• Free local and national calls with a maximum of 250 minutes daily.
• If subscribers recharge their number before 30th November 2019, they will get this extra validity period of two months.
• It has also extended the validity of its Marutham plan of Rs. 1188/-.

BSNL is now offering two months extra validity on its yearly prepaid plan of Rs.1699/-. Before this plan offered benefits for 365 days but now the benefits extended to 425 days. However, subscribers can enjoy this extra facility only if they recharge their number before November 30, 2019.

The Benefits Given By BSNL:

• Free local and national calls daily for 250 minutes.
• 100 SMS
• 2 GB data daily.

The good news is that subscribers will get an extra 1 GB in November and December as an additional benefit.

The Marutham plan was previously valid up to October 23rd. now, this is extended by 90 days, which means, it is now available till January 21, 2020. There is also an additional benefit of 5 GB which can be availed in this entire 345 days of validity.

The most unique step of BSNL is that it has announced credit of 6 paise for every five minutes of voice call by its subscribers.

Also: Reactivate Your Deactivated BSNL Number 

This Cashback Benefit Applies To

• Broadband
• BSNL’s (Prepaid)
• FTTH customers

This benefit of BSNL’s is just the opposite of Jio’s. They are charging their user 6 paise per minute for an outgoing call from Jio to any other network.

For the people of Mumbai and Delhi, BSNL has announced free calls to its MTNL users. MTNL is the telco operating in Delhi and Mumbai circles, owned by the respective states. The three plans of MTNL are Rs.429/-, Rs. 485/- and Rs. 665/-.

• Rs. 429/- plan – it offers free call voice calling benefits on all networks with a benefit of 1GB data per day for a validity period of 81 days.
• Rs. 485/- plan – it offers free calls and 1.5 GB data per day for a validity period of 90 days.
• Rs. 665/- plan – it offers the same plan as that of Rs. 485/- but the validity period is 122 days.

Also Read: Check BSNL 2G/3G/4G Data Balance And Validity

Meanwhile to meet the customer’s expectation BSNL will enable 4G services since as a telecom carrier it had not provided any high-speed data service. Although 70,000 employees have opted for a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), yet as a revival strategy BSNL is expected to launch 4G services within 6 months by spending almost Rs. 12,000 crore on a next-generation network. The BSNL will be upgrading the existing equipment and locations will be selected for the service available as soon as possible. The telco has to undergo a tendering process.

BSNL revival strategies will help it to overcome the cash crunch and meet the expenses within the next 2 to 3 months. The government is giving BSNL a helping hand to overcome the existing challenges. Up to now, 14 high-value land parcels have been identified, worth Rs.8,000 crore which will be monetized by phased approach.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is an Indian state-owned telecommunications company. It’s headquartered is in New Delhi. From October 2000 it started its journey of providing telecom services and network management. It took over the services from the Central Government Department of Telecom Services (DTS). It is the largest provider of fixed telephony with as much as 49% share. It is also the 4th largest mobile telephony provider in India, it is also the oldest. Its history can be traced back o the British period when the first telegraph line was put up between Diamond Harbour and Calcutta. Though after the installation of the telegraph lines across India, the first telegraph was sent from Mumbai to Pune.

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The Services Rendered By BSNL Are:

• Fixed-line phone
• Mobile phone
• Broadband
• Internet television
• IPTV

The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) is a state-owned telecommunications service provider in the cities of Mumbai and New Delhi. India. It is also a service provider in Mauritius of Africa. It had a monopoly in Mumbai and New Delhi until 1992 in India, the areas of service are Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane. As of January 2019, MTNL has 6.71million subscribers.

The first country in Orange’s portfolio to launch next-generation mobile network services in Romania. Romanian cities of Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi, are the main cities where  Orange launched 5G services with other cities to follow in the coming months.

In the beginning, the Orange 5G network will offer an average speed of 600Mbps with top speeds of around 1.2Gbps. As it acquires more spectrum and densifies its network, Orange has promised to increase the speed. An interesting element introduced is the number sharing eSIM feature. With a single bill, several devices can be connected simultaneously. At present this is only between a smartphone and a wearable device but other products like cars and PCs managing the connectivity bill with a single number will become challenging.

Ramon Fernandez, CEO Delegate of Orange in charge of Finance, Performance, and Europe said that he was very happy that, being one of the most dynamic telecoms markets in Europe, Romania is the first country within the global footprint to have achieved this important milestone. He also added that Orange Romania was important for them, both in terms of investments and driving innovation. They have invested more than 3.5 billion euros since they entered the market. Today’s 5G launch, along with innovations like eSIM and Number Sharing, will serve as key use cases for further development. This will enhance the Group’s ambitions to deliver an unmatched experience to the customers as Orange begins their migration towards the next generation of networks.

The network will offer internet download speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps and an average download speed of 600 Mbps. It will also deliver a complete package of premium services. The gadgets have been devised and designed to enhance the 5G experience for customers including unlimited internet over 9 GB mobile roaming within the EU, unlimited voice calls and SMS facilities both nationally and in roaming.

