In early July, India's private telecom companies Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) hiked the prices of their recharge plans. As a result those who use dual SIM are in trouble…
In early July, India's private telecom companies Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) hiked the prices of their recharge plans. As a result, those who use dual SIM are in trouble. Apparently, lakhs of customers are porting their mobile numbers to BSNL after the hike in recharge plan prices. But before sim porting you must check if BSNL network is available in your area.
This government-owned telecom operator is currently offering the most affordable recharge plans. However, BSNL is yet to launch 5G and only experimental 4G network is available in some regions of the country. In such a situation, before porting the phone number to BSNL it is very important to check whether its network is available in your area. Let's know how to check BSNL network in your area.
How to check if BSNL network is in your area?
- To check if BSNL network is available in your area you need to open nperf website on your phone or PC.
- Then click on Map option.
- Now select India from the options shown above.
- Here you have to choose which operator you want to see mobile network coverage.
- Select BSNL here and then the network coverage status will appear on the map.
- Six different color icons will be shown below. Seeing a gray icon here means no-network. And the blue icon shows the presence of 2G connection, the green icon confirms the presence of 3G network. Again orange icon indicates presence of 4G network and maroon 4G+ network. Also, the arrival of the purple icon confirms that there is 5G connectivity.
- In the search bar displayed here, you can search for your city or region name.
- After that, you can check if BSNL has network in your city or region.
