Bharti Airtel Rs 699 Prepaid Plan Bharti Airtel offers a Rs 699 prepaid plan to the users with a unique benefit. The benefit here is unique because Airtel is the only company amongst all the telcos in India to offer this particular subscription with a prepaid plan. Bharti Airtel Rs 549 and Rs 838 Prepaid Plan Bharti Airtel offers 2GB of daily data with both the Rs 549 and Rs 838 prepaid plans....
Last year, we saw Bharti Airtel completely shutting down 3G services across the country. A new report by PTI now highlights the telco has started refarming 2G spectrum for 4G services to deliver enhanced network services to the customers. Airtel is said to have started deploying 4G technology in the 900 Mhz band. For those who are unaware, Airtel is using the same 900 Mhz band currently to provide 2G services....
Bharti Airtel Rs 597 Prepaid Plan You might be thinking that there are limited options when it comes to long-term prepaid plans from Airtel, and that could be partially true for subscribers looking for something very specific. However, for most subscribers, the choice of plans is very simple and should be sufficient. The first long-term prepaid plan by Bharti Airtel is the Rs 597 prepaid plan, which comes with 169 days validity....
Crisil, a ratings agency has upgraded the long-term rating of Bharti Airtel Ltd to AA+. The agency pointed out that the business outlook is stable and cited continued improvement in the operating metrics of the company. The ratings agency also reaffirmed the short-term rating of Airtel. It is expected that the company will show further improvement in the overall credit risk profile over the near to medium term with support from improving cash accruals and deleveraging plans such as the rights issue....
Telcos Have Submitted Necessary Documents Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices have furnished all the necessary documents asked by DoT. The telcos are hoping that DoT will lower their AGR dues, which includes spectrum usage charge (SUC), License fees, interest and penalties. Also, the license fees and SUC will be paid on the basis of telcos AGR. However, the interest and penalties compounded by the government have taken disputed heads into the account which has increased manifold in the different amount of the telcos estimates....
Airtel Believes the Trai 5G Spectrum Recommended Prices are Too High During the Earnings Call on Wednesday, Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel MD and CEO for India and South Asia region, said the 5G spectrum prices recommended by Trai are too high. “On the 3.5 Ghz band, Trai has recommended price to Rs 50,000 crore for 100 MHz of spectrum. 5G requires a large block of the spectrum. 100 Mhz spectrum for Rs 50,000 crore, we can’t afford....
Vodafone Idea might soon get around $400 million in fresh capital from its promoters, including the Aditya Birla Group (ABG) and the Vodafone Group Plc. The third-largest telco’s future has stabilised a little post the announcement of the relief package from the government. Now, as per a fresh report from Livemint, Vi might get over $400 million from its promoters. The promoters might inject the fresh capital to retain their 27....
When it comes to broadband services, most users are looking for plans that not only provide high-speed internet connectivity but also come with benefits and quality that offers you value for your money. While you can get high-speed connectivity up to 1 Gbps, it might be too high for some users. In such scenarios, 150 Mbps plans offered by service providers might actually suit a lot of users’ needs from work, learning to leisure, gaming or streaming....
The quality of streaming services and platforms has been increasing rapidly which requires stable and high-speed internet connectivity. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer a variety of broadband plans that enables a smooth streaming experience for users even with the best picture quality. In fact, these plans also allow you to seamlessly connect multiple devices at once and are perfect if you have a big family. Mentioned below are some of the high-speed 300 Mbps broadband plans offered by service providers in India that are apt for up to 8K video streaming and big households....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers multiple prepaid plans to the consumers with which they get 30 days of validity. Today, we are going to look at one such plan from the company, which offers 30 days of service validity but is made for heavy data users. A lot of users had complained to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) about not getting one complete month or 30 days plans from the telcos....
There is a high chance that the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s (BSNL) 4G contract might only be rewarded to the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). TCS had recently acquired Tejas Networks, which is a global optical and broadband company that will be very helpful when it comes to conducting 4G trials. According to Pertsol, a domestic telecom firm, since C-DoT is a public sector unit (PSU), the contract of 4G rollout for BSNL might only go towards TCS as it will be the only viable option left in the mix....
