Lok Sabha Question No. 4324 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: New Schemes for BSNL Subscribers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4324 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     MARCH, 2018

## NEW SCHEMES FOR BSNL SUBSCRIBERS

4324. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  launch  any  new  scheme  for  BSNL subscribers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any new steps to improve BSNL services in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  is  offering  various  tariff  schemes  to  its Global  System  for  Mobile  communication  (GSM)/Landline  /Broadband  subscribers depending on the competitive and affordable rates. BSNL is continuously formulating tariff plans based on number of factors viz. prevailing market trends, competitor's tariff, commercial  viability,  cost  of  operation  etc.  BSNL  on  the  basis  of  these  factors continuously revises its tariff plans for the benefit of the customers.

Currently BSNL proposes to introduce Family Broadband plan 'BBG Combo ULD 1199  Family'  @  Rs.  1199/-  per  month,  bundled  with  three  mobile  connections  with following additional facility:

-  Unlimited Broadband with initial speed of 'Up to 10 Mbps'.
-  Unlimited free calling from Landline to any network within India
-  Unlimited free calling from all 3 SIMs (Subscriber Identification Modules) to any network within India.
-  Unlimited data browsing/downloading from all 3 SIMs.
-  Online TV on Mobile.
-  Online education subscription for one month.

Similarly, in Landline category, BSNL proposes to introduce Landline plan @ Rs. 99/- with a facility of unlimited calling to BSNL network within India.

(b) to (d) BSNL  has  taken  the  following  initiatives  to  improve  its  services  in  the country:

1.  In ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) Broadband, for increasing traffic carrying  capacity,  augmentation  of  Broadband  Network  equipments  is  being done  from  time  to  time.  For  providing  better  browsing  speed  to  customers, BSNL has done peering and caching with various content providers in  BSNL Network. BSNL is also taking steps for Rehabilitation of Outdoor network.
2.  For  augmentation  of  GSM  (Global  System  for  Mobile  communication)  radio Capacity  and  coverage  area,  Phase-VIII.4  mobile  expansion  project  is  under rollout. The project presently envisages to provide 20035- 2G BTS; 22517-3G Node Bs and 10000-4G E-Node Bs in its LSAs.
3.  To  improve  quality  of  wireline  telephone  network  BSNL  has  planned  for replacement/ migration of Legacy Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) TDM  (Time  Division  Multiplexing) based  switches  to IMS  (IP-Multimedia Subsystem)  based  NGN  (Next  Generation  Network)  class  5  network  which support different kinds of services i.e. voice, video and data.

With migration to NGN, customer will get enhanced facilities on wire line with providing Enhanced Value Added Services like Personalized Ring Back Tone, Broadband VAS, Multi Media Video Conferencing and IP Centrex etc.

Core  equipment  of  1  Million  and  3  Million  capacity  for  Phase-I  &  Phase-II respectively has been installed and commissioned. Access equipment of 1 Mn against Phase-I has been installed and commissioned. Access equipment of 3 Million against Phase-II is under implementation.

CDOT MAX NG core has been supplied at two core locations i.e. Gurgaon and Cuttack under Phase-I. Phase-II PO (Purchase Order) for core equipment of CDOT MAX NG at 6 sites placed on M/s C-DOT. Core equipments have been received  and  integrated  by  BSNL.  Acceptance  Testing  of  core  sites  is  under progress.

Tender for access equipment of C-DOT MAX NG has been floated by BSNL for up gradation of CDOT-MAX Switches to CDOT-MAX NG. PO has been issued to L1 & L2 bidders. Supply of access equipment completed.

A  Tender  for  2.4  Million  NGN  core,  5  Million  POTS  (Plain  Old  Telephone System) and 2 Million ADSL2+ports has been finalized and is being implemented by BSNL.

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