Articles tagged under: BSNL

Gujarat’s telecom subscriber base reaches 6.63 Crore; Jio and BSNL only gainers

July 04, 2023
Gujarat’s telecom subscriber base reaches 6.63 Crore; Jio and BSNL only gainers

Gandhinagar: According to the most recent telecom subscription report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Gujarat witnessed a net increase of approximately 83,245 telecom subscribers in April this year. The net subscriber base in Gujarat rose to 6.63 crore compared to 6.62 crore in March. This is in contrast to the national trend, where the number of telecom subscribers declined by 7.9 lakh to reach 114.31 crore in April. The growth in Gujarat's subscriber base was primari...Read More

Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL to become largest fixed-line service provider in August

October 19, 2022
Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL to become largest fixed-line service provider in August

Mumbai: Private telecom operator Reliance Jio toppled state-run BSNL in August to become the largest fixed-line service provider in the country, according to a Trai report released on Tuesday. This is the first time since the beginning of telecom services in the country that a private operator has gained the numero uno position in the wireline segment. According to Trai's subscriber report for August, Jio's wireline subscriber base reached 73.52 lakh while that of BSNL was at 71.32 lakh. BSNL...Read More

Jio becomes the largest landline provider in Gujarat

June 30, 2022
Jio becomes the largest landline provider in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: In the span of less than three years, Reliance Jio became the largest landline provider in Gujarat. Since the commercial launch of JioFiber on September 05 2019, Jio has reached over 40 cities, towns and villages of Gujarat with over 4 lakh subscribers. As per Trai’s latest subscription report, ending on April 30, 2022, the number of fiber to the home (ftth) users of Jio in Gujarat crossed the mark of 4 lakh subscribers for the first time. At the same time, the operator becomes t...Read More

BSNL connectivity issues; Passport Seva Kendra services disrupted in Porbandar

June 08, 2022
BSNL connectivity issues; Passport Seva Kendra services disrupted in Porbandar

Porbandar: The passport related services are on halt at Passport Seva Kendra at head post-office in Porbandar due to fault in modem since 12th May. The officials on duty informed that the service will be resumed within 2 to 3 days after arrival of a new modem. The Passport Seva Kendra at Porbandar head post office provides service of issuing new passports and passport renewal. Average over 40 people visit it daily. A team of BSNL arrived after an official informed them about the issue. They ...Read More

Reliance Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line broadband provider

January 19, 2022
Reliance Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line broadband provider

New Delhi: In about two years of commercial roll out of its fixed-line broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20 -year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as top service provider in the segment. According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday, Jio now leads the fixed-line broadband segment with 4.34 million customers. The segment had been dominated by the state-run telecom since its inception about 20 years ago. Reliance Jio fixed-li...Read More

Jio, BSNL June quarter revenue grows in Gujarat

August 27, 2021
Jio, BSNL June quarter revenue grows in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Jio, which has been the largest telecom operator in Gujarat, had continued to remain revenue market share leader in quarter ending on June 30, 2021. Compared with previous quarter Jio’s revenue in state increased by 7% or Rs80 crore from Rs1,045.55 crore in the quarter ending on March 31, 2021 to Rs1,125.73 crore in the quarter ending on June 30, 2021. The telecom regulatory, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released financial reports of the industry for the quarter e...Read More

રોનક જળવાઇ નહીં

January 17, 2021
રોનક જળવાઇ નહીં

અંદર બહાર ગુજરાત જપન પાઠક ગુજરાત સમાચારમાં પત્રકાર તરીકે કામ કરવા દરમિયાન મેં જે કેટલીક બીટ સંભાળી હતી તેમાં ટેલિફોન એક હતી. બીએસએસનએલનો એ સ્વર્ણકાળ હતો. તેની ઓફિસો ધમધમતી અને બિલ્ડીં�...Read More

Jio, BSNL added mobile numbers in second month of lockdown in Gujarat

August 27, 2020
Jio, BSNL added mobile numbers in second month of lockdown in Gujarat

Gandhinagar:The lockdown due to Covid19 pandemic continued till end of May 2020 and by then, the telecom industry witnessed loss of 6.38 lakh mobile numbers in Gujarat. The telecom regulatory, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) released mobile subscription numbers for May 2020 on Wednesday. The report says that only Jio and BSNL posted positive growth and added 1.27 lakh and 1,547 mobile numbers respectively in Gujarat during the month. During lockdown, it was realized that apar...Read More

Cabinet increases MSP; approves merger of MTNL, BSNL in principle

October 23, 2019
Cabinet increases MSP; approves merger of MTNL, BSNL in principle

New Delhi: In a move to increase farmers' income, the Cabinet on Wednesday decided to hike MSP for Rabi crops for Marketing Season 2020-21. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also approved revival plan of state owned telecom bodies Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and in-principle merger of the two. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said spectrum of 4G will be allocated to th...Read More

ACB nabs BSNL Engineer in South Gujarat taking bribe of Rs 70000/-

August 23, 2019
ACB nabs BSNL Engineer in South Gujarat taking bribe of Rs 70000/-

Valsad: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat Police today nabbed red handed a sub divisional engineer of BSNL posted in BIlimora town of Navsari district of Southern part of the western state taking a bribe of Rs 70 thousand from a contractor of local municipality. Assistant Director of the ACB D P Chudasama said that SDE Suresh N Patel (59) was nabbed near a bus stand close to Dharampur crossing in Valsad city. He had demanded the bribe from a contractor who ha...Read More