Airtel Basic Broadband Plan at Rs 799: Speeds and FUP Limit As mentioned, the first plan in Airtel’s new broadband portfolio is the Rs 799 one that offers 100 Mbps speeds up to 150GB. After the FUP limit, speeds will be reduced to 1 Mbps and this plan does not ship with any OTT service subscriptions. Bharti Airtel users will only get access to Airtel Xstream app to watch content for free....
Regardless, boAt registered 106% YoY growth during the year and stood in the third position behind Fire-Boltt and Noise, taking the second and first position, respectively. The data comes from Counterpoint’s India Smartwatch Shipments Model Tracker, Q1 2022. Note that all of this data is for the Indian market. Apple and OnePlus Also Made Good Strides According to the report, Apple grew 104% YoY in Q1 2022, with the Watch Series 7 contributing to two-thirds of the shipments in India....
Internet is an innovation in the tech space that has truly revolutionised the way we live. It has become a basic necessity in our life that we access every day for uncountable reasons. The technology that allows us to access the internet has also been changing and upgrading with time. In the present day world, you can access the internet from almost anywhere in the world using different mediums and infrastructures....
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country not only high-speed high-end broadband plans but also offer affordable plans for its users which also provides good connectivity speed. The majority of users need connectivity for home use, online learning or are individual users, therefore, they do not really require high-speed broadband plans. Moreover, the increasing number of ISPs in the country means a wider range of options to choose from. Mentioned below are the affordable broadband plans offered by some of the major ISPs in India – ACT, Reliance Jio, Tata Play, BSNL, Airtel, Connect and Excitel along with the plan details....
Internet speed is one of the most important factors which helps the user to evaluate their broadband connection. Sometimes, internet speed becomes the major point in consideration when users plan to switch their broadband connection. No digital user likes slow internet speed as it would ruin their browsing experience. The two major factors which users evaluate while setting up a stable internet connection is the download speed and upload speed....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Thursday officially introduced new Bharat Fiber plans to its users across India. The new BSNL plans and its benefits are similar to what JioFiber and Airtel Xstream Fiber offer to its users. So it might become a little hard for some users to decide on which Internet Service Provider (ISP) they should go with. One plan which all of these providers offer is a Rs 999 plan....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is soon “expected” to launch 4G networks across India using homegrown technology. There are many who wonder why BSNL is not launching 5G straightaway and why the telco is going for 4G first when others are shifting to 5G. Well, if BSNL wants to go for 5G first, it would need to deploy 5G SA (Standalone), which would be way more costly and won’t benefit the company a lot....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) merger is almost complete now. The employees of BBNL have already been transferred to BSNL. The state-run telecom operator has already taken over the maintenance and operations of BBNL, said a Businessline report. As per the publication, the merger is almost complete now. BSNL has even started using the fiber network laid out by BBNL. BSNL is providing connectivity services in rural areas with the help of BBNL’s fiber network and is expected to double its broadband connectivity to 50 lakh subscribers by the end of this year....
BSNL’s complaints regarding the 4G equipment procurement and 4G tender continue. In the latest development, the telco has reportedly informed DoT that the prices offered by local vendors are on the steeper side when compared to the prices offered by global vendors. This development comes after the government pushing telcos to procure local 4G gear so that the global and local vendors are on the same playing field. Thanks to their superior network infrastructure, telecom operators always choose global vendors like Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei and ZTE for deploying their network....
BSNL Following the Footsteps of Private Telcos One of the major moves ever made by India’s private telecom operators - Airtel and Vodafone Idea is to remove the basic talk time recharges like Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs 30, Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 500 and so on. However, on consumer demand, they have brought back the Rs 50 and Rs 500 talk time plans. Although BSNL’s move is not as significant as that of private telcos, it’s something interesting and also hints at the telco’s intentions going forward....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is the only telecom operator after Vodafone Idea, which has found itself among the financial crunch. However, things for BSNL seem to be a little different, with the shadow of central government looming over itself. This complicates things about BSNL regarding its competency in the industry and even its survival. Looking at the centre’s moods, we can definitely say that the public telecom company is here to stay as it falls under a “strategic” sector for the government....
