nigam limited type state owned enterprise industry telecommunications founded 1 october 2000 2000 10 01 headquarters new delhi india key people anupam shrivastava chairman & md services fixed line and mobile telephony internet services digital television iptv revenue 32 918 crore us 4.9 billion 2016 1 net income 70.19 billion us 1.0 billion 2014 1 total assets 893 billion us 13 billion 2014 1 owner government of india members 93.29 million 2 june 2015 number of employees 216 925 2015 website www.bsnl.in bsnl headquarters new delhi bharat sanchar nigam limited abbreviated bsnl is an indian state owned telecommunications company headquartered in new delhi . it was incorporated on 15 september 2000 and took over the business of providing of telecom services and network management from the erstwhile central government departments of telecom services dts and telecom operations dto with effect from 1 october 2000 on a going concern basis . it is the largest provider of fixed telephony and broadband services with more than 60 % market share and fifth largest mobile telephony provider in india . however in recent years the company s revenues and market share have plummeted into heavy losses due to intense competition in the indian telecommunications sector . 3 4 bsnl is india s oldest communication service provider and had a customer base of 93.29 million as of june 2015 . 2 it has footprints throughout india except for mumbai and new delhi which are managed by mahanagar telephone nigam mtnl . contents 1 services 2 administrative units 3 censorship 4 see also 5 references 6 external links services edit bsnl mobile is major provider of gsm cellular mobile services under the brand name cellone . bsnl provides complete telecom services solution to enterprise customers including mpls p2p and internet leased lines . it provides fixedline services and landline using cdma technology and its extensive optical fiber network . bsnl provides internet access services through dial up connection as prepaid netone as postpaid and dataone as bsnl broadband . 5 6 bsnl offers value added services such as free phone service fph india telephone card prepaid card account card calling acc virtual private network vpn tele voting premium rate service prm universal access number uan . 7 bsnl also offers the iptv which enables customers to watch television through internet and voice and video over internet protocol vvoip . 8 in 2007 bsnl announced plans for providing 5 million broadband connectivity and secured 80 % of the inr 25 billion rural telephony project of government of india . 9 on 20 march 2009 bsnl launched blackberry services across india . bsnl paid rs . 101.87 billion for 3g spectrum in 2010 . 10 as of 2011 update bsnl offers coverage in over 800 cities across india . 11 bsnl launched in 2012 a 3g wireless pocket router named winknet mf50 . 12 bsnl 3g provides hspa service with highest speed of 21.1 mbit s downlink and 5.76 mbit s uplink . bsnl announced the discontinuation of its telegram services from 15 july 2013 after 160 years in service . it was opened to the public in february 1855 ; it was upgraded to a web based messaging system in 2010 through 182 telegraph offices across india . 13 14 bharat sanchar nigam limited a public sector enterprise also provide fiber to the home plans which are generally known as ftth broadband service . it is the fastest broadband service which has been started by the bsnl . bsnl ftth service can provide the speed up to 100mbps to the internet users . 15 as per telecom regulatory authority of india report dated 19 feb 2016 bsnl has the 4th position in broadband market share . it has broadband market share of 14.54 % as on 31.12.2015 . in wireless segment it is on 6th position with 8.16 % of market share as on 31.12.2015 . 16 administrative units edit bsnl is divided into a number of administrative units termed as telecom circles metro districts project circles and specialized units . it has 24 telecom circles 2 metro districts 6 project circles 4 maintenance regions 5 telecom factories 3 training institutions and 4 specialised telecom units . 17 censorship edit see also internet censorship in india bsnl enforces censorship of online content as per orders of indian department of telecom . see also edit delhi portal companies portal bsnl broadband bsnl mobile telecommunications statistics in india references edit a b c balance sheet and profit & loss pdf . bsnl . retrieved 10 june 2014 . a b telecom subscription data june 2015 pdf . trai . retrieved 28 november 2015 . dot puts up roadblock in bsnl s ipo plans . profit.ndtv.com . 11 june 2012 . retrieved 28 june 2012 . special correspondent 31 july 2010 . bsnl reports first ever loss of rs . 1 823 crore . chennai india thehindu.com . retrieved 28 june 2012 . bsnl broadband netone bsnl champion trendy 531 phablet price specifications features . mobiles bug . retrieved 26 september 2013 . 9 comments . bsnl launches vvoip . techtree.com . retrieved 17 september 2012 . bsnl bags 80 % of rs 2 500 crore rural mobile telephony project . the hindu . chennai india . 28 march 2007 . pahwa nikhil 29 may 2010 . india s 3g auction ends ; operator and circle wise results . medianama . retrieved 3 september 2014 . bsnl 3g services now in 826 cities in india . 15 july 2011 . retrieved 29 august 2012 . bsnl releases 3g wireless pocket router . bsnl decides to discontinue 160 year old telegram service . the times of india . 