The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all sorts of industries and sectors in more ways than one, with smaller corporations to multi-million dollar entities being affected by the pandemic. Telcos too have been forced to operate on reduced staffing due to this, as a lot of these people could not go to physical offices. It seems that due to this issue, state-owned telecom service provider Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited or MTNL... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), might participate in the 5G trials soon. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will provide the telco with the necessary spectrum for trials if it submits the fees that’s required to get the permission. While MTNL might participate soon in the trials, the obvious question arises, where is BSNL? BSNL is currently pushing for the... Read More
The merger between state-run telcos BSNL and MTNL is delayed owing to financial reasons. Ravi Shankar Prasad, the minister of Electronics and Information Technology, said the decision has been taken considering several factors. As we already know, the financial situation of both BSNL and MTNL is not in a great position. MTNL, on the other hand, is riddled with high debt at the moment. The minister also said that the... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has extended the availability of seven prepaid plans by another 90 days. The plans in question are STV 153, STV 196, STV 259, STV 329, STV 399, STV 409 and PV 1499. These are MTNL's daily data prepaid plans with validity ranging from 28 days to 365 days. The PV 1499 seems to be the best-prepaid plan available from any telecom operator right now because... Read More
Union Minister Sanjay Dhotre has stated in the Lok Sabha that the government has no plans as of now to close the public sector telcos such as BSNL and MTNL. This is a sigh of relief for users of these services since they have been part of the loss-makers and some were predicting an exit for Bharti Sanchar Nigam Limited. The minister shared that the losses incurred by BSNL had... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) might not merge anytime soon. In a recent meeting, a six-member Group of Ministers (GoM) had met and concluded that the merger of BSNL and MTNL isn’t the right way to go. It wouldn’t be beneficial for any party. As per a Business Standard report, a final call on the matter is yet to be taken by the Union... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to be operating the mobile network of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) from January 1, 2021. This can be confirmed via a report from Kerala Telecom. Last year on December 10, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) provided the state-run telco with a unified license for all the 22 telecom circles in India. This also included the Delhi and Mumbai telecom circles. So now,... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) might soon be operating as a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) under Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). For the unaware, MTNL only provides its telecom services in Mumbai and New Delhi within India. The operator outside India also offers its services in Mauritius. As per a Business Standard report, MTNL might soon be operating under BSNL as a VNO. A virtual network operator is a party... Read More
Multiple Indian telecom operators including state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Vodafone and Reliance Jio registered higher voice quality ratings in August, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on Sunday on its MyCall Portal is said to be generated using Trai MyCall application. Trai said that the data on its MyCall Portal highlights the voice call quality feedback provided by the users on... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is a state run telco. However, MTNL only operates in select metro cities of the country and in Mauritius which is an island nation in Africa. It is a subsidiary company of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The telco keeps on introducing new offers for its customers on a limited time basis. Now, MTNL has introduced revised prepaid plans for people in Mumbai with better... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) are now set to receive Rs 15,000 crore sovereign guarantee from the government of India. In October 2019, the Union Cabinet approved the revival package of BSNL and MTNL that included the allotment of 4G spectrum along with the issuance of a sovereign guarantee of Rs 15,000 crore. The proposal to issue the sovereign guarantee to BSNL and MTNL... Read More
Internet service providers have come with their special 1 Gbps broadband plans. These are of course very expensive to purchase. Regardless, they are very useful for places such as offices where a lot of people are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. With 1 Gbps broadband plans from Airtel, Spectra, Jio, ACT, and MTNL, you can get some of the best benefits. Each of these internet service providers offers something... Read More
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