Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to power the 4G networks in rural India. The government of India set up a Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to bring connectivity to backward or rural areas where private companies don't want to invest as there's no decent return on investment (ROI). USOF is meant to bridge the digital divide that exists in India. The telecom companies have to contribute to the... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) internet service arm, Bharat Fibre has waived the installation charge for customers. The installation charges are waived for both users who want DSL or copper connections and fibre internet connections. For the copper connections, users have to pay Rs 250 as an installation charge, and for fibre connections, this goes up to Rs 500. But these charges won't be applicable for customers until March 31,... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will take its sweet time to roll out homegrown 4G in India. The state-run telecom company is taking the help of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) to roll out 4G. However, the launch, which was expected to take place in early 2023, will now be pushed to the second half of 2023. This has been confirmed by BSNL... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has confirmed that the 4G launch has been pushed ahead to the second half of 2023. This is a strange development given the fact that BSNL had already completed the proof of concept (PoC) trial with TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), and a commercial deal between the two companies was only left. Ashwini Vaishnaw, union telecom minister, had said that BSNL would launch 4G in early... Read More
Amantya Technologies, a global product engineering and system integration company, has announced that it has been empanelled as a Captive Non-Public Network (CNPN) provider with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom company. Both companies will together set up and maintain captive private 5G networks for customers in India. Amantya said that the partnership would give a boost to the private 5G networks in the nation and also help... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, also known as BSNL, provides services throughout India, with the exception of Delhi and Mumbai, where its sister company MTNL offers services. The company has one of the biggest wireline networks and is well-known in the broadband industry. Its rivals, Airtel and Reliance Jio, have already launched 5G, leaving the operator very much behind as it hasn't even launched 4G yet. A variety of prepaid recharge... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom company, is like a child that has a ton of potential to do great in life, but the parents have sort of ignored the needs of the child to grow. However, the parent, which is the government in this case, had realised long back that the child (BSNL) doesn't have to be like the other kids around (Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has a prepaid plan that offers consumers 2GB of daily data and 160 days of validity. The best thing is that this plan is priced under Rs 1000. Users also get unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day with this plan. In additional benefits, the plan offers free PRBT service for two months and free Lokdhun service as well. The plan that we are talking about... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will launch 5G services in 2024. Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, during the sidelines of the 5G launch event of Jio in Odisha, confirmed that BSNL shortlisted TCS and C-DoT to help with the 5G rollout in 2024. Earlier, Vaishnaw had said that BSNL would be able to launch 5G somewhere in 2023. However, from his recent statements, it can be confirmed that BSNL's 5G... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) customers have been wondering when they will get to experience 4G for years now. In the meantime, BSNL has been hiking up the data prices for 3G plans. While BSNL is now very close to launching 4G, it is still going to infuriate customers at some levels to pay more for 3G services. In early December, TelecomTalk reported about the reduction of benefits from an... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom company, will be upgrading 2343 left-wing extremism (LWE) phase-1 2G sites to 4G. As per a notification from the ministry of communications, the capital expenses along with operating expenses for a period of five years to complete this project will be funded by the universal service obligation fund (USOF) on the actual cost that is discovered by BSNL through its tender process.... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has removed its super-affordable broadband offer for customers from January 1, 2023. BSNL Bharat Fibre is not offering its Rs 275 plans along with the Rs 775 plan anymore. There were two Rs 275 plans on offer from the state-run telco and a Rs 775 plan. The similarity between these three plans was that each came with a total validity of 75 days and offered... Read More
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