To retain the losing market share, state-run BSNL has stepped up the game in the broadband sector. BSNL will be offering new broadband plans starting October 1, 2020, in select cities with starting prices of Rs 449. Yes, the new Bharat Fiber plans are directly aimed at the revised JioFiber plans which now start at Rs 399. As per a press release accessed by TelecomTalk, BSNL will start offering four broadband plans priced at Rs 449, Rs 799, Rs 999 and Rs 1,499....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is again getting rid of Blackout Days for 2021. The telco has made the same move over the last two years and to stay competitive in the industry, BSNL decided to do the same this year as well. For the unaware, mobile phone subscribers are generally charged as per base tariff on some particular days like New Year, Christmas, etc. On such days, telecom subscribers send a lot of SMSes and make a lot of voice calls to wish their family/friends....
BSNL Rs 98 Prepaid Plan Receives a Revision: What it Offers? To recall, BSNL used to offer 1.5GB data per day for 26 days with the Rs 98 prepaid plan. However, after the revision, the plan comes with 2GB daily data benefit, and once the FUP limit completes, data speeds will be reduced to 80 Kbps. Earlier, the plan did not offer any after FUP data, so it’s a welcome move by BSNL....
Reliance JioFiber Rs 2,499 Diamond Plan Benefits Firstly, we will look at what Reliance JioFiber is offering for the monthly rental of Rs 2,499. It is worth noting that the Rs 2,499 fibre-based broadband plan by Reliance Jio is the Diamond plan and it offers speeds up to 500 Mbps. Also, as per the Reliance Jio official website, the plan will offer 1250GB FUP data to the users, and along with this, the subscribers will also enjoy 250GB extra data, meaning that the total data offering in this plan would be 1500GB or 1....
BSNL revised its postpaid plans last month by adding affordable options to the portfolio such as Rs 199, Rs 798 and Rs 999. Simultaneously, the state-run telco revised the existing Rs 399 and Rs 525 postpaid plans. The Rs 399 postpaid plan of BSNL which is also known as Ghar Wapsi plan offers 70GB of data benefit along with up to 210GB of data rollover facility. This is almost on-par with what Reliance Jio’s Rs 399 postpaid plan is also offering at the moment....
Allocation of Spectrum to BSNL in 2,100MHz Band To recall, way back in December 2017 reports had surfaced which highlighted that BSNL’s 4G services would first be launched in Chennai circle and that the telco had allotted 288 4G towers, 468 3G towers and 365 2G towers in the city for the rollout of the service. However, the launch of the 4G network was further delayed. Another report surfaced in June 2018, when BSNL announced an expansion in Karnataka with massive deployment in the state....
The state-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), is going to migrate over 30,000 of its Wi-Fi hotspots under the PM-WANI (Prime Minister’s Wi-Fi Access Network Interface) scheme by June 2022. This will be a big boost to the PM-WANI scheme. Further, all the railway station Wi-Fi hotspots will also be PM-WANI compliant in the future. With the PM-WANI scheme, the Indian government is trying to proliferate the presence of broadband internet across the nation....
BSNL Wings: VoIP Based Service for Areas with Poor Cellular Connectivity The reason why BSNL has debuted the Wings service is that the telco wants to serve the subscribers in areas with poor cellular connectivity. During the launch of BSNL Wings, the telecom operator had highlighted that VoIP services could be an innovative solution for the subscribers in the region where there is poor cellular connectivity. In these areas, the users struggle to make calls, however, with an internet connection and with a VoIP service, it won’t matter which operator the subscribers use, since they will be able to make calls over the internet....
BSNL 200GB CUL Fibre Plan BSNL is also giving a circle-specific FTTH plan in Kerala. Dubbed as 200GB CUL Bharat Fibre CS358, the plan offers 50 Mbps download speed till 200GB and a 2 Mbps post- FUP limit of 200GB. The fixed monthly rental for this plan is Rs 499. BSNL Quarterly Payment Scheme In other developments, BSNL introduced a new quarterly payment scheme for its fibre plans of Rs 599, Rs 799 and Rs 999....
