Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

The government-led telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been in the news headlines lately. The last two months have been very troubling for the telecom operator as dark clouds were looming over the revival package of MTNL and BSNL. However, now the government has decided that the state-led telecom operators, both MTNL and BSNL will receive massive help from the government, which will breathe back life into these companies. It’s noteworthy that BSNL has been neck-deep in losses, and has a lot of dues to its vendors and operational creditors. But, with this new revival plan set in motions, a lot of the troubles of BSNL will subside. While all this has been going on, some of the subscribers of BSNL have been migrating to other operators for many reasons. While some thought they were missing out on services, others were simply in the lookout for different pricing. However, we would like to draw your eyes to some of the reasons as to why we think the subscribers should hold on to their BSNL SIMs instead of porting to other telecom operators. So, if you are a BSNL subscriber, read ahead.

Extensive Prepaid Plan Portfolio
When it comes to the breadth of prepaid plans, there is no telecom operator in the industry which even comes close to BSNL in this case. Even after rolling out lots of plans and having a massive prepaid portfolio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have not been able to match BSNL in the extensiveness of the prepaid portfolio. If you are a BSNL subscriber, then you will easily be able to get plans which are tailormade for your needs. While in the case of other telcos, you might get a little undercut, or sometimes you might have to pay more than you need to. But, with BSNL, that won’t be the case as you will get voice-only prepaid plan, plans with only data, combo offerings, STVs and much more.