The State-run telecom operator BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has revised the Rs 187 prepaid plan. The telecom’s Kerala circle handle took to Twitter to reveal the new rate card for its prepaid plans. As per the same, it is clear that the Rs 187 prepaid plan has been revised by the telco. This plan offers unlimited calling benefits alongside other plans priced at Rs 147, Rs 247, Rs 447 and more....

Reintroduction of Prepaid Voucher Rs 96 It is worth noting that the prepaid voucher of Rs 96 is known as the Vasantham Gold plan or simply the PV96. Now in this piece of new information, BSNL has announced that it is reintroducing the PV96 for a promotional period of 90 days. The telecom operator has also noted that this plan will go into effect on October 5, 2019. Now there comes the question of what the BSNL prepaid voucher of Rs 96 ships for the subscribers, so here it is....

State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reduced the validity of Vasantham Gold PV 96 Plan which is active in Tamil Nadu Circle. Vasantham Gold PV 96 plan was earlier offering a validity of 90 days, but the telco has slashed the validity of the plan by 30 days, and the plan will be available for 60 days. BSNL announced the decision from the official twitter account of BSNL Chennai Circle....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) might soon add millions of new users into its subscriber base. The primary driver behind this would be the tariff hikes that the private telecom operators have implemented on their prepaid plans. After a 20% to 25% tariff hike on most of the popular prepaid plans in the market from all the operators, BSNL’s prepaid plans are cheaper by a long margin. However, BSNL doesn’t have a 4G network PAN-India as all the private operators do....

The government-owned telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the rollout of its 4G services across the country by September of next year and it has been informed in the parliament that the state-owned telco will see around Rs 900 crore revenue increment due to the same. Dismissing all the rumors, the Minister of State for Communications, Devusinh Chauhan, has said in a written reply to Lok Sabha that there is no ongoing plan to disinvest the two telcos BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)....

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) continues the revision spree by doubling the data benefit offered by Rs 109 prepaid recharge. Also known as Mithram Plus prepaid plan, the Rs 109 plan from BSNL is a validity extension recharge for the users looking to keep their BSNL prepaid number active. The plan was first introduced in December 2019; So far, it is offering 5GB of data and unlimited calling benefit with 20 days validity....

BSNL keeps on introducing new offers to lure its customers into purchasing them. One thing that BSNL hasn’t done until now is being able to offer 4G services across the country. This has impacted the revenues of the telco is a major negative way. But to compensate for it and keep motivating people to use their 3G network, BSNL offers cheap plans and with that interesting offers. One such offer has been announced by the telco....

The Asus Republic of Gamers (ROG) Phone 2 has recently received a new OTA update which comes with the latest Android Security Patch, some other improvements and bug fixes as well. One of the features rolled out with the update that a lot of BSNL lovers living in India will appreciate is the extended support of BSNL VoLTE in the ROG Phone 2. In the changelog of the update, it is clearly mentioned that the ROG Phone 2 will now be able to support BSNL VoLTE....

Reliance Jio has gone debt free courtesy of all the investments it got in the past few weeks. It has raised more than $20 billion recently. Amongst all of the investments, the only one which was in the radar of CCI was the Facebook one. Facebook was the first company which invested $5.7 billion in Jio Platforms Limited. Facebook hasn’t invested much in India for the last eight years or so and then this investment out of nowhere did surprise many....

In a new development, Chrome OS will be receiving a new adaptive charging feature which will help the users of Chromebook in extending the battery life of their devices. The new feature has been posted by the Chrome OS team as a part of its latest change announcements, however, it has not officially been confirmed by the company. To recall, an adaptive charging feature was also released for the users of Google Pixel smartphones....

In a separate reply, he said there was no such proposal under consideration for BSNL as well. “Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and M/s Deloitte were engaged to facilitate the preparation of the revival/ restructuring plan of BSNL and MTNL respectively. Pursuant to their recommendations and approval of respective Boards, a comprehensive revival plan for BSNL and MTNL is under preparation,” Prasad added, as reported by PTI. The loss-making telecom firms have approached the Department of Telecom for immediate help as they are facing financial stress, which has aggravated due to the tariff war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio....

