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Broadband India Forum (BIF) has urged the government to implement the National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) which has been on hold for nearly two years. BIF President TV Ramachandran stated his views in a letter which was drafted on May 06, 2020, and said that BIF thinks this is the perfect time to roll out the policies of NDC as it has already been finalised by the government. The implementation of the NDCP 2018 structure will also bring a new digital reform in the digital ecosystem of India....

Nowadays entertainment isn’t what it was until a few months back. You can’t go to movies that freely now, since, at most of the places the theatres are not functional and at places where they are, two people can’t sit together. However, there is another way of being entertained, and it is to build your own home entertainment network. The best way of doing so is first getting a high-speed broadband internet connection....

The popularity of OTT platforms in the country has been on a constant rise for quite some time now and the internet service providers (ISPs) of the country have been riding this high demand wave. The ISPs in the country offer broadband plans that come with added subscriptions to OTT platforms along with high-speed data. Although the expensive plans from the telcos offer a variety of bundled OTT platforms, there are a few plans that are comparatively cheaper....

Everyone’s wondering including us, ‘Where is BSNL 4G?’ The telco has time and again promised that it will bring its 4G services very soon, but it has been many years now. The world is already shifting to 5G. While 5G is still going to take time to come into India, 4G has become very common and people have become too used to it. At a time such as this, BSNL is still surviving by offering 3G services....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is working on rolling out 4G networks in India. The state-run telco still offers 4G data vouchers to the users. There are many affordable 4G data only vouchers available from BSNL under Rs 100 that you can buy. The private telcos had late last year introduced 20% to 25% prepaid tariff hikes, which had made their 4G data vouchers quite expensive. BSNL was the only telco that didn’t go ahead with the prepaid tariff hikes....

Right at the start of 2022, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced a new offer for prepaid plan users. This is a limited time offer that will stay valid until January 15, 2022. The offer will bundle in additional 90 days of validity for the users with their prepaid plan. But the offer is not applicable on all the prepaid plans but only a single high-denomination voucher that many might not buy right off the bat....

BSNL Buried Neck-Deep Under Losses Purwar had said that the salaries would be cleared on August 5. “BSNL has already released the salary of employees, for which the funds have been transferred to the banks,” Purwar said on Monday. Distressed telecom PSUs Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) and BSNL have been making losses and have faced challenges in clearing staff salaries in the recent past. The two PSUs had delayed payment of salaries for February until mid-March due to a financial crisis....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has enhanced its Rs 499 Bharat Fiber plan in multiple circles across India on a promotional basis till September 26, 2020. The state-run operator offers multiple variants of the Rs 499 plan across India that serves as a base plan under Bharat Fiber services in various circles. The standard Rs 499 plan dubbed as “100GB CUL” enables users to browse up to 20 Mbps till 100GB with the operator capping the speeds to 2 Mbps upon reaching the limit....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has become the first Indian telecom operator amongst Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea to become part of the ‘mobile prepaid recharge category’ that Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) has gone live with. The category is now live on the BHIM UPI application. At the same time, NCPI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL) is in advanced stage discussions with the private telecom operators to onboard them on the BBPS platform just the way BSNL has been onboarded....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has made changes to its multiple prepaid plans recently. The three plans in concern are STV 56, STV 57, and STV 58. The state-run telco has changed the recharge amount of these special tariff vouchers (STVs). The change is a positive one for the customers since the STVs have become even more affordable. BSNL Reduces Price of Three STVs Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reduced the price of STV 56 by Rs 2....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has made the eSIM SMS charges 66.67% more affordable for its customers. This change has been put into effect immediately in all the telecom circles in India. Further, the telco has made the changes applicable on both the Offnet SMS (another network) and Onnet (BSNL network). As per a Kerala Telecom report, BSNL had recently introduced two new additional eSIM tariff plans for M2M and IoT applications and was charging as low as Rs 15 per month for each eSIM....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is now optimising the networks of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) in Mumbai and Delhi. With this, the telco’s networks will now have much better coverage and will also aid in lowering the operational expenditure of the public sector unit (PSU). For the unaware, BSNL had earlier took over the operation and maintenance of MTNL networks in Delhi on April 1, 2021. Then the telco also did the same in the Mumbai circle on September 1, 2021....

It looks like BSNL is all over the place at the moment. The telco has been continually writing to government authorities on the problems it is facing for drafting a 4G tender. Now, it has reported that BSNL recently discussed with Vodafone Idea for a potential 4G Intra Circle Roaming agreement. Yes, you heard it right. BSNL is looking to provide 4G services under the newly formed Vi brand. The government earlier asked BSNL to procure local gear for rolling out 4G services....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recently announced a discount on its prepaid plans for customers exclusively in grace period 2. It is a special discount of 25% applicable on two prepaid plans of the telco - special tariff voucher (STV) 187 and plan voucher Rs 1,499. The state-run telco has announced this offer to reduce the percentage of its inactive user base. This is a golden time for the prepaid users with expired validity on their plans to get a new plan with a 25% discount—more details on the story ahead....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is still offering work-from-home (WFH) data plans to consumers. If you are someone who is working from home or just in general use a ton of mobile data for working from anywhere, then these plans from BSNL could be a good deal for you. The two plans we are talking about comes for Rs 151 and Rs 251. Both the plans only offer data and no other benefit apart from that....

BSNL Triple Play Plan to Feature Yupp TV Content The triple play plan in the broadband industry was first popularised by Reliance Jio a few months back, when it started providing its preview offers to the customers. The telecom operator firstly introduced the triple-play plan for its employees and then started extending this offer to its first lot of customers. As the triple play name suggests, as part of these services, the customers are able to enjoy three services, billed under a single bill....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has narrowed its loss to Rs 7,441.11 crores in the financial year ending March 31, 2021. The state-run telco had posted a loss of Rs 15,499.58 crores in FY20. This means that BSNL has been successful in lowering losses by approximately 50%. According to a PTI report, a BSNL official said that the telco’s losses have come down mainly because of the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) opted by 78,569 employees....

The growing market of broadband 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. The 100 Mbps data plans are especially quite attractive plans for a wider user base as not only it provides comparatively high-speed internet but is also the most affordable....

The outbreak of COVID-19 and lockdown by the government has affected the TV and DTH services drastically. Since Coronavirus made its space, TV and DTH subscribers have lost interest in television content. From the past three months, TV and DTH subscribers have not enjoyed any new content. Due to this, nearly 4.5 million to 5 million subscribers have disconnected their cable and DTH services. Also, various subscribers have downgraded their subscription packages....

Demand for 4G data vouchers has grown quite significantly over the last few years as more and more people have started relying on mobile internet to do a lot of their work from home. Even students use 4G data for studying from their home. However, after the prepaid tariff hikes, the price of all the 4G data vouchers also went up quite steeply. Here are all the cheapest 4G data vouchers from Airtel, Vi, Jio, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) that you can purchase today....