Without significant fund-raising, Vodafone Idea's network investments and 5G rollout would likely remain constrained, at least in the near term.
The 5GB free data will be valid for 30 days or until the validity of the current plan. Announcing the offer on Twitter, BSNL wrote, "A great reason to #SwitchToBSNL!"
New Delhi: Are you fed-up of listening to the coronavirus caller tune since the COVID-19 outbreak for the past 7-8 months and want to turn it off. Then here are a few steps you can follow to avoid the coronavirus tune. How to Stop Coronavirus Caller Tune On BSNL? Pre-paid and post-paid users of […]
New Delhi: Reliance Jio continues at the top spot as the largest telecom company in terms of subscribers as it added over 62 lakh new users in February, followed by Bharti Airtel which added 9 lakh. At the end of February, Reliance Jio had over 38.28 crore subscribers and Bharti Airtel had a subscriber base […]
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) is set to ask state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) not to use Chinese telecom gear in its 4G upgradation, which is being supported as part of the company’s revival package, according to sources. The development comes at a time when Indian and Chinese armies are engaged in […]
New Delhi: The Central government has appointed Mahmood Ahmed, Deputy Director-General of the Licensing Finance Assessment (LFA), Department of Telecom as its nominee director on the board of MTNL, a PSU under the ministry. He has been appointed for a three-year period or till the period of superannuation, an official order said. As part of […]
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has registered a case against officials of a national bank at KG Marg here for alleged wrongful debit of over Rs 24 lakh from an account of BSNL, officials said on Tuesday. The police said that they received a complaint in this regard from Deputy General Manager of BSNL Leela […]
New Delhi: At a time when the revival package for BSNL and MTNL has been announced, demoralised Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers of the companies have sought the intervention of the government. The Indian Telecom Service Association (ITSA) has asked the Central government to issue directions to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), BSNL and MTNL […]
New Delhi: Over 60,000 employees have applied for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) in BSNL and MTNL, telecom secretary Anshu Prakash said on Friday. Out of this, a little over 57,000 employees are from BSNL and around 3,000 from MTNL, Prakash said on the sidelines of a Department of Telecom (DoT) event. He said the VRS […]
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has directed the ailing telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, to start a dialogue with their employees on the terms and conditions of the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and prepare a roadmap for its successful implementation, highly placed sources said. The Union Cabinet had last month approved a revival […]
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday decided to merge loss-making telecom firms MTNL and BSNL as part of a revival package that includes raising sovereign bonds, monetising assets and voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for employees. Briefing reporters on decisions taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said […]
New Delhi: With its employee unions threatening a day-long hunger strike on Friday over delayed salaries during the festival season, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has said that it is hopeful of paying salaries to its 1.76 lakh employees for September before Diwali. “We will give salaries to the employees before Diwali from our […]
New Delhi: State-run BSNL on Thursday said its revival plans are under active consideration of the government through VRS and 4G spectrum allocation. “Recently, there have been published media reports on clsoure of BSNL. It is clarified that there is a plan under active consideration for revival of BSNL by the government by giving suitable […]
In a major announcement on Wednesday, Reliance Jio revealed that due to the undergoing regulatory policy changes for mobile-call-related charges, the Telecom major is compelled to recover interconnect user charge ( IUC ) for NON-Jio mobile voice calls. As per the new policy, all calls to NON-Jio mobile numbers will be charges at 6 paise/minute, […]
Phulbani: After facing numerous problems owing to poor mobile network, residents of Dadaki GP in Phulbani block of Kandhamal district erected a mobile tower on their own. Earlier, seamless mobile network and connectivity was a distant dream for the residents of Dadaki Gram Panchayat, which is located some six to seven kms away from Phulbani […]
New Delhi: Reliance Jio continued to be on a spree on net addition of mobile subscribers adding over 82 lakh new users while Airtel lost 29,883 and Vodafone Idea had to let go of a massive 41 lakh customers as on June 30, 2019, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India […]
New Delhi: Battling severe liquidity crunch, BSNL plans to aggressively chase outstanding dues from its enterprise clients and is hoping to recover the bulk of over Rs 3,000 crore receivables in the next two-three months, its chairman said. The move comes at a time when Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is facing mounting pressure on […]
Despite facing the financial woes, the State-run telecom operator BSNL is leaving no stone unturned to add to its subscriber base. With an aim to address the poor cellular connectivity in some areas, the telecom operator has launched the internet-telephony service called BSNL Wings. Subscribers can make calls using the Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) […]
New Delhi: The government is taking steps to make public sector BSNL more competitive and these include upgradation of technology and capital infusion, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government has inherited legacy issues and steps are being taken to make BSNL more competitive. “To ensure stability in […]
With an aim to provide unlimited calling benefit to its subscribers, BSNL has launched a new plan at an affordable price of Rs 151. Despite being in financial crunch, the State-run BSNL has launched ‘Abhinandan-151’ to give a tough competition to private players and woo more subscribers. As per a report published by www.indiatoday.com, apart […]
