us.
????? June 29, 2012 at 10:00 am
BSNL IS BEST….no complains so far…………..completely fair service, cheap and fair billing………….occasional failure once in a couple of month is every where……
????? June 29, 2012 at 9:59 am
BSNL has very wide reach in KERALA. even GPON i heared is available in Kerala which currently given by only BSNL in India..
????? June 29, 2012 at 9:56 am
BSNL IS BEST….no complains so far…………..completely fair service, cheap and fair billing………….occasional failure once in a couple of month is every where……
Riju June 29, 2012 at 7:35 am
Try BSNl..
Riju June 29, 2012 at 7:34 am
Man 3g is not much cheaper comparing with BSNL broadband.
for example.
I am using BSNL broadband Plan 500combo.
My net useage is 70 GB to 80 Gb. And 150 – 170 calls.
The bill amount is Rs. 449 only.(getting a 20% discount for govt employees.)
I there is no discount, then also bill amount is only Rs.560.
STILL BSNL BROADBAND IS CHEAPER AND BEST IN SERVICE.
ALSO NOTE THAT BSNL BROADBAND IS AVAILABLE IN EVERYWHERE IN INDIA……
ramesh June 29, 2012 at 7:33 am
bsnl broadband is good. no comparation with others
Sudhakar June 29, 2012 at 6:20 am
BSNL is best in terms of coverage and broadband, but it is infinite times worst in terms of customer fare and fault repairing.
Saptarshi Roy June 29, 2012 at 2:21 am
@Tharun George
The concept of wireless connectivity was incepted for users who require it on the move. Stationary connectivity cannot be discounted against portability. I don’t know how you analysed this but proper wireline broadband tariffs would always be lower than its wireless counterpart. The Government and Telecom Operators should hence concent.rate more on wireline broadband/wimax rather than 3/4G for the sake of Broadband penetration.
Tharun George June 28, 2012 at 10:40 pm
@SREEKANTH.J
In terms of tariff Aircel or Docomo. Docomo is offering 1GB for Rs 91 as promotional offer. But both have only 3G coverage in selected cities.
In terms of coverage Idea has the highest 3G coverage covering upto 10km radius of all many towns in kerala. Speed is upto 7.2mbps in towns and reduces as moving far from town.
BSNL has up to 5km radius 3g coverage in major town. But speed is like their broadband. Always less than 1.8mbps and slow.
SREEKANTH.J June 28, 2012 at 10:18 pm
@Arjun
What about Tata Docomo?
Adil June 28, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Tata docomo know offers 50 mb 3g data for just rs5 i.e. equall to 2g pack and for rs21 150mb data for 3 days . U can cheak this by dialing *141#
Arjun June 28, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I go with IDEA cellular. They have decent coverage also. @SREEKANTH.J
puneet sharma June 28, 2012 at 9:03 pm
bsnl is the best telecom service provider in india
gappu June 28, 2012 at 8:48 pm
in broadband, BSNL LANDLINE is thhheeeee best… no comparison with BSNL Landline..
SREEKANTH.J June 28, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Friends, which is the best 3g operator in Kerala? On the basis of network,tariff&plans….
Please help…
RAJNISH June 28, 2012 at 7:56 pm
RIGHT SAID BY GEORGE
Nilanjan June 28, 2012 at 7:45 pm
BSNL Best
Tharun George June 28, 2012 at 6:51 pm
When May-June report come, Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance and Aircel will have the highest Broadband addition accounting for mobile broadband(3G).
BSNL may also loose broadband customers if they don’t revise there plans and offer better service. Why go for BSNL Broadband when 3G is much cheaper, relaible, fast and portable.
Pushpit June 28, 2012 at 6:28 pm
@rudradeep,
sir this no’s net subscriber base ?
Arindam June 28, 2012 at 5:13 pm
BSNL broadband service is super. It’s 3G also good.
Sathish June 28, 2012 at 5:07 pm
What a Fantastic news!
God’s grace BSNL No.1 at least in Broadband.
All the Best – BSNL.
Keep it up!