BSNL Gets Rid of Blackout Days Again in 2020, No Tariff Hike Noticed Yet

Telecom operator BSNL has officially announced that there will be no ‘Blackout‘ days on its network in 2020. This is not the first time BSNL Is making this move as the telco entirely removed blackout days in 2019 and it is following the same this year as well. There is no update from private telcos in this regard; All the telecom operators removed blackout days in 2019 and we are expecting the same to stay in 2020 as well. For the unaware, on Blackout days, users will be charged the standard rates despite having a tariff plan. For example, on the New Year Day, a lot of mobile phone users send text messages and make voice calls to wish their closest people, so telcos take full advantage of these days by charging them the standard rates. However, over the last two years, this trend is dying slowly as operators are removing blackout days concept from the Indian telecom industry.

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BSNL Becomes First Telco to Remove Blackout Days in 2020

Kicking things off in 2020, BSNL has now announced that there will not be any blackout days on its network this year. Basically, the trend of removing blackout days started with Reliance Jio; The Mukesh Ambani-owned telco did not have any blackout days ever since its inception in the Indian telecom market. And other operators were forced to follow the same.

In 2019, BSNL became the first operator to remove blackout days concept, which was soon followed by Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel. While BSNL made an official announcement for 2020 as well, there’s no update from Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel yet. But most likely, the telcos will get rid of blackout days this year as well.