Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has two great prepaid plan options for consumers that come with 84 days of service validity. If you are looking for a plan that comes with 84 days of validity, but also offers plenty of data and has a reasonable cost, then check out these two plans from BSNL. Note, that while these plans may offer better benefits than what... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has rolled out a fresh tender of Rs 65,000 crore for the implementation of BharatNet project phase 3. BharatNet is an ambitious program of the government that aims to offer last-mile connectivity and upgrade existing 1,64,000 gram panchayats (GPs) and connect 47,000 GPs which don't have fiber yet. The Indian government is spending about Rs 1.39 lakh crore on the project. This time, for phase... Read More
The Indian govt has asked Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) to monetise their land assets faster. The state-run telecom companies were asked to sell land assets to raise money for operations. With the expected potential of about Rs 20,000 crore, BSNL/MTNL have only been able to raise about Rs 550 crore. Looking at the slow pace at which this process is going, the center... Read More
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is setting up mobile towers, facilitating communication for the residents of Nelong and Jadung villages in Uttarakhand with their families across the state and country from the comfort of their homes. With the connectivity being established, users will soon be able to use mobile phones at the India-China International border during the upcoming Chardham Yatra season, according to a report by The... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has not been able to launch 4G at scale due to waiting for the homegrown technology from TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) to arrive. While officials from BSNL have said several times that they are going to start launching 4G soon, there's no saying at what stage the technology is in right now. Due to the absence of 4G, BSNL has been losing its customers to... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has been trying to roll out 4G for customers using homegrown tech. The technology is being provided by a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) led consortium, including C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics) and Tejas Networks. With 4G, the government expects BSNL to capture a larger share in the wireless services market and turn profitable by FY27. Ashwini Vaishnaw, union telecom... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Satya Insitute of Technology and Management (SITAM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for training students on 4G and 5G. According to the report titled 'Telecom Talent in 5G Era: Demand Supply Skill Gap Report 2023-24', India would require 22 million skilled workers in the 5G focused industry. Thus, this move from BSNL and SITAM would be beneficial towards the future of telecom... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering customers unlimited voice calling capability even with a prepaid plan that is priced under Rs 100. Today, when the private telecom operators aren't even offering basic validity under Rs 100, BSNL is offering unlimited voice calling benefit to the customers. The plan that we are talking about comes for Rs 99. The great thing about it is that it isn't even a very... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has awarded Tejas Networks an additional purchase order worth Rs 107 crore. The order is for shipping 4G Radio Access Networks (RAN) for additional sites. Tejas Networks, a Tata Group company is supplying the RAN equipment that BSNL is using to deploy homegrown 4G in India. During the Q3 FY24 earnings call, Arnob Roy, Chief Operating Officer at Tejas Networks, said, "On the wireless segment,... Read More
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is working as BSNL's (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) partner to launch 4G in India. Ashwini Vaishnaw, IT and Telecom minister of India, said in 2023 that BSNL has started rolling out the 4G network with 200 sites, and after a three-month trial period, the state-run telecom operator would start deploying 4G at a large scale. However, that is not the truth, said BSNL's Employee Union (EU).... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering customers a Rs 288 Special Tariff Voucher (STV) under the data vouchers section. The plan should be available for the customers in most, if not all circles. The STV is not a new offering and isn't very popular. However, it does offer benefits that many customers could benefit from. First of all, since it is a data voucher, it has to be recharged... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started its 4G deployment and will have completed a significant part of the rollout by Diwali 2024, said telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. According to a report from the Indian Express, Vaishnaw said that BSNL is being revived in a "very systematic and methodical way". The technology stack that BSNL is using for 4G will be upgradable to 5G as well. Vaishaw believes that telecom... Read More
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