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
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, has increased the validity of its Rs 151 prepaid plan. The plan was introduced as a data booster for people who were working from their homes during the pandemic. When it was introduced in 2020, BSNL offered the plan with 30 days of validity. However, cut to 2022, the plan's validity was reduced by 2 days to 28 days. This increased... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is in the process of deploying 4G throughout India and the process will take some time. In Ernkulam, a major city in Kerala, BSNL will roll out 4G in the last quarter of 2024. According to a report by TheHindu, Surendran V, Principal General Manager, Ernakulam Business Area, said that network issues are currently being sorted out. He also said that to upgrade to 5G,... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has brought two new prepaid plans for its customers. These two plans come for Rs 91 and Rs 288. Both plans are prepaid data vouchers. This means that they don't come with service validity, and only offer data benefits. Both plans are not available throughout India but are visible for recharge for users living in the Chennai circle. BSNL may or may not offer these... Read More
State-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) lost 636,830 subscribers in October 2023, bringing its total wireless subscriber base to 92,869,283 (92.86 Million), as reported by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Despite this setback, the company's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD), PK Purwar, revealed that BSNL is targetting a 20 percent market share in the mobile subscriber segment by the end of the year, according to a report by... Read More
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nope i havent got 5G yet i did wait for the whole night but no 5G
i see but nah and hence the local broadband monopoly in my area
Dimensity 7400 is not successor to Dimensity 7350. I didn't even hear the name of 7350. Heard the name 8350…
As seen on Tanay's twitter account ,a lot of poeple are starting to get Vi 5G in Mumbai days before…
You were able to test 5G? As per many people, 5G is live. Speeds are 150-200Mbps.
