BSNL Gets Lakhs of New Subscribers in 6 Months, Private Telecom Companies in trouble

Government telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has acquired lakhs of new subscribers in the first half of the current financial year. During April to September, a large number of subscribers of big private telecom companies like Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have decreased. BSNL is getting the benefit of affordable tariff plan.

a media Report Quoting data from telecom regulator TRAI, it has been told that the number of Airtel subscribers was about 38.65 crore in April, which decreased to about 38.49 crore in September. Reliance Jio had 47.24 crore subscribers in April but this number fell to about 46.37 crore in September. Apart from this, Vodafone-Idea had about 21.9 crore subscribers in April, which decreased to 21.24 crore in September.

During this period, the number of BSNL subscribers has increased from 8.68 crore to approximately 9.18 crore. Data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) shows that the number of subscribers of private telecom companies started declining from June and the subscribers of BSNL started increasing from the same month. This is indicating that many subscribers of private telecom companies have shifted to BSNL. BSNL is getting the benefit of affordable tariff plans and better connectivity in rural areas.

Recently BSNL launched the service of Wi-Fi roaming across the country for its Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) subscribers. With this, the company’s FTTH subscribers will be able to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots across the country. With this service, the company’s subscribers will be able to get internet connectivity even while traveling and their data costs will reduce. With this, they will be able to access BSNL Wi-Fi hotspots without any extra charge. The company aims to launch one lakh 4G sites by the end of the current financial year. Earlier, BSNL had informed about launching the first fiber based intranet service. This TV service has been started in selected areas of the country. Last month, the company introduced this service called IFTV with a new logo and six new features.