BSNL builds and maintains its own network infrastructure, especially in fibre and backbone. It owns and operates telecom infrastructure (fibre, copper, backbone) across India (Source).
India
Valid from
Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
Founded on 15 September 2000, BSNL took over telecom services from older government departments. BSNL is fully government owned and is both an ISP (provides consumer broadband) and a Network Operator (owns and operates telecom infrastructure including fibre, copper, backbone across India). In 2022-2023, BSNL merged with BBNL (Bharat Broadband Network Ltd), making it responsible for maintenance and operation of the BharatNet fibre infrastructure (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
BSNL is not retail-only; it builds and maintains its own network infrastructure, especially in fibre and backbone (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
BSNL is not wholesale-only; it sells retail broadband & mobile services directly to consumers (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
BSNL is not business-only; it serves both consumer (residential broadband) and business / enterprise customers (VPN, leased lines, MPLS) (Source).