With the lowering of tariff rates for data, calling and roaming the effect of the same has also been the same in the international roaming plans. Telecom operators are shipping attractive prices for the international roaming plans which they offer. On the same lines, Bharti Airtel is providing three very attractive international roaming plans for its subscribers starting at Rs 296. These plans will allow a convenient way to the subscribers for keeping in touch with their friends and family back in the home country without shelling out many bucks....

Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Harish Laddha as CEO – Emerging Business. Harish will report to Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO - Airtel Business. In his new role, Harish will be responsible for identifying and leveraging growth opportunities in emerging categories such as the Small and Medium Business (SMB) segment. He will lead a dedicated team to bring to market highly differentiated offerings for these emerging segments....

Bharti Airtel, which is one of India’s top telcos and premier communications solutions providers, on Monday announced that it had augmented the company’s mobile network in the area of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh so as to deliver users with the top indoor network experience for the customers, which is being done by the deployment of 5 MHz in 900 MHz spectrum band for high-speed data services. In case you were wondering, the high propagation and reach that comes due to the 900 MHz spectrum allows for wider network availability as well as improved data speeds alongside better coverage within homes and buildings in both urban and rural areas....

With prepaid data tariffs turning expensive and the increasing demand for home broadband, many customers are looking to shift to affordable broadband plans. Below are a few broadband plans under Rs 800 from Airtel, BSNL, JioFiber, ACT, Excitel, and Tata Sky. BSNL Broadband Plans Under Rs 800 The government-owned telecom and internet service provider BSNL has recently discontinued its Rs 499 100GB CUL broadband plan and has launched a new quarterly payment method for its broadband plans....

50 Mbps Plans from Hathway India’s one of the well-known Internet Service Providers, Hathway, offers two variations of the 50 Mbps broadband plan. The broadband service provided by Hathway allows users to seamlessly surf through the internet on multiple devices. The first plan offered is the New HD Elite plan from Hathway which provides broadband connection with 50 Mbps speed. There’s no FUP limit set on this plan and users can enjoy truly unlimited data....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and BBNL (Bharat Broadband Network Limited) merger has been approved by the Cabinet. This will boost the fibre assets under BSNL. The state-run telco has an optical fibre cable network of over 6.83 lakh kilometres. Because of this merger, BSNL will get an additional 5.67 lakh kilometres worth of optical fibre laid across 1.85 lakh village panchayats of India. One big benefit that this will give to the BSNL is that it will help in boosting 4G performance in rural areas....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) both have a great future in the Indian telecom market. Even though the operators have been fighting to survive and losing most of their subscribers to Jio and Airtel, they can still turn things around pretty fast. BSNL will benefit a great deal if it can improve its network quality and coverage throughout India by launching 4G in the next 14 months....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has implemented IPv6 in its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) service networks. This is to counter the issue of more subscribers on the telco’s broadband network. With the arrival of the second round of lockdowns around the country, the need for fibre broadband internet has shot up yet again. Because of that, BSNL Bharat Fibre, the FTTH arm of the state-run telco, has been adding plenty of subscribers at a very fast rate....

Five Data Based STVs Withdrawn by BSNL In the list of STVs which have been discontinued by BSNL, first is the COMBO 549 STV which offers 2GB data per day along with free PRBT for 60 days validity. Second, up is the COMBO 561 STV which offers 1GB data per day with free PRBT for 80 days validity. There are three more STVs by BSNL which have been discontinued in its latest move, and these include DATA 2798 which ships unlimited data with a FUP of 1GB per day and the post FUP speed of 40kbps....

The most economical alternative for prepaid mobile users in India right now is Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). This is due to the fact that, in contrast to its private competitors, such as Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, the state-run telecom is the only one that hasn’t implemented prepaid pricing increases (Vi). Customers can choose from a prepaid package that none of the private operators offers. Every telecom operator in the nation should provide this plan; it needn’t cost as much as BSNL’s, but a plan like this would be extremely beneficial....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has the best 2GB daily data prepaid plan under Rs 200. Every other telecom operator (the private companies) offers their 2GB daily data prepaid plans at quite an expensive price compared to what you can get from BSNL. This is primarily because they can offer 4G services while BSNL can’t. If you are looking for an affordable 2GB daily data prepaid plan, you can definitely take a look at what BSNL has to offer....

BSNL Rs 389 Foreigner Plan Details The guest data plan by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited which has been introduced for the foreigner or short term connections comes for Rs 389. This new Rs 389 prepaid plan will avail the customers 1GB data per day, and it comes with a validity of 30 days. The after-FUP speed for this plan is 40 Kbps, meaning that after customers have used their 1GB daily data, they will be able to use the internet at 40 Kbps speed....

The public telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is otherwise good when it comes to data plans and offers on its prepaid plans. However, the Achilles heel for BSNL is its 4G network. The public telco is scrapping together a plan to launch its 4G network as soon as possible so that it can have the edge over the other private telecom companies. Along the same lines, BSNL had floated a letter of Intent on the first day of the ear, i....

Subscribers ready to apply for the Annual Advance Payment Scheme via the BSNL BOSS Portal would be eligible for the offer. The users who choose internet services that cost less than Rs 999 will have to upgrade to a plan that costs Rs 999 or more, according to BSNL. The subscribers can upgrade by going to the BSNL Selfcare portal or visiting one of the BSNL Customer Service Centres. Users can go to the BSNL BOSS Portal, choose a device, and make an online advance payment for a year under their plan’s Annual Payment Scheme....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is reducing the price of prepaid plans for customers who are recharging through its mobile app - Selfcare. BSNL launched the Selfcare mobile app a few months back, and it looks much like the mobile app of Vodafone Idea (Vi). The telco said that until March 31, 2022, it would offer a 4% discount to users’ prepaid plans recharged through the Selfcare app. Note that the recharge offer is only applicable on plans with denominations of Rs 201 and more....

BSNL has revised three prepaid STVs and two Plan Vouchers (PVs) for a limited period. The three STVs in question are STV 99, STV 298 and STV 319, whereas the two PVs are PV 399 and PV 699. BSNL extended the validity of PV 699 alongside adding additional data and SMS benefits to the remaining plans. It is good to see BSNL adding more benefits to the prepaid plans, which are already the best in the segment....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has extended the availability of its Rs 699 voucher throughout the country. It is not a new voucher and the state-run telco had initially launched the voucher for telecom circles other than the Kerala circle. But according to a report from KeralaTelecom, this voucher will now be available for users living in Kerala. The Rs 699 BSNL voucher will be available in Kerala from January 25, 2021....

BSNL Waives of Installation Charges for its Select Services BSNL has said that the installation charges for new landline connections, DSL and FTTH connections will be waived off for the subscribers till June 30, 2019. Like we mentioned above, this new offer will only be valid in Chennai circle and it has already gone live on March 31, 2019. Since the Chennai circle is a prominent one for BSNL, it makes sense for the telco to first rollout this offer here....

COAI Asks Subsidy For Telecom Sector Further, COAI in its letter said that if the government or the regulator feel the need for the telecom operators to provide further benefit, then a subsidy should be given to the telecom sector. According to the report, COAI even had suggested the funds for the subsidy could be compensated from the Rs 51,500 crore lying unutilised in the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)....

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has thanked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for coming out with the progressive Right of Way (RoW) rules. The industry body also thanked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for playing an instrumental role in helping bring about forward-looking measures for the telecom infrastructure in India in coordination with the MoD. Back in 2021, the MoD constituted a committee on the request of COAI to examine the issues that were coming in the deployment of telecom infrastructure in defence lands/cantonment areas, following which suitable modifications in the existing RoW policy could be implemented....