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Chakri K October 16th, 2018 2:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Inks a Deal With Nokia to Explore Industry 4.0 Solutions Required for 5G

Finnish telecom gear maker, Nokia and state-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced that they'd work together to leverage 4G LTE technology for enabling greater operational efficiency at Nokia's Chennai plant and also prepare the telco for the 5G era with smart manufacturing. For most of us, Nokia is known as a mobile phone maker, but it also manufactures a range of telecom equipment across technologies... Read More

Chakri K October 9th, 2018 6:17 PM 8 COMMENTS

BSNL Places Bets on Rs 299 Unlimited Postpaid Plan to Rack Up New Subscribers

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, the state-owned telecom operator has launched a new Rs 299 plan to counter the competition being raised by the private carriers. The government led operator, however, has made this plan available only to the new users of BSNL. This means that only the subscribers who decide to get on the BSNL network will be eligible for this offer. As part of this offer, BSNL is shipping... Read More

Chakri K October 6th, 2018 3:14 PM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL Entry-Level Broadband Plan Priced at Rs 99 Comes With 1.5GB Daily Data at 20 Mbps

BSNL is the largest wired broadband service provider in India, beating other players such as Airtel, ACT Fibernet and so on hands down. Now Jio is aiming to take that crown from BSNL with its high-speed Jio GigaFiber services. To take on Jio, BSNL has unveiled a slew of entry-level broadband plans starting at just Rs 99. Yes, you heard it right, BSNL has launched four new plans of Rs... Read More

Chakri K October 1st, 2018 8:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL is in Talks With Netflix for a Potential Tie-Up

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), which earlier today announced its tie-up with Amazon has now revealed its plans for a potential tie-up with leading content aggregator Netflix. V Sundar, BSNL Telangana Telecom Circle Chief General Manager has confirmed this news to reporters at PTI, but he did not reveal what the tie-up will potentially offer to the customers. The demand for content is growing in India and BSNL wants its... Read More

Chakri K October 1st, 2018 9:25 AM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive: BSNL Starts Offering Free Amazon Prime Subscription With Select Postpaid, Broadband Plans

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is taking on Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel by offering free Amazon Prime subscription for one year. Like Bharti Airtel, BSNL is offering free subscription from Amazon with select postpaid and landline broadband plans starting from October 1, 2018. BSNL has come up with this offer on the occasion of BSNL Formation Day alongside other new prepaid plans which we detailed yesterday. For the unknown,... Read More

Chakri K September 30th, 2018 6:20 PM 12 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G: DoT Planning to Approach Cabinet for Spectrum Allocation in November

It is already a known news that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has accepted BSNL and MTNL's proposal for acquiring 4G airwaves. According to the latest information, the DoT will likely approach Union Cabinet in the next two months for the allocation of 4G spectrum to both the government-owned firms. "The draft Cabinet note is expected to be ready in mid-October after which it will be floated for inter-ministerial consultation.... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 30th, 2018 9:03 AM 2 COMMENTS

Postpaid Plans Under Rs 300 by BSNL, Jio and Vodafone Compared

It’s been a well-established fact in the industry that the best-priced plans and the latest offers have been in the reach of prepaid users while the postpaid users have been the ones overpaying for services for quite some time now. However, in the last few months, the situation has changed drastically and now telcos are shipping more and more offers and aptly priced postpaid plans for their subscribers to keep... Read More

Chakri K September 29th, 2018 1:55 PM 14 COMMENTS

BSNL Formation Day Offer: Unlimited Data, Voice Calls at Rs 18 for Two Days

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will turn 18 on October 1, 2018. And to celebrate its Formation Day, BSNL has come with a slew of new plans for prepaid users, offering data, voice & video calling. BSNL has come up with prepaid STVs such as STV 18, STV 1801, STV 1201 and STV 601. While the STV 18 offered benefits for just two days, the higher priced STVs provides a... Read More

Chakri K September 24th, 2018 2:25 PM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Offering 2.5GB Data Per Day for 30 Days at Rs 241

The state-owned telco, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has recently revised its STV plan of Rs 241 as part of a promotional offer. This way, the government led telco plans on countering other competitors like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel after this revision. What’s notable is that the telco has increased the benefits of this plan by more than 10x, which is something surprising. However, the only drawback that BSNL users might... Read More

Arpit Sharma September 19th, 2018 12:08 PM 9 COMMENTS

Govt to Decide on Spectrum Allocation for MTNL and BSNL By Year End: Telecom Minister

Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha remarked on Tuesday that the government would decide on spectrum allocation for 4G services to public sector telecom companies, MTNL and BSNL by year end. At a conference organised by MTNL Mazdoor Sangh, Sinha said "I fully agree that survival of BSNL and MTNL without 4G spectrum is tough. There are some decisions of the apex court. We have made a strategy to settle them. I... Read More

Chakri K September 18th, 2018 5:40 PM 29 COMMENTS

Jio Grabs 11.7 Million New Users in July 2018; Overall Subscriber Base Reaches 227 Million

Reliance Jio is continuing its pole position in the monthly subscriber addition list as the telco managed to grab 11.7 million new users during July 2018. According to the monthly subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Mukesh Ambani-owned firm, Reliance Jio Infocomm has extended its subscriber base by another 11.7 million, which takes the overall user base to a 227 million as of July 2018.... Read More

Chakri K September 17th, 2018 6:11 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT to Seek Approval from Cabinet Before Launching BSNL 4G Services on 2100MHz Spectrum

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will soon be on the task of seeking permission from the cabinet for launching 4G services under Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). Notably, BSNL, the government led telco has been lagging behind the other private telcos like Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular for launching 4G services, thus making a dent in its revenue. To facilitate this launch of 4G services, the state-owned telco has asked... Read More