April 5th, 2023 3:08 PM 3 COMMENTS

India Saw the Last of Dial-Up Connections in March 2021 from BSNL: TRAI

Dial-up connections are a thing of the past now, at least in India. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has moved to repeal the regulations surrounding dial-up services and has asked stakeholders for their comments on the same. The regulations were put in place decades earlier and were meant to gauge the quality of services that the telcos and internet service providers (ISPs) were offering to their customers. These... Read More

March 14th, 2023 9:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

eIM Standard to Accelerate Global IoT Connections to 195 Million by 2026: Report

The IoT eSIM market is expected to grow by 2026 and will reach 195 million from 22 million in 2023. In addition, due to the mass deployments enabled by the eIM standard, the total number of global IoT (Internet of Things) connections using eSIM technology will accelerate. Furthermore, the growing adoption of the eIM (eSIM IoT Manager) variant among the eSIM platforms will drive growth over the next three years.... Read More

March 6th, 2023 4:04 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G Roaming Connections Will Increase to 526 Million by 2027: Report

Last week at the MWC23, we read about achievements by telcos in successfully establishing 5G Roaming connections across the continents with their global partners. According to a new study by Juniper Research, the total number of 5G Roaming connections will increase from 53 million in 2023 to 526 million by 2027. This is a 900% growth in four years and requires the development of new roaming tools. Also Read: 5G Roaming... Read More

January 19th, 2023 9:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G will Power 23% of Automotive Cellular Connections Globally in 2027

5G is rolling out in many parts of the world. The telcos globally are partnering up with vendors to roll out 5G as fast as possible. While some countries already have it, many more will see the arrival of 5G in the coming years. One area where 5G will make a big difference is connected vehicles. According to a new study from Juniper Research, the number of connected vehicles will... Read More

January 12th, 2023 11:42 AM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL Bharat Fibre Waives Off Installation Charge for Broadband Connections

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

January 2nd, 2023 11:45 AM 3 COMMENTS

Tusass to Switch off 3G Connections in 2023

Tusass, Greenland's internet and telephony provider as well as a carrier of packages and letters, will discontinue its 3G services in 2023. This decision to switch off 3G comes when the world is upgrading to the latest technologies, such as 5G, and Tusass is also following a similar approach. Earlier in October 2022, Tusass announced the launch of its 5G services in a few cities in Greenland, the island Nation.... Read More

December 19th, 2022 8:08 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bihar Again Adds Most Telephone Connections in October 2022

Bihar is leading from the front when it comes to witnessing the most number of telephone connections growth. Note that here telephone connections include both wireless as well as wireline connections. Bihar was the state to add the most number of telephone connections in September 2022. In October as well, Bihar added the most connections. It's interesting to see one state adding the most telephone connections in consecutive months; however,... Read More

December 17th, 2022 12:27 PM 7 COMMENTS

BSNL is Adding 1 Lakh Connections Per Month in Rural Areas: Vaishnaw

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom company, is now adding 1 lakh connections every month in rural areas. The telco is working to roll out 4G right now and will be able to do it soon using homegrown technology. Ashwini Vaishnaw, union telecom minister of India, said in Parliament that BSNL is adding more than 1 lakh household connections every month. In addition, the minister said that data... Read More

October 28th, 2022 6:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

JioFiber Connections Can be Booked at Zero Cost

JioFiber from Reliance Jio has become the largest fixed-line broadband internet service provider (ISP) in India. With JioFiber, customers don't need to worry about paying money to book connections right now. This is an offer that's only reserved for customers who are going for the postpaid JioFiber plans. For the unaware, for several months now, JioFiber has been offering postpaid as well as prepaid plans to customers. With the postpaid... Read More

October 20th, 2022 5:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Permits Field Units to Use Leased Internet Connections Provided by BSNL/MTNL

In light of the need for a secure and dependable network in field units, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recently permitted its field units to use leased internet lines from BSNL/MTNL for their offices based on their needs and priorities. The procedure must be finished within two months. As soon as the leased line is installed, the field units are free to terminate every FTTH/broadband connection that has been set... Read More

July 24th, 2022 8:06 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL Added 2.2 Million FTTH Connections in Last 7 Years

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-run telecom operator, has added 2.2 million FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) connections in the period between the years FY2015-16 and FY2022-23 (up to June 30, 2022). Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State (MoS) for communications, in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said that BSNL’s FTTH connections saw an average year-on-year (YoY) growth rate of 71.65% over the last few years. BSNL is one of the... Read More

March 25th, 2022 9:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Has Over 13 Lakh Unresolved Cases of Deposit Refund for Surrendered Landline Connections

Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Friday has informed that more than 13 lakh cases regarding the refund of deposits for the BSNL landline connections that have been surrendered are still pending with the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd as of January 2022. The minister informed that the major reasons for the pending cases were the non-availability of updated bank account... Read More

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