A Reporter
Shillong: As per TRAI’s report on drive tests released recently, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has met Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in all 5 parameters in both 2G and 3G in three cities, which is best amongst its competitors. The performance of BSNL has been continuously improving as can be seen from the statistics of drive test done by TRAI during 2017-10 and current financial year.
In 2017-18, TRAI conducted a drive test in 46 cities and BSNL met the benchmark in all parameters in 22 cities which were similar to few other operators. However, during the current financial year, BSNL has emerged as the best performing operator by meeting all 5 KPIs benchmark in as many as 25 cities out of 49, where drive tests (around 20,000KM) were conducted by TRAI, which is best amongst all other operators.
Subscribers have welcomed the improvement in network performance and attractive plans offered by porting to BSNL. BSNL is one of the two operators to show net addition of 5.56 lakh subscribers during December 2018 as per latest TRAI report.
Free voice calling, free national and international roaming: BSNL has announced to offer free voice calling within India for existing BSNL landline, landline broadband and mobile customers. This offer is available on Wings service of BSNL.
Wings is a combination of voice over IP (VOIP) and landline service of BSNL. Under this service, a customer can make or receive calls using a BSNL Wings App on the mobile handset. Under this service, there are no charges for national roaming. All incoming calls from India are free even while roaming internationally. When outside India, calling from Wings to India will cost only Rs. 1.25 per minute.
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