BSNL Issues New Notice Regarding Postponement of 4G Tender Government-owned BSNL is the only major telecom operator in India for not providing 4G services to more than 120 million subscribers. Though BSNL has 4G operations in some parts of 20 telecom circles where it is operating, the service is nowhere close to what Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea are providing. A lot of BSNL subscribers are eagerly waiting for the telco to launch its nationwide 4G services, but it the tender for procuring BSNL 4G expansion has postponed yet again....
BSNL 600GB Broadband Plan vs JioFiber Silver Plan The price of both the plans is similar at Rs 849, but the benefits are not the same. BSNL is offering 50 Mbps speeds with a monthly FUP limit of 600GB, post which the speeds will come down to 2 Mbps. On the other hand, JioFiber’ Silver plan offers 100 Mbps speeds up to 200GB. For the first six months, new customers will get additional 200GB data taking the overall data benefit to 400GB....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) also offers users 4G data vouchers with over-the-top (OTT) benefits like Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel. The state-run telecom operator is offering users two 4G data vouchers which come with a free subscription to a major OTT platform. Let’s take a look at these two plans we are talking about. BSNL 4G Data Vouchers With OTT Benefits Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) offers multiple vouchers with lumpsum data, but the two vouchers which come with OTT benefits cost Rs 98 and Rs 447....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new special tariff voucher (STV) for users under Rs 1,500 PAN-India basis. The STV costs Rs 1,498, and it comes with a validity of 1 year. The special thing about this STV is its benefits. Users get 2GB of daily data with the voucher, and post-consumption of the fair-usage-policy (FUP) data, the internet speed will drop to 40 Kbps. This voucher is perfect for people who are looking for cheap data prepaid plans for the long term....
Bharat AirFibre Launch Details In this new development, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communication, Electronics and IT, and Law & Justice, launched BSNL’s rural broadband initiative ”Bharat AirFibre” by having a video conferencing from BSNL’s Corporate office to Gauri Chak village in Patna District. It is worth noting that the service has been launched under a private-public partnership model and is not wholly-owned by BSNL. In the previous month, it was told that BSNL has partnered up with the South Asian content providing platform Yupp TV to launch this service....
BSNL Revamped Plans Now Live in Multiple Circles Across India According to the BSNL portals, the operator has now revamped its existing Bharat Fiber plans in nine circles including Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab. Further, the revamped plans are also live in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh East, Uttar Pradesh West and Uttarakhand circles of BSNL. Under the revamped plans, the operator is now offering up to 50 Mbps speeds on its plans priced under Rs 500 per month including its “100GB CUL” plan priced at Rs 499 per month....
The study comprised 54.96 lakh devices and 2,030 crore measurements, said Opensignal. BSNL, which has improved its network latency by 18%, still lagged behind competitors with about 94-millisecond latency, according to the study. The study found Bharti Airtel to be the fastest mobile network with an average download speed of 8.7 megabit per second (Mbps), followed by Reliance Jio with 6.3Mbps, Vodafone 5.9Mbps and Idea 5.4Mbps. Opensignal rated Vodafone and Idea as separate companies because they are yet to synergise their operations completely....
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) partnered with the City Online Media Private Limited to offer IPTV (internet protocol television) services to fibre broadband customers. The services would be provided under the Ulka TV brand owned by City Online Media. BSNL Andhra Pradesh (AP) circle customers will soon be getting access to 1000+ TV channels along with their broadband connection. Customers won’t need separate connections for TV and broadband anymore. BSNL Board Director Vivek Banzal launched the service in Vijayawada on Friday....
350 BSNL 4G Towers Installed in AP Circle The Chief General Manager of BSNL for AP region, AP Rao, launched the BSNL 4G services today along with other officials in Vijayawada. Rao also expressed delight over BSNL’s current growth, highlighting that the telco has amassed 3.33 lakh new customers this year by July 29. The official also noted that currently, BSNL is facilitating traffic of 122.6TB per day. In the AP circle only, Rao remarked that BSNL would be spending Rs 200 crore for modernisation and expansion of mobile services in the current financial year....