Orange Romania has significantly involved itself in Europe ‘s Horizon 2020 research and development projects: MATILDA, Slice Net, 5G-EVE and 5G-VICTORI. It is also contributing to the standardization and development of 5G technology. Other than Romania, Ericsson and Orange Polska launched a 5G test network in Warsaw, Poland which includes nine sites in the Warsaw district of Ochota and Powisle.

In August 2019 the telecom had announced that its operation in France is in the “pre-commercial phase”, and the Orange is gradually introducing 5G on existing 4G sites throughout the country.

In July 2019 Romania’s first 5G commercial service was launched by pay-tv and DIGI, a fixed internet provider, in several parts of Bucharest. DIGI introduced Ericsson ‘s 3GPP standards-based 5G New Radio (NR) hardware and software on top of its 4G network. This has allowed the customers to connect to both 4G and 5G simultaneously and get the best possible experience even in a very crowded locality.

There are over 62 million 4G Orange customers across the world and will be looking ahead to key 5G launches in its home market of France, as well as Belgium and Spain, in 2020.

Shanghai – on Thursday, state media officially reported that China has started researching sixth-generation telecoms technology aiming to promote 6G.

In a “kick-off” meeting, this week the Chinese government ministries and research institutes met. A national 6G technology research and development group was established. This was reported by the Science and Technology Daily, published by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. Vice-minister Wang Xi of Ministry of Science and Technology has said that 6G is still in the foetus stage the country must attach a lot of importance to the 6G technology. It also said that two working group will be set up to carry out the task. One group will consist of a suitable Government department responsible for the research and development of how 6G will be carried out. The other team will consist of 37 universities, research institutes and enterprises that will look to the technical side of the 6G and offer advice.

It is very clear that 5G is still in its infancy as most people around the world are still on the 4G network.

In recent months, a key conflict point between the United States and China is the technologies related to ultra-fast mobile services.

There is already a rat race among countries to roll out 5G next-generation wireless network. This can provide a data speed which is 20 times faster than 4G. it promises to support new technologies such as self-driven cars and much other augmented reality. While there is a lot of excitement surrounding 5G, it is still uncleared what kind of impact 5G will have on industries and consumers other than fast faster download speed.

Meanwhile, 6G is still a long way to go. Although Vice-minister Wang Xi of the Ministry of Science and Technology said that 6G is in the initial stage the technical route is not clear and key indicators and application scenario has not been decided and define.

In April 2019, Reuter published a report in which it stated that South Korean officials have declared a victory over the United States and China. The reason for this is that South Korea declared its country to be the site of the world’s first commercial launch of a 5G telecoms network.

South Korea made its assertion on the basis that the new network will be connected to an actual 5G phone. However, United States carriers refused to accept South Korea’s claim to be the first country to do so. China’s Huawei Technologies is also not behind. Being the world’s largest telecom equipment vendor, it is involved in building many of these networks.

The United State government has blacklisted Huawei in May 2019, fearing that Huawei’s equipment’s can be used by China for spying. The company used to buy American made parts. The United States government had further led a campaign and had convinced its allies to stop Huawei from their 5G networks, though it did not agree to do so many times.

Still, China is pushing on very stubbornly with 6G as it understands that technology is of great importance in the future.

In February, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that he wanted 6G technology in his country as soon as possible. He urges the U.S. firms to surge forward with their effort or get left behind.

The move to kick start research work on 6G came up within a few days of rolling out 5G mobile phone services to the country.

Originally China had plans to launch the super fast mobile internet services with in the first few months next year. However, after the conflicts with the United States, they have geared up their research work and are all set to launch it at the end of this year.

Vice-minister Wang Xi of Ministry of Science and Technology has said that in the current critical period of national development, the nation must attach great importance of the 6G development, coordinate its planning, efficiently promote it and be ready for more innovation in this area.

Orange has rightly chosen Bucharest in Romania as its launching helipad of 5G as it is a fast-evolving market of the world. Romania is also a treasure trove of valuable assets. With 115 MHz in the 3.4 – 3.6 GHz band the talked of the latest generation service has got a good motherland. The Orange 5G allows its clients to download data from the internet to compatible mobile at speed of up to 1.2 Gbps.

In what manner the 5G service will be launched in other European countries is still a mystery. Deputy CEO Ramon Fernandez remarked that the availability of the spectrum and the success of auctions will be the deciding factors for its launch in other countries. It will be almost the end of the year before anything will be announced.

Surprisingly, Orange has chosen Romania as its first country to launch 5G because it is a country that seldom attracts any headlines. However, the talk of the town is that Orange has tied up with Samsung as its exclusive partner.

Orange and Samsung have formed a symbiotic relationship. Samsung gadgets can only be sold by Orange and Orange 5G can only be run through Samsung. It is very surprising to see that the two companies have limited their potential in each other. On the other hand, one also understands that Orange in a market leader of 4G (about 40%) and Samsung is the device market leader (between 50 – 55%). Hence both of them will be ultimate gainers.

