Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has one of the best yearly prepaid plans to offer to customers. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have reduced the amount of yearly plans they used to offer. Jio now only has two yearly plans, and they are pretty expensive as they bundle 2.5GB of daily data. With Jio, if you need a yearly plan today, you have to... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has been losing Wi-Fi customers for years. Once hailed as the king of the fixed broadband industry, BSNL has receded in the ranks against the likes of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. BSNL's total Wi-Fi users stood at 4,06,600 for the financial year ending March 31, 2024, shared Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has been asked by Nokia and Ericsson to tweak its 5G tender. The request from the two major telecom gear vendors comes to ensure they also get a chance to provide BSNL with the relevant technology. There's just one issue with it, the government doesn't want that. The current tender that BSNL has rolled out for 5G deployment in Delhi... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has launched 4G in Pangi Valley, Himachal Pradesh. The telecom operator has deployed new sites in Sural Bhaturi, Luj, Tundru, and Seri Bhatwas. Much recently, BSNL has been targeting the rural and remote parts of the country to deploy its 4G. Especially in the cold regions where private telcos don't have much incentives to deploy networks and earn profits, BSNL... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, has put up vanity numbers on auction. BSNL Chennai has announced this and the auction has kicked off from November 13, 2024. There will be 1,802 exclusive vanity numbers, including the highly desirable series 9445555990, 9499000555, 9445113113, 9499000111, 9498000123, 9499006006, 9445911119, 9445000030, 9499009009, and more. The auction will conclude at 12 PM on November 20. So people who want the numbers... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has deployed its first 4G saturation site on VSAT (very small aperture terminal) media in Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh. For the unaware, the climate condition in this district is extremely cold. BSNL has deployed this site covering the remotest village in the district, Rarik so that high-speed broadband connectivity reaches people living in the region. The temperature in the region goes below... Read More
Government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has become the first telecom operator to launch a satellite-to-device service in India. BSNL is collaborating with the US-based satellite communications company Viasat to provide this service. The companies successfully demonstrated satellite-powered two-way messaging services for attendees at the India Mobile Congress 2024 in October. Also Read: BSNL and Viasat Trial Direct-to-Device Satellite Connectivity BSNL's Satellite-to-Device Service "BSNL launches India's 1st Satellite-to-Device service! Seamless... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started the national Wi-Fi roaming service for customers. Under this service, users of BSNL FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) connections will be able to connect to BSNL's networks PAN-India. At present, if you are a FTTH customer, then you can only consume internet services of high-speed in a fixed location, i.e. where the router is. However, with the National Wi-Fi roaming service from BSNL, its FTTH customers... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has awarded RVNL (Rail Vikas Nigam Limited) led consortium a nearly Rs 5000 crore deal for developing the middle-mile network of BharatNet. The BharatNet project is an initiative from the government under which the goal is to connect all the unconnected villages in India with high-speed broadband. This deal is for the third phase of the BharatNet project, which is... Read More
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reportedly issued a tender, inviting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deploy indigenous 5G commercial services across 1,876 sites in the Delhi circle. The Delhi circle will have a primary 5G-as-a-Service Provider (5GaaSP), and a secondary 5GaaSP, as per the tender, according to an ET report. Also Read: BSNL to Transition to 5G Network by June 2025, Says Telecom Minister: Report BSNL 5G Network... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator has announced that it has deployed 20 new/upgraded 4G towers in Ladakh and border areas. This move from BSNL will bolster network connectivity in the region for the Indian army. BSNL is rapidly expanding the reach of its 4G networks through homegrown gear. The target for the telco is to reach the milestone of 1,00,000 4G sites by mid-2025. So... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, is launching BSNL Live TV service commercially soon. The service is currently in the testing phase in Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh circles. The company is calling it a "first in India". But there's already JioTV+ available for JioTV customers, so how is this first in India? Let us explain everything here. BSNL Live TV Launch Timeline BSNL is partnering with... Read More
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BSNL is utilizing the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) under the BSNL Saturation Project, focusing areas nearby border and villages.…
