BSNL Launches 3G Services in 12 Cities

December 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Wednesday announced the launch of its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in the Haryana in association with Smart Digivision. The company has launched services initially in three cities - Gurgaon, Faridabad and Ambala - and will later take it to the rest of the state.

February 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi Sunday inaugurated the third generation (3G) services of the state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), and said the subscribers of the telecom major would be able to make long distance calls for 50 paise per minute from next month under the proposed 'India-Golden 50' scheme.

May 19th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - IT solutions major Sai Infosystems India Tuesday launched voice-and-video facility on BSNL broadband service in the city. Launching the service, Sunil Kakkar, chairman and managing director of Sai Info, said video communication has a huge business potential to be tapped.

June 23rd, 2009 GANGTOK - Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Sachin Pilot has said that the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is to launch 3 G services in Gangtok by August 15. Announcing the extension of 3 G services to other three districts within 100 days, the Minister said, BSNL would increase its broadband strength to 30 GB PPS to improve services in Sikkim.

June 18th, 2009 It has been a quarter month since state-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) launched its third generation(3G) mobile service - first of its kind in India. Initially the services was rolled out across 12 cities across the country.

August 16th, 2007 So far so good. Despite all the negative perceptions about Tata Indicom, I found the connection more stable than BSNL Dataone.

August 12th, 2009 RAEBARELI - Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi inaugurated 3G mobile services of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Wednesday at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. After four major cities of the state including Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur and Varanasi it was a first small town where this high tech facility of mobile has been introduced.

September 25th, 2009 SHIMLA - Telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has launched cheap broadband connectivity to the internet in Himachal Pradesh for faster penetration of information technology in rural and remote areas, an official said here Saturday. "Under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), BSNL has launched broadband connectivity in rural and tribal areas of the hill state at a subsidised tariff," a BSNL spokesperson said.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's leading telecom player Bharti Airtel Monday launched a service that allows subscribers to watch television programmes using the company's Internet broadband facility in Delhi and the National Capital Region. Widely known as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), the service was launched about a month after the state-run telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam, announced the launch of its own IPTV service, also in Delhi and the NCR.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and software solutions provider HCL Infosystems Wednesday signed an agreement to work together on the National Broadband Penetration Programme (NBPP), a nationwide initiative to accelerate spread of information technology in rural India. In order to implement the project, BSNL will leverage the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) set up by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which has granted subsidy to the state-owned company for providing broadband services in rural areas at cheaper rates.

October 18th, 2007 I never thought that BSNL, the world's crappiest broadband service, can get any more crappier, but it did. BSNL DataOne is notorious for rapidly switching between up and down states, so fast that it will make your head dizzy.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is set to launch third generation (3G) mobile services in Gangtok by Aug 15, the government has said. Announcing this in Gangtok Monday, Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot said the 3G services would be extended to three more districts in the state within 100 days of its launch, a government statement said here.

October 8th, 2007 The single biggest difference between Tata Indicom Broadband & BSNL Dataone Broadband is the upload speed. With BSNL your upload speed is limited to 5-7 KBPS.

March 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - The state-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is setting up the 3G telecom infrastructure here to offer the service by June, a top official said Wednesday. 'We are in the process of installing the 600 base transmitting stations (BTS) for the 3G service.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday announced a long term partnership with Microsoft Corp to offer software solutions to its customers. The first product to be launched under the the BSNL Managed SaaS (Software as a Service) brand will be business mail services, the company said in a statement.