12 jun 2013 . retrieved 13 june 2013 . joshi sandeep 12 june 2013 . dot dash full stop telegram service ends july 15 . chennai india the hindu . retrieved 13 june 2013 . gopal b. madhu 2012 03 01 . bsnl offers ftth for high speed broadband users . the hindu . issn 0971 751x . retrieved 2016 09 29 . internet service providers in india pdf . bsnl units . external links edit official website v t e central public sector companies of india air india balmer lawrie bharat electronics bharat heavy electricals limited bharat petroleum bharat sanchar nigam bhavini cement corporation of india coal india limited dredging corporation of india limited electronics corporation of india limited food corporation of india gail hindustan aeronautics limited hmt limited india trade promotion organisation indian oil corporation indian rare earths limited life insurance corporation of india mazagon dock limited mecon limited mahanagar telephone nigam limited ntpc limited nuclear power corporation of india oil and natural gas corporation power grid corporation of india praga tools limited rashtriya ispat nigam rural electrification corporation limited state bank of india steel authority of india uranium corporation of india v t e telecommunication companies of india mobile network operators aircel airtel cellone idea jio mtnl mts reliance t24 mobile tata docomo telenor vodafone defunct mobile operators loop mobile orange s tel spice telecom videocon virgin mobile internet service providers airtel broadband bbnl beam fiber bsnl gailtel hathway mtnl primenet railtel reliance jio sify spectranet spice communications tata teleservices tikona broadband dth operators abs free dish airtel digital tv dd free dish dish tv reliance digital tv sun direct tata sky videocon d2h zing digital v t e major indian companies economy of india list of companies of india automotive ashok leyland bajaj auto eicher motors hero motocorp hindustan motors mahindra & mahindra tafe tata motors tvs aerospace and defence bharat electronics drdo hal ordnance factories conglomerates aditya birla adani avantha bajaj bharti essar essel gmr godrej gvk hinduja itc jaypee jindal kirloskar jsw l & t lanco mahindra muthoot murugappa ramoji reliance adag reliance rpg sahara shapoorji pallonji sun tata tvs torrent ub videocon wadia civil aviation air india indigo jet airways consumer goods and retail britannia industries dabur flipkart future group godrej consumer hindustan unilever itc nirma reliance retail tata global beverages energy and natural resources bharat petroleum cairn india chennai petroleum coal india gail essar oil hindustan petroleum indian oil corporation l & t national aluminum nhpc nmdc nlc ntpc oil india ongc power finance power grid rinl reliance infrastructure recl sci sesa goa suzlon energy tata power finance andhra bank axis bank bank of baroda bank of india canara bank central bank of india hdfc bank icici bank idbi bank ing vysya bank jammu & kashmir bank kotak mahindra bank lic mudra bank muthoot finance ltd punjab national bank sbi tamilnad mercantile bank union bank of india yes bank healthcare pharmaceutical & biotech aurobindo pharma cadila healthcare cipla glenmark pharmaceuticals dr. reddy s idpl iil lupin sun pharmaceutical manufacturing and heavy industries acc ambuja apollo tyres bengal chemicals and pharmaceuticals bhushan bhel dlf gammon india havells hcc hindalco india cements jindal steel jsw mrf sail tata steel ultratech information technology hcl technologies infosys tata consultancy services tech mahindra wipro media sun group the times group living media telecommunications aircel airtel bsnl idea cellular micromax mobile mtnl reliance communications tata communications benchmark fy 2015 16 revenues of over us 1 billion v t e major information technology companies largest it companies largest internet companies largest software companies semiconductor sales leaders by year consulting and outsourcing accenture atos booz allen hamilton bt global services caci capgemini cgi group cognizant computer sciences corporation deloitte digital china fujitsu hcl technologies hitachi consulting hewlett packard enterprise services ibm global services indra sistemas infosys kpmg leidos nec ntt data orange business services t systems tata consultancy services tech mahindra unisys wipro imaging canon inc. hp inc. eastman kodak fujifilm konica minolta kyocera lexmark nikon olympus corporation panasonic ricoh samsung electronics seiko epson sharp sony toshiba xerox information storage adata dell technologies dell emc fujitsu hitachi data systems hewlett packard enterprise ibm kingston technology lenovoemc netapp oracle corporation plextor samsung electronics seagate technology silicon power sony toshiba transcend information western digital sandisk internet aol baidu facebook google iac interactivecorp microsoft naver netease netflix tencent twitter yahoo yandex cloud computing amazon web services google ibm microsoft oracle corporation rackspace salesforce.com e commerce only alibaba group amazon.com ebay groupon jd.com rakuten mainframes fujitsu ibm mobile devices acer inc. amazon.com apple asus bbk electronics oppo vivo blackberry limited hisense htc huawei i mobile karbonn mobiles lava mobiles lenovo motorola mobility lg electronics meizu micromax mobile microsoft nokia panasonic samsung sony tcl corporation true xiaomi zte networking equipment avaya cisco systems ericsson fujitsu hewlett packard enterprise huawei juniper networks motorola solutions nec nokia qualcomm zte oems celestica compal electronics flextronics foxconn jabil circuit pegatron quanta sanmina corporation tpv technology wistron corporation personal computers and servers acer inc. apple inc. asus dell fujitsu hp inc. lenovo lg electronics nec panasonic samsung electronics toshiba servers only cisco systems hewlett packard enterprise inspur oracle corporation point of sale casio ncr panasonic samsung electronics seiko epson sharp star micronics toshiba wincor nixdorf semiconductors advanced micro devices broadcom fujitsu infineon technologies integrated micro electronics inc. intel lg electronics marvell technology group mediatek micron technology nvidia nxp semiconductors freescale on semiconductor panasonic qualcomm renesas electronics samsung electronics sk hynix sony stmicroelectronics texas instruments toshiba via technologies foundries globalfoundries tsmc united microelectronics corporation smic equipment lam research tokyo electron software adobe systems apple inc. ca technologies google hewlett packard enterprise ibm intuit microsoft oracle corporation sap se symantec vmware telecommunications services bharti airtel am rica m vil at & t bell canada bharat sanchar nigam limited bt group centurylink china mobile china telecom china unicom comcast deutsche telekom hutchison asia telecommunications idea cellular kddi kpn kt corporation mahanagar telephone nigam mtn mts nippon telegraph and telephone ntt docomo oi orange s.a. reliance communications sk telecom softbank mobile sprint corporation tata teleservices telecom italia telef nica telenor true verizon communications vimpelcom vivendi vodafone video games activision blizzard electronic arts nintendo microsoft sony take two interactive tencent methodology fy2014 15 applicable revenues of over group 1 3 6 12 us 3 billion ; group