State-run telcos BSNL and MTNL are reeling under losses right now and there have been merger talks going on for a while now. However, government officials denied the merger of BSNL and MTNL in the past even though reports suggested that merger talks are going on internally. According to a new report, the government is planning to merge both the telcos under the upcoming revival package. For the unaware, the... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL has been launching new plans every week. Last week, we saw the telco launching two long-term plans of Rs 1,399 and Rs 1,001 in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana circle, and now, the telco has come up with a Rs 1,188 Marutham prepaid voucher. The Marutham plan is again a long-term prepaid offering from the state-run telecom operator, but the benefits of the plan are... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s consumer centric moves have been dominating the market for quite some time now. However, even with that the telecom operator is struggling financially. The thing to note here is that somehow, BSNL is still managing to add subscribers to its base in a market condition where a lot of telcos are losing subscribers. This phenomenon can be attributed to the launch of new prepaid vouchers, introduction... Read More
Reliance Jio is the biggest mobile tower client for state-owned firms BSNL and MTNL, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Parliament on Wednesday. "BSNL and MTNL have rented out 13,051 and 392 mobile tower sites respectively to private telecom service providers," of which Jio has rented 8,307 sites from BSNL and 137 from MTNL, as per the data shared by Prasad in the Lok Sabha. BSNL has rented out 2,761... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the state-led telecom operator, has done something which it has never previously done before on the consumer front. The telecom operator has been making some pretty bold moves coining them as consumer-centric decisions for the good of the company. However, for the first time, BSNL is bringing membership programme for its customers. It is worth noting that private telecom operators like Bharti Airtel already have a... Read More
The state-led telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has been making many consumer-centric moves since the past few months to ignite consumer interest in its plans. The state-led telco has started offering content freebies with its plans, amongst other additional benefits to its subscribers. However, even BSNL is cash strapped, and the telco wants to up its revenue, but the only struggle is the lack of subscribers willing to pay.... Read More
Even during tough times and being financially surrounded in difficulty, last year, the state led telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched its internet-telephony service called BSNL Wings. The BSNL Wings service uses the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to route voice calls over an internet connection instead of the conventional manner. With this new service, BSNL seeks to gain the share of the pie, which currently over-the-top apps... Read More
Caught amidst distressing financial troubles, the state-led telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been searching for a way to revive itself. The government has also been ideating on the revival plans of BSNL and MTNL and has already eliminated a few options which won’t be appropriate for the telecom operator. However, on Tuesday the group of ministers (GoM) headed by the Home Minister Amit Shah discussed whether the... Read More
BSNL has been making new introductions in its prepaid portfolio. The state-led telecom operator has been resorting to the introduction of new prepaid vouchers and special tariff vouchers (STVs) as a means to lure more and more subscribers. In the past few months, the telco has launched many new plans and also made some lengthy revisions to the existing prepaid plans and STVs. Some of these new offerings are even... Read More
Public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is in the process identifying land parcels all over the country for monetisation, which as per its internal estimate is valued at Rs 20,000 crore in 2018-19. The state-run telecom major's corporate office has circulated a list of land parcels which are proposed for monetisation through the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) in the first instance. The time-bound monetisation of... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has had a very busy month in terms of revisions and introduction of new plans. The state-led telecom operator has been making very frequent debuts and changes to its portfolio and that includes prepaid and broadband portfolio both. The telco has been cash strapped and now faces a two side competition one from the private telecom operators which are well-equipped with a 4G network and... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) consumer-centric plans and actions have made the telecom operator popular amongst the public and its subscribers in the last few months. The government led telecom operator is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to providing new offers, tariffs and freebies to the customers so that they can stick with the telecom operator. Very recently, we saw the state-led telco revise its broadband plans for... Read More
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