Chennai: Dismissing media reports as rumours, telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu Circle on Tuesday said there is no proposal to close down the company. In a statement issued here, the company said: “There is no proposal to close down BSNL as wrongly reported in a section of the press. Due to […]
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday blamed stiff competition, high employee cost and no 4G services for the poor financial state of BSNL and MTNL. Absence of 4G services and high employee costs are hitting at the competitive strength of the public sector companies – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar […]
The State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is facing rough weather with reports suggesting that the company might face difficulties in paying salaries to its employees for the month of June because of financial crunch. To help out the operator in this troubled times, the government has requested banks to provide a loan of Rs […]
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve data connectivity in rural pockets of the state, Odisha government has taken up 2925 gram panchayats for broad band connectivity through optical fiber under Bharat Net phase-II program. The decision in this regard was taken at the state level implementation committee meeting chaired by Chief Secretary AP Padhi Wednesday. […]
The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended Bumper Offer period for prepaid subscribers, which provides additional 2.21GB data per day, till June 30. The telecom major has reportedly updated its prepaid plans to confirm this offer extension. As per sources, the bumper offer was announced back in September last year and was to end […]
Bhubaneswar: Among major sectors in Puri, Khurda and Cuttack districts badly affected by the severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, Telecommunication infrastructure is one which also suffered a massive damage. For those who are still waiting for mobile network, it’s time to jump in joy. In a major relief for the denizens, all mobile networks- BSNL, Airtel, […]
It seems Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is trying hard to expand its subscriber base. Earlier, the State-run telecom company had revised its prepaid and postpaid plans. But this time to woo more subscribers, BSNL has introduced cashback offers for its postpaid subscribers. BSNL subscribers who avail Rs 1,525 monthly postpaid plan and pay the […]
New Delhi: Reliance Jio and state-run BSNL were the only telecom operators to broaden their subscriber base in February 2019, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday. The subscriber base of Jio stood at around 29.72 crore in February, with an addition of 77.93 lakh users over January. […]
It seems the State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has gone aggressive to add new subscribers during the ongoing twelfth season of Indian Premier League (IPL). The company has offered Rs 199 and Rs 499 plans to let its customers watch the IPL on smartphone as the matches are live on Hotstar. According to Telecom […]
It certainly seems to be a Diwali Bonanza for the ‘100 million subscribers’! At a time when all the telecom majors are introducing special packs for their customers to remain on top in the market, BSNL has unveiled its latest Special Tariff Voucher Rs 78 prepaid pack in view of the Dussehra, Durga Puja and […]
New Delhi: Nokia and the government-owned telecom operator BSNL on Tuesday announced to work together to leverage 4G LTE technology for enabling greater operational efficiency at Nokia’s Chennai plant and prepare it for the 5G era with smart manufacturing. Nokia manufactures a range of telecom equipment across technologies at its factory in Chennai, catering to […]
In order to counter Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel’s new offers, telecom operator BSNL has been forced to revamp its recharge plans for its current customers as well as attract new users. In yet another such plan, the BSNL decided to revamp its Rs 29 and Rs 9 recharge packs. In the Rs 29 pack, […]
If you are a BSNL customer then this is probably the best news that you will come across as the State-run telecom firm on Saturday launched a Rs 18 special tariff voucher (STV) for pan-India subscribers to celebrate its 18th anniversary. Apart from unlimited voice calls, the special Rs 18 recharge voucher will offer unlimited […]
India’s major Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has launched a new range of convenient combo prepaid recharge packs that are aimed at further simplifying its prepaid proposition. Customers can now get data, talk time, tariff and validity together in the same pack at affordable price points. The new packs have been designed on the basis […]
New Delhi: Public sector telecom major BSNL and Reliance Group promoted Unlimit on Tuesday tied up to provide IoT (Internet of Things) services to enterprise customers across the country. According to a joint statement, Unlimit, an end-to-end IoT service provider, will leverage BSNL’s wireless network footprint pan-India to provide its solutions and services across industries. […]
Since Reliance Jio entered the telecom industry, things have been changed and daily data usage of people has taken a bigger leaf. It even forced the other players in the industry like Airtel and BSNL to change their market strategy and even to come up with different plans at cheaper prices. Giving another offer to […]
Bhubaneswar/Mumbai: In what could be a great move to cash in on popular IPL tournament and counter Reliance Jio, state-owned telecom firm BSNL has offered the cheapest data in the market with a bumper 153 GB mobile data pack for just Rs 248 with 51 days validity. The offer will be valid till the cricket […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revised its entry level tariff plans of Rs 186 to offer high speed 5 GB data valid for 28 days and additional messaging benefits. The government owned PSU now provides 5 GB data and 1000 SMS valid for 28 days. After usage of the […]
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Good news for job seekers and engineers across the country as the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has released a recruitment notification to fill up various vacancies for the post of Junior Engineers under the BSNL JE Recruitment 2017-18. Interested and eligible candidates must apply online on or before January 15, 2018 on […]
New Delhi: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is all set to launch its 4G LTE service in January- a move that is seen as the state-run company’s another step to take on Reliance Jio. “We have a different strategy for 4G like one is to utilize Wi-Fi route of 4G and for that we […]