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The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in increased usage of the internet at homes. With the pandemic, more people have started working from home, children have online classes, and there is an increased need for entertainment streaming at home, all leading to an increased demand for better broadband plans. Telecom service providers such as Airtel, Jio, BSNL, ACT Fibernet and Excitel have a few considerable plans at Rs 999. Broadband Plans Available at Just Under Rs 1,000 in India BSNL Fibre broadband plan of Rs 999 offers 200 Mbps speed till 3300GB or 3....

The growing market of broadbands in the country has been quite beneficial for the users as they are getting more and more options to choose from according to their affordability and convenience. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been on their toes to provide exciting offers and services to attract a larger user base. Broadband connections have especially been a boon to small families since the world went mostly online due to the pandemic that hit the world....

In this day and age internet connection is a necessity as much as anything else. People want access to the fastest and most seamless connectivity option available which happens to be 4G services in some areas. However, as far as we have advanced in technology there are still places where people face 4G connectivity issues. For a person who is in need of 4G connectivity but can’t access it due to network issues, the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide a variety of broadband plans that not only provide smooth connectivity but also provide other offers and service to enhance user experience....

The speed of the internet is a source of concern for the users. While most affordable broadband plans come with a speed of up to 300 Mbps, premium plans from popular service providers offer up to 1 Gbps speed. A few broadband plans from telecom service providers – Airtel, JioFiber, Mahanagar Telecom Nagar Limited (MTNL), Tata Sky broadband, and ACT – deliver 1 Gbps speed. Airtel Xstream Fiber 1 Gbps Plan JioFiber 1 Gbps Plan Airtel Xstream vs JioFiber Broadband Plan Between Airtel Xstream Fiber plan of Rs 3999 and JioFiber’s Rs 3999 monthly plan, JioFiber wins for its premium OTT benefits....

“The proceeds of monetisation should among other things be utilised for funding the VRS and servicing the debt of the two PSUs”, it further said. BSNL and MTNL have debts of Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 20,000 crore, respectively. DoT was suggested to closely monitor the performance parametres of both BSNL and MTNL. It was felt that the efficiency parametres have neither been effectively evolved or are nor being monitored....

Deployment Issues Raised by TEPC BSNL has been only offering 2G and 3G services even in the year 2020. This puts the telco behind four years from the likes of Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. So, to decided to undertake 4G projects. The contracts rolled out were comprehensive and included everything from planning, maintenance, supply, and engineering of the 4G networks. BSNL was about to get its break for 4G finally, but on April 15, TEPC alerted all the government offices about the unfair tenders which were rolled out by BSNL....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is now expected to take more time for launching 4G networks. The telco’s 4G trials have been extended now. The trials were supposed to finish by October 31, 2021. But that hasn’t happened because Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) hasn’t complied with all the norms of the Expression of Interest (EoI). BSNL wants TCS to comply with the EoI norms and use 40W radios. TCS has majorly used 20W radios for the sites which would increase the power requirement for running 4G sites....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the state-run telecom operator, is all set to launch the 4G network services in January 2023. The telco has reportedly completed Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trials with the TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) led consortium. TCS is already confident about the opportunities that this deal with BSNL is going to open for the company in the global market, which is dominated by names such as Nokia, Ericsson and Huawei....

BSNL 4G to Be Available Mangaluru City Starting Today Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been talking about launching 4G services for more than two years now. The state-run telco launched the first 4G network in Kerala nearly 18 months ago using the existing 3G spectrum. We first heard about BSNL 4G in Karnataka back in March 2018 when the telco commissioned first 4G tower at Ambedkar Bhawan, Shivamogga city....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering Bharat AirFibre customers a modem for a monthly rent of just Rs 249. There are two scenarios that can emerge for the company when it is giving the modem for rent. The customer premise could be in a radial distance of up to 3 kilometres or between 3 km to 5 km. BSNL will offer the modem for Rs 249 per month to customers living in the radial distance of up to 3 km and for Rs 299 per month to customers living in the radial distance of up to 5 km....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) can’t straight away jump to 5G. There’s a solid reason behind it. That reason is the absence of 4G networks. Since the telco doesn’t have live 4G networks around the country, it will have no other option than considering 5G Standalone (SA) network core architecture. To many, this will sound very simple! Many would just say that if BSNL can leverage 5G SA to get ahead of the private operators, including Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, it should do that....

4G data vouchers are the add-on data packs that telcos provide to their users at an additional cost which can be used when the daily data runs out. The state-owned telco BSNL has been offering a few data vouchers to its subscribers and some of these come with added benefits as well. Mentioned below are all the data-add on packs offered by BSNL along with the plan details that you should know about....

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has extended the availability of three of its amazing broadband plans. These three plans were introduced by the telco under a promotional offer to celebrate Independence Day 2022. The three plans we are talking about come for Rs 275 and Rs 775. There are two plans priced the same for Rs 275. All these three plans were supposed to be discontinued on November 15, 2022....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has silently added three new prepaid plans to its offerings. These are not the two monthly recharge prepaid plans that TelecomTalk reported about a few days back. There are three new separate plans with 18 days, 20 days, and 65 days of validity. These are again more affordable than what you would have to pay with the private telcos, but they don’t have the backing of the 4G network that the plans from the private telcos get....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is a strategic asset of the nation, and the Modi government is helping the telco by giving it money for the 4G spectrum and becoming competitive, said Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India. According to a PTI report, Sitharaman accused the previous government of bringing BSNL to the state of ‘almost death’. The Finance Minister was responding to the allegations put by Arvind Sawant, a member of Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers the most affordable 30-day prepaid plan to users in India. The plan that I am talking about comes for Rs 16 and ships with a total validity of 30 calendar days. There are no SMS and data benefits included with this plan. BSNL on its website said this plan charges “20 paise/min on-net calls + 20 paise/min off-net calls”. If you want to keep your BSNL SIM active, this voice voucher can be a good bet....

The government-owned telecommunication service provider BSNL offers both prepaid and postpaid plans for its users. While prepaid plans help you keep a check on your budget, postpaid plans, on the other hand, offer bundled up benefits that one cannot overlook. BSNL provides multiple postpaid plans which include both, individual as well as family connections. BSNL postpaid cycles can be renewed monthly and the plans begin from as cheap as Rs 199....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering additional validity with its long-term recharge plan. But this offer is only there for a limited time. The offer that we are talking about will only be there till January 15, 2022. This means that users have one day to recharge with the offer because, after that, they will miss out on the additional “90 days” of validity. You heard it right. BSNL is offering 90 days of additional validity with its Rs 2399 prepaid plan....

BSNL Introduces New SIM Replacement Charges for Prepaid and Postpaid Users Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL is operating in 20 telecom circles right now, but the soon-to-be-happening merger with MTNL will give access to the telco in all the 22 telecom circles including Mumbai and Delhi. Before the introduction of new SIM replacement charges, BSNL customers used to pay Rs 100 for one-time SIM replacement. But now, they can pay Rs 50 to avail a new BSNL SIM card....

BSNL 4G Still a Pain-point If the news headlines are to be believed, then it seems BSNL will be meeting an optimistic end very soon courtesy of the revival plan which includes the work of IIM-A. On these lines, BSNL’s debt is likely to be handled with care from now on. The plan will also likely include methods by which BSNL would be able to stop its churn at such an aggressive rate, and if not stop, at least slow it down to a manageable extent....