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Bharti Airtel might soon get an investment from Google. Both the companies are already in advanced stage discussions and negotiations since the last year. According to a TOI report, the investment from Google into Airtel can be quite large in amount. It is interesting to hear about this deal because the Jio and Google partnership might have come with a restriction for the latter to invest in any of its rival companies, including Airtel or Vodafone Idea....

Bharti Airtel is planning to raise capital very soon. The company’s board is set to meet on August 29, 2021. The board meeting will be focused on discussing fund raising plans. Bharti Airtel can raise funds through equity or debt linked instruments which will strengthen its balance sheet. The telco might be raising capital for paying off the upcoming dues in the first half of 2022, which includes spectrum and adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues totalling Rs 13,000 crore....

New Tariff for Calls to Bangladesh and Nepal Users should also note that the tariff which Airtel has introduced for making calls to Bangladesh and Nepal are the most competitive in the industry and they also eliminate the need to buy separate ISD packs in case the customers want to make calls to these countries. Airtel has informed that as per the new tariff, the calls to Bangladesh will now be charged at only Rs 2....

The FIFA World Cup 2022 Will be the Last World Cup for a Majority of Football Stars. The likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Hazard, Muller, Busquests, etc will be representing their countries for the last time on the big stage. With these players playing their last World Cup, there will be some stars who won’t be representing their countries in Qatar. With the tournament being played in between the season, there has been a number of injuries just before the World Cup could begin....

Most PC and Laptop users have been accustomed to using Chrome, especially if they are running Windows rather than macOS. Competitors such as Firefox and Edge have fallen behind in terms of taking the fight to the popular browser, but, in reality, Chrome is not as good as it might seem to you. In today’s day and age, usability and certain minor features make or break a browser or application and, that is the case here....

People often make the mistake of thinking broadband and Wi-Fi as the same thing. But they are not the same in any way. Yes, through both technologies, users get access to the internet; however, they are not the same. There are a lot of differences between the two, and you should know them so that you never make the mistake of thinking of them as the same thing again. Let’s take a look at both technologies one by one....

The demand for broadband services in the country has increased a lot in the past couple of years ever since the pandemic began. More and more people began relying on broadband services as they were pushed to work from home. There are still a lot of users who are in need of a broadband connection whether it’s for small business, streaming, house connections or work from home. The Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in India offer a lot of plans for this scenario....

Over the Top Content Services IPTV Services Bundled With Broadband This is something that Reliance Jio has done right, but unfortunately, others have missed out on. Currently, the subscribers of JioFiber are saving a lot on their DTH connections which remains a major expenditure of Indian households. If the ISPs manage to ship the IPTV services to their subscribers, they are bound to see a lot of traction from them. Besides, a single bill for broadband and cable TV services is going to be a luring offer for them, similar to what Airtel has done with their Black postpaid plans....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL) merger is on the books for the government. BSNL is the only state-run Indian Telecom operator struggling to roll out 4G network services in the country. BBNL is the entity set up to connect gram panchayats with optic fiber to deliver high-speed broadband internet connectivity (Bharatnet project). The Bharatnet project was an ambitious goal from the Indian government launched back in early 2012 to deliver 100 Mbps speed connectivity in rural areas of the country when there wasn’t even 4G coverage....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Bharti Airtel both have their own fiber broadband businesses. BSNL operates its fiber broadband business under the name BSNL Bharat Fibre while Bharti Airtel operates it under Airtel Xstream Fiber. Both the companies have been in the market for a long time and understand what their users want from a broadband connection. While Bharti Airtel came out with the fiber broadband business much earlier than BSNL, the state-run operator has also stepped up its game and started offering very similar broadband plans as that of Airtel....

Plans That Offer OTT Subscription The first plan on the list is the STV_247 plan offered by BSNL. The plan comes at the price of Rs 247 and provides unlimited voice calling along with 100 SMS per day. In addition to this, the plan provides 50GB of high-speed data beyond which users can use the internet at 80 Kbps for a validity period of 30 days. This plan comes with access to BSNL Tunes along with EROS Now Entertainment Services....

Last year in October, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched the ‘Bharat Fibre’ broadband plans that came to compete directly from the fiber broadband offerings of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. BSNL offers broadband plans that are very similar in price and benefits as that of the plans offered by other major internet service providers (ISPs). Users get not only a ton of data benefits but also over-the-top (OTT) benefits....

There are two telecom operators in the country who are suffering at the hands of the incumbent and the top-performing other telecom operators. One is a private telecom company, and the other is a public-owned telecom operator. No more words need to be mentioned for the readers to know whom we are talking about. But, it’s also true that every telco has something unique to offer to the subscribers, which is helping them survive in the industry....

BSNL PV 999 and PV 2099 Withdrawn, Changes in Rs 666 Prepaid Plan It is crucial to note that the two plans mentioned above have been discontinued by BSNL. To recall, the Plan Maximum_999 used to come with a massive 365 days validity, therefore, offering yearlong benefits for the subscribers. The plan was also bundling 3.2GB daily data for 181 days or half the total validity. Additional perks of this plan also included 10 SMS per day and free unlimited voice calling....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Thursday extended its Rs 499 broadband plan dubbed as “300GB Plan CS337” to September 9, 2020 in select circles across India. The plan was initially scheduled to expire on June 10 and was available along with the standard Rs 499 broadband plan in Kolkata, Sikkim and West Bengal circles. The operator has highlighted the extension of the plan on the websites of the specified BSNL circles....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is known as the telco which offers the most affordable tariffs in India. There are many plans that users can take from BSNL, which are also offered by private players for the same price. However, you will notice that the plans from BSNL offer way more benefits than what users get with the same priced plans from the private telecom operators. Let’s take a look at the Rs 399 plan offered by BSNL and what Airtel and Vi offer for the same price....

BSNL 4G Now Available in Popular Towns of Telangana Circle As noted, BSNL has launched 4G services in 25 towns in Telangana state. The list of towns include Adilabad, Asifabad, Manchiryal, Peddapalli, Bhadrachalam, Khammam, Kothagudem, Wyra, Gadwal, Jadcherla, Nagar Kurnool, Shadnagar, Wanaparthy, Kandi, Sangareddy, Bhuvanagiri, Miryalaguda, Nagarjuna Sagar, Suryapeta, Bansawada, Eturunagaram, Mangapet, Medaram, Rajupeta and Tadvai. Bhadrachalam, which is one of the busiest towns has got BSNL 4G services ahead of other popular ones....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a very exciting new prepaid plan for consumers. It is not the orthodox unlimited benefits prepaid plan. The new plan we are talking about comes for Rs 2022. With this plan, users get 75GB of data per month. After assessing the benefits of this prepaid plan, it is pretty clear that BSNL is looking to get people interested who are into using a lot of data but who also want a prepaid plan with long-term validity....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering a 10% discount to all the government employees in the country. This information can be confirmed via a tweet from ‘BSNL_Kolkata’. The 10% discount would be applicable on select services of the state-run telecom operator. This is a good move by BSNL since it would not only motivate people to purchase its services but also help the telco come out of its grave financial situation....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers a perfect prepaid plan to users who want more data but are looking for a plan with short-term validity. This plan costs Rs 140 and comes with service validity of 30 days. Users get 2GB of daily fair-usage-policy (FUP) data along with truly unlimited voice calling and 100 SMS/day. But this plan is only available for the RNSBL customers of Gujarat, the telco says....