In a bid to transform rural India into digital one, the BSNL has decided to set up 1070 4G Plus Wifi hotspots in Kerala. The move will be the part of its expansion plans to reach out to rural customers. Kerala Circle CGM of BSNL, P T Mathew told reporters here that it would be set up in the next six months. “We are planning to set up 1070 4G Plus Wifi Hot spots in rural exchanges in the state with the support of Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) within the next six months,” he said.

NEW DELHI: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. expects to get the government’s approval soon for using airwaves in 700 MHz band for offering 4G services, and 5G services in the future, chairman Anupam Shrivastava said.

The state-run telco has written to the Department of Telecom (DoT) to allocate airwaves in the 700 MHz band for rolling out 4G services.

BSNL mobile subscribers will soon be able to piggyback on the network of private telecom player Vodafone in Delhi and Mumbai.

The move will improve the coverage of BSNL's mobile network in these two areas where it doesn't offer services.

Reliance Jio added nearly 5 million users ( 4,786,324 subscribers ) and controlled 9.94 per cent of the telecom market in May, shows the latest report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

In May, Airtel led in terms of overall telecom market share, with 23.59 per cent subscribers. It was followed by Vodafone with a 17.86 per cent share, and Idea with 16.62. Reliance Jio was a distant fourth with 9.94 per cent subscribers.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has come up with a new offer, where it is offering 2GB of internet data per day as well as unlimited voice calls to its subscribers. The telecom network has rolled out a new plan under the name ‘BSNL Sixer’, and you can now get unlimited voice calling along with 2GB data per day for Rs 666 if you are a prepaid user. BSNL’s offer of unlimited voice call feature to any network and internet data is valid for 60 days. This essentially means you can avail a total of 120GB of data at Rs 666. After the Rs 666 plan gets exhausted, BSNL prepaid subscribers have the option select the state-run network provider’s other tariff plans like ‘Dil khol k Bol-349’, ‘Triple ACE-333’ as well as the recently launched ‘CHAUKKA -444’.

NEW DELHI: State-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new plan, "BSNL SIXER" - "666", to offer unlimited voice with 2 GB data per day under prepaid mobile services.

The telco said that new plan caters to such customers who have requirement of both data and voice as it gives unlimited voice call to any network and data for a period of 60 days. "Thus it is both voice and data centric."

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limite) has come up with some special combo vouchers as a part of Eid-ul-Fitr deals and they are priced at Rs 786 and Rs 599. This new offer by BSNL is available only for its prepaid customers. Under BSNL’s Rs 786 combo plan, users will be provided with voice calls as well as 3GB data for 90 days. Meanwhile, when it comes to the Rs 599 combo plan, users will be able to avail as talk value of Rs 786. However, in the Rs 599 plan, there is a catch.

In order to cope with the financial stress it is facing, state-run telecom player BSNL has presented an 18-point wishlist to an inter-ministerial panel. Its demands include temporarily allotment of 2100 MHz spectrum for 6 months to a year, allocation of 700 MHz airwaves and reduction in license fees.

The panel, formed to look into the telecom woes of the telecom sector, is meeting industry players this week in order to understand their problems. Apart from BSNL, another government-owned firm, MTNL, met the panel today.

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today expressed concern that it is likely to feel the ‘stress’ this financial year because of intense competition and asked the telecom department to speed up its receivables. BSNL officials met the inter-ministerial group here today as part of the ongoing dialogue between the industry and the government to discuss the sector’s financial headwinds. “BSNL is not facing any problem in raising loans and already has a credit line available,” sources said after the 30-minute meeting with the IMG.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is mulling to revise its home broadband tariffs to counter the entry of Reliance Jio’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service, according to a report in the Economic Times.

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), BSNL leads the wired broadband market with almost 10 million subscribers. The state-run company currently offers FTTH based broadband connection for as low as Rs 799 under which the subscriber gets 10 GB of broadband data at 4 Megabits per second (Mbps).