Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has made major announcements regarding its prepaid plans. The telco is known for providing prepaid plans that are full of value. In the previous week, BSNL made two major announcements. First was the announcement of two new special tariff vouchers (STVs) and the second was the extension of a promotional offer. The two new STVs cost Rs 75 and Rs 94. The promotional offer that’s been extended is for the Rs 699 plan that is still coming with increased validity now....

BSNL Rs 1,098 Plan Gets a Major Revision: What It Offers Now? BSNL has been revising several prepaid plans every now and then and the latest one to get the treatment is the Rs 1,098 prepaid plan. As per the most recent update, the Rs 1,098 now has a data limit and reduced validity. Before the revision, the Rs 1,098 prepaid plan offered benefits for 84 days, but it now offers benefits for just 75 days from the date of recharge....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is working towards introducing its 4G operations on a wide-scale in India very soon. The telco is known for adding and removing its offerings to the customers on a regular basis. But with that, BSNL also offers a ton of benefits to its existing customers. BSNL discontinued two of its postpaid plans on July 1, 2020. These two postpaid plans were Rs 725 and Rs 149 plans....

To celebrate the upcoming Independence Day, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) will be offering users a promotional offer where if the user recharges with the Rs 150 top-up plan, then he/she will get Rs 150 worth of talktime. This means full value talktime will be offered to the users. This promotional offer will be there for a limited time only. It will start on the day of Independence Day, i....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is launching new plans after new plans for its prepaid subscribers. Out of all the telecom operators out there including the likes of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio, BSNL is offering the most range and choices for its prepaid plans. Just a few days back we saw the launch of new prepaid plans in the Punjab region, which included lots of new plans for prepaid subscribers....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is somehow managing to keep the interest of users by rolling out some exceptional promotional offers time and again. Multiple prepaid plans from the telco are offering additional days of service for a limited time. One such plan is the Rs 2399 plan that is available across all the telecom circles in the country. If you are thinking of getting a long-term prepaid plan today, the Rs 2399 plan from BSNL could be a great option because of the additional days of service that it is offering....

DoT Looking to See a More Strengthened and Robust BSNL BSNL in its press release also clarified that currently there is no such proposal under consideration regarding BSNL’s closure. The PSU said, “On the contrary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of India (DoT) recognises and values the inherent strengths of BSNL as a telecom services provider with huge infrastructure and reach, especially in rural areas.” The government led telecom operator further added that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is in the process of finalising a proposal for the revival of BSNL....

Reintroduction of Weekly Calling Cap on BSNL Prepaid Recharges BSNL has issued new information about this move and has stated that the prepaid vouchers of Rs 186, Rs 429, Rs 485, Rs 666 and Rs 1,699 would not offer truly unlimited calling. In this new notification, the telecom operator has noted that customers using more than 250 minutes outgoing minutes which would include local, STD and roaming on BSNL network or any other network in a day will be charged at base plan tariff....

BSNL Subscribers to Get Paid for Voice Calls Going Forward The Indian telecom sector is witnessing some major changes now after being in the crisis for closely three years. Ever since Reliance Jio announced its LTE-only services to the customers, incumbent telcos struggled to the fullest. But Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are now looking to counterattack Reliance Jio as the telco is in the backfoot due to the introduction of six paise per minute outgoing call charges....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has surprised the market by showing increasing subscriber market share. Even without 4G networks into play, the telco has managed to grow its subscriber market share from 8.6% in FY17 to 10.03% in FY21. Even though it is a marginal increase in percentage, it can’t be ignored that the telco has done this without the presence of 4G networks. This just begs me to ask a question, what would happen once the telco starts offering 4G services in India as well?...

BSNL’s Payment Receivables from the Government to Help Distressed Telco As per the telco’s statement, the salaries of BSNL employees will be credited on July 1. It is worth noting that BSNL’s financial problems have become increasingly troublesome since February; since that is the month when the telco started missing salary payments and also missed payments to national or multi-national vendors. Some of these firms which were strung along by BSNL included Nokia, ZTE, ATC, Bharti Infratel, Sterlite Tech, Vihaan Networks Limited (VNL), UTStarcomm, Fiberhome Networks, and Clixxo Broadband....

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, BSNL will be operating the mobile networks of MTNL in Delhi and Mumbai circles — more details on the story ahead....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the longest-operating cellular provider in India, is a pioneer in offering quality service with its cost-effective prepaid recharge plans while facing stiff competition from Jio, Airtel, and others. Users in the country’s tier II and tier III circles still like BSNL’s prepaid recharge plans when they’re looking for a decent deal on their mobile recharge. Currently, the BSNL recharge tariffs are the most economical in the nation....

BSNL Withdraws Multiple Top-up Denominations The top-up denominations withdrawn by the operator include Rs 160, Rs 190, Rs 250, Rs 350, Rs 400, Rs 430, Rs 440, Rs 450, Rs 600 and Rs 840 vouchers. BSNL Chennai circle also highlighted that the prepaid vouchers priced at Rs 1500, Rs 2500 and Rs 5500 will also be withdrawn from Friday. Crucially, the operator also highlighted that the new top-up denomination priced at Rs 5000 will carry a talk time value of Rs 4234....

Cisco Systems, a U.S. communications giant, will establish a factory in India to create gear. “Cisco is setting up a manufacturing unit to produce equipment and hardware locally and to build a supply chain for markets,” an anonymous source told The Economic Times. In 2016, Cisco Opened Its First Production Facility in India The report claims that Cisco wants to benefit from government initiatives in India targeted at fostering domestic manufacturing....

CloudConnect, India’s first DoT licensed Virtual Network Operator, is showcasing its exceptional and affordable Unified Communications and Cloud Telephony services at India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022 at Pragati Maidan Hall No 5A booth 52 from 1st to 4th October. The company’s services are aimed at the MSME sector to allow them to shift into the transformative digital new age and to draw on the broad benefits of operational ease, efficiencies and automated processes....

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and the Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) are warning the public against the fake mobile tower installation that’s been going on in the country. The fraudsters are approaching the general public and asking them to allow the installation of mobile towers on their premises. These are certain companies and individuals who genuinely approach the public and take their permission to install fake mobile towers in their homes....

Croma Fire TV Edition Smart LED TVs Features All the Smart TVs in the series support Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision for providing immersive sound and brilliant picture quality. The Croma Fire TV Edition Smart LED TVs will be available in different sizes- 32-inch, 43-inch, 50-inch, and 55-inch. Croma Fire TV Edition Smart LED TVs Price There are five new TVs in the series. The first one is the 32-inch variant with HD resolution support that will cost Rs 17,999....

Prasar Bharati, India’s public service broadcaster on Monday announced the list of 15 channels that have secured slots on India’s free Direct-to-Home (DTH) provider, DD Free Dish. The channels secured their slots on the DD Free Dish platform through the 46th e-auction held by the broadcaster between June 17 to June 20. It was earlier announced that the slots gained through the 46th e-auction would be valid between July 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021....

Dish TV, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) service companies in India, is offering SD users a cost-free upgrade to the MPEG4 box. SD customers of the company who want to avail of this offer will have to pay a small sum of Rs 499 for the upgradation of their MPEG2 box, and they will get the complete amount back in their Dish TV account. Note that the recharge will have to be done before the request for the upgradation of the MPEG2 box to the MPEG4 box....