BSNL best hai mere liye?
The Title translates to “BSNL is best for me.”
In the world of telecommunication, came lots of network providers but some remained and some were consumed by their competitors and only one of them was in dark for a long time. But now is the time for the comeback of the Govt. Owned Network Provider BSNL?? Let’s discuss that.
Start of Mobile Communication Network in India.
As we all know the dawn of Mobile Communication started in India when the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Shri Jyoti Basu made a phone call from the Union Telecom Minister Sukhram at Sanchar Bhawan of New Delhi. It was a Nokia handset and the event was the inauguration of a joint venture between India’s B.K. Modi Group and Australia’s Telstra and along with that came Essar Communications as the very first Mobile Service provider in India.
Then comes the rise of BSNL on 1–10–2000. I still remember seeing Cellone sim cards as was the name of BSNL sim cards at that time.
Along with BSNL, many private Network Service Providers like Hutchison came to India giving good competition to BSNL and also introducing India to cute little pugs through their ads. Not only Hutchison, the introduction of Mobile Telecommunication and BSNL in India came many Indian companies like Bharati Airtel, Reliance Communications, Aircel, Idea, Tata Docomo, and many foreign companies like Vodafone, etc.
With the introduction of 3G, MTNL was the first govt. run company to adopt 3G, then followed BSNL, Airtel, Reliance, and others. But that was it for MTNL and BSNL.
Currently, MTNL is only to be found rarely in Landline business with a consolidated loss of Rs 653 Crore in the June 2022 quarter. Currently, there is news going on regarding the merger of BSNL and MTNL merger.
What happened to BSNL after 3G?
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As we all are aware of the 2G scam of BSNL after which it is said that the Government and the DoT(Department of Telecommunications) have started looking into the work and tenders of BSNL more closely and almost all the tenders run through the government first. The same happened for 3G.
Will we be able to see BSNL 4G?
According to the latest news, TCS has submitted a POC on homegrown 4G Technology and has also won the Tender for setting up 4G components and towers for BSNL. The present Telecom Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw got the approval of Rs 1.64 Lakh of Revival Package for BSNL. Even BSNL has been allotted 4G Spectrum in the 900/1800 MHz band administratively at the cost of Rs. 44, 993 crores through equity infusion. According to our current Minister of Telecommunication Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, we should be able to see BSNL 4G services at the start of 2023.
What about 5G?
Our current Telecom Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw has assured us that BSNL 5G services will be available by 2024. Apart from that, BSNL has also been given 10MHz of spectrum in the 600MHz band, 40MHz in the 3.5 GHz band, and 400MHz in the mm-wave band, for 5G purposes. According to my opinion mostly we will be able to see NSA 5G from BSNL.
Why bother to revive BSNL?
Many people now have a question in mind we are already having 2 Indian telecom companies providing so much good connectivity but still why is the government providing a revival package to BSNL to bring 4G and 5G? To understand this we need to first understand the contribution of BSNL in the Telecom industry in India. With the starting of 3G, BSNL was successful to provide mobile networks to extremely remote places in India which even the private players were not able to reach. BSNL tariffs have always been reasonable and affordable. With the long network of 3G connectivity setup and the vast network of Broadband connections, BSNL was able to earn its Tag line in ads, “BSNL connecting India”.
It is true that due to some recent events BSNL was not able to develop itself in the area of telecommunication advancements with 4G but we also need to keep in mind that during the crucial and critical moments in India, BSNL was the only network service provider who has the power to make communications even in the most remote areas and critical war zone kind of areas.
Even during the recent Live telecast of the Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra, BSNL had the sole responsibility of telecasting the Rath Yatra all over India without any noise in the network or any issues which I can surely say was a Wonderful job done by BSNL. Again, being a government-run telecommunication provider, BSNL can provide emergency services easily and with the touch of 4G and 5G, it will be easier.
These are some of the crucial reasons why I think BSNL should come back with 4G and 5G services in India.
Let me know what you think of why BSNL should come back in the comments section.
That’s all, for now, see you in my next blog!!
