17 Facts About BSNL

BSNL provides both fixed line telephones and mobile telephony services on GSM platform.

BSNL Mobile is a major provider of GSM network under brand name CellOne and BSNL all over India.

BSNL Mobile offers prepaid, postpaid services and value-added services such as Free Phone Service, India Telephone Card, Account Card Calling, Virtual Private Network, Tele-voting, Premium Rate Service .

BSNL is the fourth largest ISP in India, with having presence throughout the country.

BSNL Broadband provides telecom services to enterprise customers including MPLS, P2P and Internet leased lines.

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BSNL provides Internet access services through dial-up connections as prepaid, NetOne as postpaid, and DataOne as BSNL Broadband.

BSNL said that, its huge optic fiber network provides fixed access to deliver high-speed Internet up to 300 Mbps.

BSNL started 4G service in some parts of India since January 2019 such as Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, but is limited to a few cities or towns.

However, BSNL is trying to launch pan India 4G services upto September 2022.

BSNL added that the 4G and 5G network of the state-owned BSNL would be a completely home-grown indigenous 4G and 5G network technology; thus, emphasising more on Govt.

On 16 August 2018, BSNL has launched "BSNL Wings Services" in 22 telecom circles in which, there is no need of SIM card or cable wiring as is a VoIP service through an app.

Horizontally, BSNL is divided into a number of administrative units, variously known as: telecom circles, metro districts, project circles and specialized units.

Organisational structure of BSNL is as follows: Chief General Manager being the head of the Circle who is the officer of HAG+ level, assisted by three or four Principal General Manager who is the officer of grade HAG.

On 24 October 2019, the Government of India has announced revival package for BSNL and has given its nod for in-principal merger for MTNL and BSNL.

On 27 July 2022, the Government of India announced another revival package for the state-owned BSNL, for providing 4G and 5G services making the PSU more viable and vibrant and turning it into a profit making organisation; under this policy decision the government merged BBNL with BSNL.

In July 2017, BSNL had suffered a cyber attack which affected south India, especially Karnataka, when a malware affected the telco's broadband network using modems with default passwords.

Later BSNL issued an advisory notice to its broadband customers, urging them to change their default router username and passwords.