Deputy CEO Mari-Noelle Jego-Laveissiere On 5G (Video Source: Ion Vaciu)

The focus on Fixed Wireless Access(FWA) is the second interesting point. Orange is bold enough about its convergence ambitions. If it would have been any other country it would have been very natural but choosing Romania is interesting as it has no fixed asset. Orange has made a wholesale agreement with Telecom Romania which is not a very ideal situation.

Most other competitors are offering fiber service. Hence the 5G, FWA has a superior market. If Orange can deliver the high speed that it is promising, this will be in great demand by the consumers who are obsessed with high speed working of a gadget.

The final twist to the story goes against the telco. It is a very well known fact that the speed of the 4G network (60-90 Mbps) is very high. Even the most demanding customers could not make use of it, so by delivering a higher speed than the already high speeded 4G will there be enough buyers. It is uncertain as to the number of customers who would be liking to use that attractive and power puffed 1.2 Gbps download tariff is speed.

The attractive initial tariff is €25 for unlimited data. Orange TV, Deezer, and number sharing eSIM features across multiple devices have such an effective 4G network in Romania that it will become difficult for the 5G to gain spontaneous and widespread entry.

Another interesting element to be introduced very soon is the number sharing eSIM feature. It will be introduced across all data tariffs very soon. With a single bill, several devices can be connected simultaneously. At present this might be only between a smartphone and a wearable device but other products like cars and PCs managing the connectivity bill with a single number will become challenging.

Although many new features are being promised by Orange Romania, it is very interesting to count the number of new 5G consumers. 4G consumers are predominant here. One will wait and watch the changing scenario of the switching over to 5G from 4G because much is being promised about the speed up-gradation and new services to the consumers.

Deputy CEO Mari-Noelle Jego-Laveissiere commented that the purpose of 5G today is to show how the user experience can be enhanced. New services and new features in both the entertainment world and that of communication will be introduced. These promises make one understand that this was a glamorous launch of 5G.

Vodafone and Idea are bringing back their old Rs 20 plan for all the prepaid users out there who love to talk to their friends and other family members on voice calls. This new Rs 20 plan would be coming with a 28 days validity. Vodafone idea is reducing the price of the minimum recharge plan as a simple mean to avoid all the Vodafone subscribers jumping from one shop to the other service providers who provide it at a cheaper rate. This recent news is back almost after a year the operators started leaving their charges on incoming call and an SMS that are not recharged regularly.

The latest change in Vodafone Idea minimum recharge plan means that all the users will have to recharge for Rs 20 instead of Rs 35 to avoid deactivation of their sim card for all types of calls including incoming and outgoing. But there is a simple difference between the Rs 35 and the RS 20 recharge plans.  The Rs 35 pack used in Vodafone Idea had a validity of 30 days whereas the Rs 20 plan has a validity of 28 days.

Also Read: Convert Postpaid To Prepaid In Vodafone 

All the Telecom operators operating in India are introducing new recharge plans almost every day so to keep up with the competition with their rivals. Following this trend, Vodafone is also doing the same. According to a recent report, Vodafone and Idea have decided to reintroduce their Rs 20 plan for all the users who have to talk over voice calls. To recollect a few years ago Vodafone had stopped the Rs 20 prepaid plan and instead had introduced a new Rs 24 and Rs 35 prepaid recharge plan for all the prepaid users. But to keep up with the competition Vodafone has reintroduced its earlier plan. This reintroduced version of the Rs 20 prepaid plan is slightly different from the earlier one. This new plan comes with an extended validity when compared to the old Rs 20 plan. This new Rs 20 prepaid plan would be coming with the validity of 28 days from the day of recharge. The re-introduction of the Rs 20 plan was first reported by the Telecom talk. it is also reported that this new Rs 20 Vodafone plan would currently be available only in selected areas and cities only.

Also Read: Postpaid To Prepaid Vodafone Balance Transfer

The Rs 20 plan is a simple Talktime plan only. This means that the Vodafone users who would be recharging or opting for this plan will not be able to access the internet or sent text from the balance. This Rs 20 Vodafone plan is a good option for all the users who want to extend their incoming call facility after their base plan or the monthly plan expires.

Some Other Plans

In addition to the Rs 20 prepaid plan, Vodafone is also offering rupees 10 rupees 50 and rupees hundred Talktime plans to all the prepaid Vodafone users. There are also some other plans. Under the Rs 10 plan, the user will be getting a Talktime of rupees 7.47 while the Rs 50 plan will award the user with a Talktime of rupees 39.37. in comparison to all the plans, the Rs 100 Talktime plan will be offering the full Talktime of rupees 100 to all the users. But you should also know that they are Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs 100 Talktime plans do not come with a validity unlike the reintroduced Rs 20 plan.

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As mentioned earlier, Rs 24 plan will also be there in the scene. This plan will be available for all the Vodafone as well as the Idea cellular users of India. You must know that the Rs 24 plan will not be bringing any Talktime, message or internet benefits to the user. This plan simply helps users who want to extend their account validity. The Rs 24 plan also comes with the validity of 28 days.