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Tanay Singh Thakur August 30th, 2021 7:08 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 997 Plan Has an Edge Over Airtel, Jio and Vi

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been low-key, introducing some really great prepaid plans in India. The state-run telco is considered inferior to the private operators, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), because it doesn’t have an existing PAN-India 4G network. Regardless of that, there are some 3G/4G prepaid plans from BSNL that users around the country can’t ignore. One such plan is the Rs 997 plan.... Read More

Arpit Sharma August 29th, 2021 10:22 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Monetisation Plan Will Usher in Good Things for the Public Telco

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one telecom company that is often in the news headlines for the wrong reasons. The Public telecom company has registered a decline in its subscriber base quarter on quarter and month on month. There are multiple reasons for this phenomenon. Firstly, is the most obvious reason for the absence of a 4G network, which is the prominent reason why subscribers have been seen leaving... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 28th, 2021 8:40 PM 19 COMMENTS

BSNL Cannot Depend on Indian Vendors for 4G Rollout

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) can’t really depend on the Indian vendors to roll out commercial 4G networks throughout India. There are a few reasons why. Firstly, the Indian companies aren’t experienced in the field. Second, they don’t have products backed with proof of concept of providing efficient services. Third, it will take way more time and cost than what moving ahead with the foreign vendors would have taken. Let’s... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 27th, 2021 11:46 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Offering One Free Bharat Air Fiber Connection

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering one free Bharat Air Fiber connection to its franchisees, who are normally referred to as Radio Broadband Service Provider (RBSP). The state-run telco will be offering a free 40 Mbps plan with the connection to the eligible franchisees. But not any franchisee can get a free connection from the company. For becoming eligible for this offer from BSNL, the Bharat Air Fiber franchisees... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 27th, 2021 7:17 AM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio, BSNL Broadband Plans for Heavy Data Users

The fiber broadband market in India has become majorly of three operators namely Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). While there are other internet service providers (ISPs) providing plans which are competitive to the plans offered by the above three service providers, they are hardly present PAN-India. Today, we are going to look at the broadband plans offered by Airtel, Jio, and BSNL which are appropriate... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 26th, 2021 5:35 PM 44 COMMENTS

BSNL Employee Union Unhappy With Govt Decision

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) employee union is not happy with the government's decision of selling the company’s tower assets to the private sector. BSNL employees have expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s decision of selling the tower assets. For the unaware, the Indian government has plans to sell over 14,917 towers owned by BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL). According to an ET Telecom report, P Abhimanyu, General... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 24th, 2021 7:03 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, BSNL, Jio Noteworthy Broadband Plans

Bharti Airtel, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Reliance Jio have become the top broadband service providers in India. The operators have shown their grit and determination in providing the best fiber broadband services in India by adding millions of new subscribers in the COVID-19 pandemic era. JioFiber, Airtel Xstream Fiber, and BSNL Bharat Fibre are the respective broadband arms of Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and BSNL. Let’s take a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 23rd, 2021 10:51 AM 21 COMMENTS

BSNL Surprises With Increasing Subscriber Market Share

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has surprised the market by showing increasing subscriber market share. Even without 4G networks into play, the telco has managed to grow its subscriber market share from 8.6% in FY17 to 10.03% in FY21. Even though it is a marginal increase in percentage, it can’t be ignored that the telco has done this without the presence of 4G networks. This just begs me to ask... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 23rd, 2021 9:12 AM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL, Vodafone Idea Merger Will Not Happen

Kumar Mangalam Birla had earlier said that he is willing to give his promoter stake in Vodafone Idea to the government. But now, it looks like that won’t happen since government can’t imagine a world where both Vodafone Idea and BSNL are merged. This is because of the losses and debt that Vodafone Idea has mounted on its head. In addition to this, it isn’t like the government is running... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 23rd, 2021 7:05 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Plans Cannot Alone Bear the Load

Technically, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers some of the best 4G prepaid plans in India. In terms of data, SMS benefits, voice calling, and other benefits, BSNL is right at the top when it comes to offering cheap plans. But BSNL 4G plans lack one thing - the support of the PAN India 4G network. See, if there’s no 4G coverage, how would a 4G plan make a difference.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 22nd, 2021 12:20 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL Employee Union Wants Government to Clear Dues

The employee union of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) wants the Indian government to clear the dues that it owes to the company. The employees want the money from the government to ensure that the telco can be put back on track. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) owes about Rs 30,000 crores to BSNL, which includes Rs 13,789 crores under Viability Gap Funding (VGF) for rural telephony. According to a... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 20th, 2021 6:04 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL Will Operate MTNL Mobile Operations In Mumbai

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will soon start operating the mobile operations of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Mumbai. Officially, BSNL will take over MTNL’s mobile operations in Mumbai from September 1, 2021. The report comes directly from the Times of India (TOI) and suggests that the heavy market competition and depleting number of customers on top of the underutilised infrastructure, including wire networks and cell towers, had hindered... Read More