Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, has been asked reduce the hiring of the ITS officers. ITS here stands for Indian Telecommucation Services. BSNL has been hiring ITS officers for a long time and now, the PM Modi led government has asked BSNL to reduce reliance on ITS officers. Ultimately, the government wants the state-run telco to develop talent internally, and then eventually stop hiring ITS officers... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has been led by Robert J Ravi for some time now. The tenure for Ravi has now been extended by another three months, effective April 15, 2026. Ravi took over from P.K. Purwar back on July 15, 2024. Since Ravi has taken over the telco, the company has shown some signs of improvement. It is worth noting that the... Read More
India’s broadband market just saw an unexpected shift State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has moved ahead of private giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel in broadband performance, according to nPerf. For years, the narrative around India’s fixed-line internet has been dominated by JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber. BSNL, despite its wide reach, was often seen as lagging behind in speed and consistency this latest development challenges that perception. But... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) owned land in Mumbai will be given for affordable housing development. This land is in the Borivali region of the city and under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, it will be used for developing affordable housing. The decision was taken by the Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM), Devendra Fadnavis on Friday at the meeting of the Maharashtra Housing Development Authority... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has peformed better than Jio and Airtel in fixed-line intenet segment in FY26. This data was released by nPerf, a French independent network testing firm. BSNL, overall had a better score than Jio and Airtel in this segment. Here's what the report from the company said. Read More - Vodafone Idea CEO Said Company is Moving in Positive Direction "BSNL... Read More
Employee unions of state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have reportedly written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a directive to make the company’s indigenous 4G services mandatory for all government entities. The proposal covers central and state government departments, public sector undertakings (PSUs), and employees whose mobile expenses are reimbursed from public funds. Unions Push for Mandatory BSNL 4G Adoption In a letter dated April 6, 2026, representatives of... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, has rolled out 4G in close to 1 lakh sites. Most of these sites are now active. BSNL employee union has written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to direct all government offices and employees to use BSNL 4G. The government offices already utilise BSNL broadband connections. Now the employee union wants that offices and its employees also use... Read More
State-owned telecommunications company BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has once again revised the validity of its popular limited freebie vouchers priced at Rs 107 and Rs 197. We last covered revisions to these plans in November 2025 (story link here). Let’s take a look at the updated plan benefits. Also Read: BSNL Shortens Validity of Its Most Popular Rs 107 Prepaid Plan, Among Others BSNL Rs 107 Plan Voucher BSNL’s... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has an amazing broadband plan offer for the consumers. This plan comes for Rs 399 per month, and it offers a decent speed to the users. The plans from BSNL come with 3.3TB of data. This is one of the best value plans from the company. Note that the final price also has GST added to it, so the... Read More
On April 1, 2026, TRAI released its subscription data for February 2026. Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) recorded gains in wireless subscribers during the month, while BSNL and MTNL reported subscriber losses, according to TRAI’s Telecom Subscription Data as of the end of February 2026. The data show that the total number of wireless (mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1,266.34... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, is planning to launch 60,000 more 4G sites in the country. These sites are going to be an addition to the one lakh which have already launched. Out of these sites, over 98,000 sites have been comissioned so far. The additional sites are going to serve new and existing customers. But who are these customers anyway? Most of the users... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are two major, but struggling telecom operators in India. They are trying to grow their business by scaling infrastructure, but it is not affordable at all. To build out and end-to-end telecom infrastructure which includes fiber backhaul, towers, and spectrum usage. A few days back, there was a report claiming that Vodafone Idea and BSNL are exploring an infrastructure sharing... Read More
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In M.P Vi has 5 bands for 4G, in Bihar they have only 3, out of which only L1800 and…
Travelled on 28 march, even 2G is missing for KMs before Bihar Bengal border. Which was not the case before…
Tarangsanchar.But it may take months to get updated.
Coz they are selling only 300 Mbps at that price, so they might move 500 Mbps to that price. If…
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