BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

Type	Public sector undertaking
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1 October 2000 (2000-10-01)
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Key people	Anupam Shrivastava (Chairman & MD)
Services	Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services, digital television, IPTV
Revenue	₹32,918 crore (US$4.9 billion) (2016)
Operating income	3855 crore in 2016
Net income	₹-70.19 billion (US$−1.0 billion) (2014)
Total assets	₹893 billion (US$13 billion) (2014)
Owner	Government of India
Members	93.29 million (June 2015)
Number of employees	216,925 (2015)
Website	www.bsnl.in

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (abbreviated BSNL) is an Indian state-owned telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi. It was incorporated on 15 September 2000 and took over the business of providing of telecom services and network management from the erstwhile Central Government Departments of Telecom Services (DTS) and Telecom Operations (DTO), with effect from 1 JJ 2000 on a going concern basis. It is the largest provider of fixed telephony and broadband services with more than 60% market share and Fifth largest mobile telephony provider in India. However, in recent years the company's revenues and market share have plummeted into heavy losses due to intense competition in the Indian telecommunications sector. BSNL is India's oldest communication service provider and had a customer base of 93.29 million as of June 2015. It has footprints throughout India except for Mumbai and New Delhi, which are managed by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL).

Bsnl Mobile is major provider of GSM cellular mobile services under the brand name Cellone. BSNL provides complete telecom services solution to enterprise customers including MPLS, P2P and Internet leased lines. It provides fixedline services and landline using CDMA technology and its extensive optical fiber network. BSNL provides Internet access services through dial-up connection as prepaid, NetOne as Postpaid and DataOne as BSNL Broadband.

BSNL offers value-added services, such as Free Phone Service (FPH), India Telephone Card (Prepaid card), Account Card Calling (ACC), Virtual Private Network (VPN), Tele-voting, Premium Rate Service (PRM), Universal Access Number (UAN). BSNL also offers the IPTV which enables customers to watch television through internet and Voice and Video Over Internet Protocol (VVoIP). In 2007, BSNL announced plans for providing 5 million broadband connectivity and secured 80% of the INR 25 billion rural telephony project of Government of India. On 20 March 2009, BSNL launched blackberry services across India. BSNL paid Rs. 101.87 billion for 3G spectrum in 2010. As of 2011^[update], BSNL offers coverage in over 800 cities across India. BSNL launched in 2012 a 3G wireless pocket router named Winknet Mf50. BSNL 3G provides HSPA+ service with highest speed of 21.1 Mbit/s downlink and 5.76 Mbit/s uplink.