BSNL is a technology-oriented company and provides all types of telecom services namely telephone services on wireline, wireless local loop (WLL) and mobile, broadband, internet, leased circuits and long-distance telecom service. The company has been in the forefront of technology with 100 per cent digital technology switching network. BSNL’s nation-wide telecommunications network covers all district headquarters, sub-divisional headquarters, Tehsil headquarters and almost all the block headquarters.
As of April 2019, it had about 29.63-million-line basic telephone capacity, 1.39 million WLL capacity, 114.62 million GSM capacity, 31,611 fixed exchanges, 1,46,172 GSM BTSs, 95 Satellite Stations, 8,49,990 route kilometre (RKm) of OFC, 2,548 RKm of microwave network.
Company Website: http://www.bsnl.co.in/
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)- Connecting India Faster
| 2018 | Received approval from Department of Telecommunications to launch 4G services |
| 2013 | Telegram services discontinued |
| 2009 | Launched 3G services pan India |
| 2007 | Secured 80 per cent of Department of Telecom's rural mobile telephony towers to set up 8,000 telecommunication towers |
| 2000 | Incorporated on September 15, 2000 |
Updated: May, 2019