Connect Broadband FTTH Packs Start at Just Rs 599: Benefits Detailed On the whole, Connect Broadband now has a six Fibre-to-the-Home broadband plans starting at just Rs 599. The base broadband plan from Connect Broadband comes with 50 Mbps speeds and 100GB FUP limit, post which speeds will come down to 10 Mbps. Sadly, Connect Broadband is providing speeds of up to 50 Mbps and the FUP limit is the only difference with all the broadband plans....

After the National Tariff Order of last year, there was a lot of migration from one DTH platform to another courtesy of price reduction or attractive offers which various platforms were providing. While the pay channels were beyond discount for most DTH providers, but the NCF was something that could be tweaked as per the liking of the consumers. As a result, some popular DTH providers started offering heavy discounts on this....

The Importance of the RoW Policy The Director-General at DIPA, Mr T R Dua in a statement said that the association is thankful to the Government of Gujarat for releasing the long-awaited Gujarat RoW policy. He stated that the telecom infrastructure industry has been playing a vital role in containing the impact of lockdown due to the COVID-19. Dua further added that the adoption of RoW Rules, in Nov’2016 and implementation thereof in a consistent manner in Gujarat will not only streamline hassle-free Right of Way processes but will also result in effective and faster readiness of Gujarat for contributing toward the connected Digital India roadmap....

Dish TV Reports an Increased Subscriber Base: What it Means? For many years, Dish TV India was the leading DTH operator in India and the acquisition of Videocon D2h increased the company’s lead at the top of the table. But Tata Sky managed to beat Dish TV at its own game with affordable offerings and excellent customer service. In the last quarter, Dish TV may have added just 42,000 new users, however, it’s not a bad number at all considering the current scenario of Indian broadcasting industry....

Dish TV, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in the country hasn’t been in the kind of place it used to be. In simple words, the company has been losing subscribers at a higher rate in the last few years. There was a time when Dish TV used to compete head to head with Tata Sky for gaining the largest market share. But now, Dish TV’s business has slowed down quite heavily....

State-run BSNL has submitted a bank guarantee of Rs 250 crore to the DoT after which the latter extended its Unified License (UL) for the next 20 years. The extension means BSNL will now be able to provide seamless services across the 20 circles where it has operations. Unified License is known as the allocation of the spectrum that is delinked from the licenses and has to be obtained separately as per the prescribed procedure....

Vodafone Idea Owes Rs 57,000 Crore to DoT Lenders addressed the DoT and noted that bank guarantees support approximately Rs 57,000 crore dues. If the guarantees are invoked, banks will pay the amount to the government on behalf of the company. However, Vodafone Idea marked that they will close down if the DoT invokes bank guarantees and no relief measures are provided on AGR dues. As per the reports of ET, Vodafone Idea has only paid Rs 3,500 crore to DoT, and its self-assessment of AGR dues stands at Rs 23,000 crore out of which principal amount stands at Rs 7,000 crore....

The country’s only financially ailing telecom company Vodafone Idea has found itself in a stifling situation owing to its extremely low tariffs and the dues which it owes to banks and the government. To add to its woes, Vodafone Idea has acquired spectrum in March for which payment remains to be paid. Vodafone Idea is also the only telecom operator which is loss-making in the country. The government’s position on this entire issue has been to favour the telecom industry in general and not just one telecom operator....

Viacom18 Slashes Price of Colors Channel to Rs 12 Per Month The first in the list of broadcasters cutting the channel prices is Viacom 18. The broadcaster is the hand behind channels like Colors and more. In the latest price cut which comes right before the festive season, Viacom18 has slashed the individual pricing of its Colors Kannada and the GEC Hindi channel, Colors down to Rs 12. To recall, previously both of these channels were priced at Rs 19 per month....