BSNL Mobile

This article is about the mobile network operations of BSNL. For the parent organization, see Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.

BSNL Mobile

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Formerly	CellOne
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	October 2000 (2000-10)
Headquarters	BSNL Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Area served	India
Key people	Pravin Kumar Purwar (Chairman & MD)
Services	Mobile telephony Landline Internet Services
Revenue	₹351,820 million (2010)
Net income	₹,390 million (2010)
Total assets	₹630,000 million (2010)
Number of employees	161,149 (June 2019)
Parent	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
Website	www.bsnl.co.in

BSNL Mobile (formerly CellOne) is an Indian mobile network operator, operated by the public enterprise BSNL. It provides both pre-paid and post-paid mobile services as well as many value added services. BSNL Mobile has a pan-India presence with presence in all the 22 telecom circles in India. BSNL Mobile provides all of India services with roaming access, including Delhi and Mumbai, and International roaming access to more than 300 networks across the world.

As of 31 may 2021, BSNL Mobile has a subscriber base of 117.66 million,making it 4th largest mobile telecommunications network in India and 20th largest mobile telecommunications network in the world.

History

The company's CellOne network (GSM/GPRS) was launched in late 2002 and has coverage in major cities and towns and more places are being covered. BSNL Mobile offers both GSM as well as CDMA prepaid and postpaid services. CellOne was renamed BSNL Mobile in 2007. It was the first company which made incoming roaming charges free across the country.

Operations

3G

On 27 February 2010, BSNL Mobile launched 3G services on Pan India. BSNL Mobile also has 3G Roaming services in Mumbai & Delhi for other circles subscribers through an agreement with MTNL, This gives BSNL Mobile a 3G presence in all 22 out of 22 circles in India.

4G

BSNL Mobile has started providing 4G services in some telecom circles of India. It has deployed LTE Band 1 in those telecom circles, by upgrading its existing 3G towers. As a part of a revamp package promised by the Indian Government, BSNL floated a tender in April 2020 for procuring tower related telecom equipment for LTE deployment in other bands. The ailing network provider hit another roadblock in deploying 4G towers. The Telecom Equipment Promotion Council (India) alleged that BSNL has floated the tender with stringent norms which would discourage the local vendors in the country. Meanwhile, there were no similar guidelines or directions given by any government agencies to any private players, arising a foul play suspicion. As of now, BSNL is expected to roll out 4G services using 60% of its existing towers which are capable of supporting LTE. Currently top management of BSNL are in talks with private network operators like Airtel India, Vodafone Idea for 4G ICRA to commence LTE services once the 4G procurement tender is passed successfully. After that its own 4G network will be available.

VoLTE

BSNL has launched VoLTE services in circles where it is providing its 4G services.

Spectrum frequency holding summary

BSNL owns spectrum in 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2500 MHz bands across the country.

Telecom circle coverage	CDMA2000 / FD-LTE 850MHz Band 5	G-GSM 900MHz Band 8	GSM / FD-LTE 1800MHz Band 3	UMTS / FD-LTE 2100MHz Band 1	TD-LTE 2500MHz Band 41A
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Gujarat
Karnataka
Maharashtra & Goa
Tamil Nadu
Haryana
Kerala
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh (East)
Uttar Pradesh (West)
West Bengal
Assam
Bihar & Jharkhand
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh
North East
Odisha