October 29th, 2019 8:22 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches Rs 108 Prepaid Plan for New Users, Offers 1GB Daily Data and 500 SMS for 28 Days

BSNL has launched another prepaid plan for new users in Chennai and Tamil Nadu telecom circles. The BSNL First Recharge plan of Rs 108 offers freebies for 28 days, but the validity of the plan is 180 days, post which users will have to migrate to another validity extension plan or unlimited combo plan. New BSNL customers opting for this recharge will receive benefits like unlimited voice calling (capped at... Read More

October 27th, 2019 12:09 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 698 Prepaid STV With 200GB Data Benefit and 180 Days Validity Launched

BSNL has now come up with a new data STV for prepaid users priced at Rs 698. Right now, a lot of prepaid customers are looking for data-only plans as they can use their mobile phone as a hotspot device for consuming only internet. Launched on the occasion of Diwali 2019, BSNL's Data STV of Rs 698 offers 200GB data benefit for a period of 180 days. That said, BSNL... Read More

October 25th, 2019 5:44 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Landline and Broadband Customers Can Make Unlimited Voice Calls for 2 Days During Diwali

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced that its broadband and landline customers could make unlimited voice calls for a period of two days (October 27 and October 28). BSNL announced this limited period offer on the occasion of Diwali 2019. As part of this offer, eligible broadband and landline customers of BSNL can make unlimited calls to any landline and mobile number within India. That said, the offer is... Read More

October 25th, 2019 11:13 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 429, Rs 485 and Rs 666 Prepaid Plans Now Offer Free Voice Calling to MTNL Mobile Numbers

The Cabinet recently approved the merger of BSNL and MTNL and it seems like we don't have to wait for a more extended period to see the changes come into effect. While the merger is said to happen in the coming months, BSNL has started providing free voice calls to MTNL customers in Mumbai and Delhi. Yes, you heard it right. Popular BSNL plans like Rs 429, Rs 485 and... Read More

October 24th, 2019 1:54 PM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL Will Deploy More Than 60,000 4G Mobile Sites In the Coming Year

The major hurdle for the state-led telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been its lack of 4G sites all throughout the country. The government-led telecom operator has been lagging behind the private telcos whilst dragging its financially burdened balance sheet in the industry, and the major reason for its troubles has been the sparse 4G network. But, slowly things are about to change as the revival plan for... Read More

October 24th, 2019 6:30 AM 49 COMMENTS

BSNL Will Take On Competition After Merger With MTNL, VRS and 4G Spectrum Allocation

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was neck-deep in financial troubles since the last few years. The troubles became even more detrimental as Reliance Jio made its entry to the Indian telecom industry and bruised the sector with the data tariff war, thus hurting the financials of other telecom operators severely including BSNL. However, out of all the telecom operators, BSNL was the most in trouble with heavy debts and payments... Read More

October 23rd, 2019 7:55 PM 29 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Leads in Wireless Subscriber Addition in August Month, BSNL Loses Wired Customers

When it comes to wireless subscribers, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio has been making very rapid progress in terms of subscriber base. The telecom operator has grown its subscribers base beyond 350 million subscribers as reported by its monthly quarterly earnings sheet. In the quarter ending August 31, 2019, the Mukesh Ambani led telco reported the most number of wireless subscribers by absolute numbers. As for the... Read More

October 23rd, 2019 6:10 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Triple Play Services Will Offer Landline, Fibre Broadband and Yupp TV Content

The state-led telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has announced a new partnership with the South Asian OTT content provider Yupp TV for providing triple play partnership for video and broadband services. With the entry of Reliance Jio in the broadband segment, with the launch of Reliance JioFiber, the broadband industry has become very competitive. As such, the broadband service providers of the country are ramping up their operations and... Read More

October 23rd, 2019 4:09 PM 13 COMMENTS

BSNL and MTNL Revival Plan to Cost Around Rs 74,000 Crore: Report

State-run telcos BSNL and MTNL are eagerly waiting for the revival package from the government to arrive so that they can compete with the competition in a better way. According to a new report from IANS, the revival plan for both BSNL and MTNL will cost around Rs 74,000 crore, of which Rs 22,000 would be used for acquiring 4G spectrum and for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS). Another report... Read More

October 21st, 2019 8:12 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Service Launch in 20 Telecom Circles to Happen by March End

BSNL is now confident of launching 4G services in the country by the end of the current financial year (March 2020), according to BSNL Chairman, PK Purwar. Furthermore, he also confirmed that the revival package for BSNL would come out in the next month, while the 4G spectrum allocation to happen by the end of 2019. While this news from the company's Chairman may sound redundant to some, he seems... Read More

October 21st, 2019 9:11 AM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL Extends the Availability of Rs 1,188 Long-Validity Prepaid Plan for Another 90 Days

BSNL has now extended the availability of Rs 1,188 Marutham plan by another 90 days. Back in July this year, BSNL launched the long-validity Rs 1,188 plan for prepaid customers under the promotional basis for 90 days. However, the plan seems to have got a decent response from the customers and the company will now provide the plan until January 21, 2020. The original expiry of the plan was October... Read More

October 20th, 2019 6:30 AM 15 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Have Better Prepaid Offerings But BSNL Trumps in Long-Term Plan

Among all the facets of the telecom industry, there is one area that suffered the most with the coming of Reliance Jio, and that is prepaid. While the subscribers enjoyed massive benefits like free data, and then cheap data, that was not the case for the telecom industry with bruised revenue and earnings. But, now the situation has surely stabilised as compared to before. But, if we look at all... Read More

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