India added more than 4,000 new 5G base stations (BTS) in December 2025. This brings the total BTS count nationwide to over 515,000, according to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). According to the DoT, the total number of deployed 5G BTS stood at 518,854 at the end of December 2025, up from 514,742 in November 2025, 508,732 in October 2025 and 504,588 in September 2025. This indicates that 4,112 5G... Read More
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the nationwide rollout of Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi), also known as Wi-Fi Calling, making the service available to customers across all telecom circles in the country. Pan-India VoWiFi rollout The new service allows BSNL users to make and receive voice calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi network, offering clear and reliable connectivity in areas with weak or no mobile... Read More
Indian telecom service providers Bharti Airtel (Airtel), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), and Reliance Jio gained wireless subscribers in November 2025, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) and state-run telco MTNL lost wireless subscribers during the month, according to TRAI's Telecom Subscription Data as of November 30, 2025, released on December 31, 2025. The data shows that the total number of wireless (Mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1184.62 million... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, will roll out 23,000 additional 4G sites for the users. Along with this, there will also be many sites that will be upgraded to 5G. For 5G, the state-run telecom operator, will also work on a revenue-share model to compete with the private telecom operators. Talking to ET, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, Minister of State for Communications, said that private players... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator from India, has announced a Christmas offer for customers. While this is a Christmas offer, you will notice that there's nothing exactly new. BSNL has just done a good job of remarketing its old offer on the occassion of Christmas. Read More - BSNL Services Crippled in Chennai after Fire BSNL Re 1 Christmas Offer BSNL is offering a Re 1 Christmas... Read More
A few days earlier, a fire broke out at the BSNL office at Anna Salai. This damaged the critical telecom infrastructure of the company in the area, and has resulted in services being crippled. This includes essential services such as phone calling, and internet. There are large parts of the city where the network connectivity has not yet been restored. It has affected the citizes, along with the government organisations... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator based out of India, is now reportedly planning to turn off 3G across the country. The bedrock of BSNL's network, for many years, has been 3G. The company only recently launched 4G in many areas, and now has close to 1 lakh live sites throughout India. According to a LiveMint report, BSNL is looking to terminate the annual maintenance contracts (AMCs)... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, recently partnered with the GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport. Along with this, the state-run telco has also partnered with Adani Group owned Navi Mumbai airport for offering free Wi-Fi there. The company looks to have found a new niche avenue to operate business in, and it definitely sounds promising. BSNL signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the GMR Visakhapatnam International... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-run telecom operator, will offer free Wi-Fi services to passengers at the Adani Navi Mumbai airport. The Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL) has partnered with BSNL to deploy a digital passenger communication system. This will include free high-speed Wi-Fi for customers when the airport commences commercial operations this week on December 25, 2025. Read More - Maharashtra is Moving Towards 100% 4G Coverage BSNL has... Read More
The 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) POC (proof of concept) has now been concluded in Visakhapatnam. This was done by Blue Cloud Softech Solutions (BCSSL), a homegrown IT systems integrator and Orange Business Services. This PoC took place at BSNL's Mindi Exchange in Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh. This PoC was executed and validated with the deployment of 5G access network, radio, customer premises equipment (CPE), and core. This helped the companies in... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-run com operator, has made yet another strong in-house move to boost business. The telecom operator faced a major issue when its contract with a private firm for the Sanchar Aadhaar app expired. One thing which the Indian government has been trying to do for a long time is make sure BSNL makes a comeback. The comeback of the telco will be necessary for... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has rolled out its in-house developed customer registration application, Sanchar Mitra, across India, restoring digital KYC and SIM onboarding services after a recent disruption. The Sanchar Mitra app replaces the earlier Sanchar Aadhaar application, which was used for Aadhaar-based e-KYC verification to add new customers to the BSNL network. The previous app had been developed by a private vendor and was used by BSNL retailers... Read More
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