Countering Reliance Jio and its Rs 251 prepaid IPL plan, state-run telecom operator BSNL has now come up with a Rs 248 prepaid STV plan offering a whopping 153GB, which converts to 3GB data per day for a period of 51 days. BSNL says that "This will be useful for our subscriber to stream live IPL matches at a very economical rate." The IPL 2018 is scheduled from April 7... Read More
National telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has introduced a new entry-level special voucher of Rs 39 that offers free roaming voice calls to any network in Delhi and Mumbai. The company’s latest voucher aims to promote its prepaid plans which though offer unlimited voice calling service in all areas, are not applicable to major cities of New Delhi and Mumbai. The latest recharge plan seeks to make the company’s... Read More
BSNL has been enjoying a lot of success of late, thanks to the operator's affordable tariff plans and aggressive marketing in rural areas. A senior official of BSNL in Kolkata state said that the telco has added 1.2 million subscribers via the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service in the financial year 2017-18. That's a small number as private operators would be receiving a lot of MNP requests every month, according... Read More
BSNL has been on a roll of late as the telco is adding new consumers in a large number. Today, the government-owned PSU has officially confirmed that it has added more than four million new subscribers in the month of March 2018, of which 1.2 million subscribers were added through Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service. The MNP subscribers were mostly of Aircel network because the telco filed for bankruptcy last... Read More
Last month was an exciting one for top telecom operators in India as millions of Aircel customers have ported out from the ailing telco to other top networks. State-run telecom operator, BSNL has now confirmed that it added 1.1 million new customers in Tamil Nadu state alone in March 2018. The telco has posted a couple of images on Twitter, which confirmed these numbers. That said, most of these additions... Read More
This is the second time in the week that a report relating to Aircel has surfaced which talks about another telecom operator approaching the already bankrupt company to recover their dues. This time it happens to be the government-run entity, BSNL who has approached the Communications Ministry in a plea to recover their services. Previously, two big private telecom operators- Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have also been seen preparing... Read More
In the race of capturing the telecom market, companies have been going head on over each other to come out with the most attractive prices, offers and plans to lure the customers in. BSNL, Airtel and Reliance Jio have strategically planned their prices, and all three of them have launched data packs which are priced at Rs 349. The same pricing does make the task of choosing the right plan... Read More
If there's one telecom operator which is giving a run to Reliance Jio, then it's the state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The telco has a Rs 379 prepaid tariff plan in Kerala circle offering data benefit better than Jio's Rs 509 tariff plan. BSNL is giving 4GB data per day with its Rs 379 plan, along with other benefits such as voice calls. However, the advantage of BSNL... Read More
BSNL has unveiled a new Rs 551 prepaid tariff plan for its users in Kerala circle. The Rs 551 plan is a data-centric plan as it doesn't offer any voice calling benefits. However, alongside the data benefit, it offers free BSNL caller tune for the validity period. The all-new BSNL Rs 551 prepaid plan offers 1.5GB data per day for 90 days from the date of recharge. On the whole,... Read More
BSNL has commissioned its first 4G tower in Karnataka on Saturday. The event was held at Ambedkar Bhawan, Shivamogga city, and Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha was present at the event too. Sinha also lauded the efforts of BSNL employees as the telco posted operational profits continuously for the last three years. Alongside this announcement, BSNL also stated that it's planning to deploy 534 4G mobile towers in the Karnataka state... Read More
BSNL has set its eye on the postpaid segment now. After launching the affordable Rs 399 Ghar Wapsi postpaid plan, the company has now made a slight revision to the same plan, along with the premium Rs 799 postpaid plan. BSNL has now made the outgoing roaming free with the Rs 399 and Rs 799 postpaid plans, and there's no daily FUP or monthly FUP as well. The voice calling... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-owned telecom player today launched free Wi-Fi facility at Udwada Village, Valsad District, Gujrat under Sansad Adarsh Gram. BSNL announced this facility in the presence of telecom minister Manoj Sinha. BSNL has installed two Wi-Fi hotspots with 17 access points at Udwada town in Gujarat state, which is known for Zoroastrian Atash Behram. Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana Wi-Fi service, the population of... Read More
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