Last updated on January 16th, 2023 at 06:58 am
BSNL has taken again a 
bold step to boost its revenue and accordingly the management has decided to hike the fixed monthly charge (FMC) of its landline telephone services in rural area by 33.33%.
As per info, the FMC, which is presently Rs 90 per month, will become Rs 120 per month, and that increased FMC will come in effect from billing cycle starting from 1-April-2015.
On increasing the FMC, the free calls have also been increased from 90 to 120 and that too can be used on BSNL network only.
The market share of BSNL in mobile as well as landline segment is continuously declining and as per latest reports, the market share in wireline (landline) segment has declined from 84.26% as on 31-March-2014 to 81.18% as on 31-January-2015. i.e. BSNL has lost a total of 3.08% market share during last 10 months.
BSNL has hiked the FMC of its rural telephones when it has already lost 14,44,162 in last 10 months i.e. rural landline subscriber base of BSNL has decreased from 66,54,430 as was on 31-March-2014 to 52,10,268 as on 31-January-2015.
BSNL was at 4th position as an operator with total Market share of 13.55% as on 31 March-2014 which has now been slides to 10% as on 31-January-2015 thereby putting BSNL on 5th position.
As far as mobile segment is concerned, the market of BSNL, which was around 11.66% as on 31-March-2014 has now been declined to single digit number 8.42% as on 31-Janurary-2015. BSNL is still holding 5th position from last year.
When you receive your landline bill in rural area, don’t get surprised !
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Excellent comment. the rural telephone connections made bsnl a loss making psu. For one conection of land line we habve to spend 25000 rs as capital and rs 1500 as operating expenses. Because in rural areas the houses scattered.
P r subrahmanyam sde bsnl hyd
yes, the private companies are betraying the general public
NOW bsnl served very cheapest service in remote village areas 24 HOURS DC SUPPLY EXTENTED THE SUB- PREMISS TO ENSURE SERVICE , NOW A DAYS THIS IS VERY COSTLY OF COMMERCIAL POWER SUPPLY MANY EXANGES NOT TO EARN TO MEETOUT POWERSUPPLY COST BUT WE ARE GIVEING RS 120/ TALK TIME LANND TARIFF INCREASE IS A CORRECT DECESION
It is true, even in Metro cities like Chennai, you can not contact any private Telco’s person face to face but only through their agents or by SMS or e-mail or by phone calls. It is also true that after a number of repeated calls from you, they “screen” your calls & will never reply again! Perhaps this is not known to TRAI?
Respected Sir,
i think your working in indoor wing u don’t knoe the practical difficulties faced by rural field staff and customers financial problems to pay such a high monthly rent.
No, I have worked indoor as well as outdoor. Handled 12 RSUs along with Main xge ( MBM CDOT ) single handedly while working as JTO Indoor. Also handled those 12 xges while ordered to work as JTO outdoor.