BSNL 3G Settings-How to activate and Setup BSNL 3G Mobile Internet (India)

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...hib/bsnl3g.jpgUnlike other countries, Most of the India is still waiting for 3G mobile services to be launched. Looks like that our bureaucrats are not in hurry to give license to telecom companies for 3G. Earlier before Election, it was said to have 3G spectrum auction around JUNE but now they are saying that it will be somewhere near the end of Year 2009.. so not sure when exactly whole India will enjoy 3G. However, BSNL and MTNL, State RUN telecom companies already got 3G license but still not available throughout, however I happen to be in one of the city where BSNL 3G is available.

So here are few details which might help you if you are first time 3G user.

Activating BSNL 3G

Activation is quite easy, all you need is to buy 3G SIM which costs Rs. 300 with 7 days validity and no talktime, after that you are required to recharge it with one of the data recharge they provide.
You can start with Rs. 400 recharge which give you 30 days validity and 1 GB of data usage.

Settings / Configuration for BSNL 3G on Mobile

It is very easy, configuration are similar to GPRS so you will not find it hard if you configured GPRS ever...
1. Make sure your PHONE is set to work on 3G network ie. in my phone, to use 3G network, I had to select "WCDMA" in my network mode settings. You should see "3G" written somewhere on your phone screen if it is connected to 3G network.
2. Now depending upon the phone, goto Connection settings, there create new connection profile and now you are only required to specify APN and you are done.
APN stands for "ACCESS POINT NAME" . You are required to specify following APN for BSNL 3G settings:
gprsnorth3g.bsnlmobile.in
Apart of that, leave every thing default or blank and you are done.

Now you should be able to use 3G on your phone.

Speed of BSNL 3G internet

I tested speed of 3G in my area, I was getting around 800 kbps download speed at my home and around 1.4 mbps when I tried test from another location. In most of the case, you will not get less than 500 kbps speed. That is pretty good as compared to current mobile internet option we have in India.

Now this BSNL 3G works as backup connection as well as internet on move for me as now I have two connection, 1 my regular aDSL and second one this BSNL 3G.

UPDATE
Please use APN as "bsnlnet" if above APN doesn't works.

Lastly

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Heard that Samsung 705 has the facility to lauch 3G automatically ... Please try that

Finally, the 3G is here.

But sadly, Its toooo expensive and there are no TRUE UNLIMITED plans.

ohh!!! SpoilSort!

BSNL can give EVDO unlimited for Rs 550, What the hell's wrong here then?

well can we use this 3G phone and use internet for our laptops?

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Originally Posted by sunidhi

well can we use this 3G phone and use internet for our laptops?

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Sunidhi,
you can always use Nokia PC suite to Surf the Web on your PC or Laptop Using Phone's 3G connection. What phone you own?

Yes BHVM, EVDO is basically 3G over CDMA and I don't understand who planned those tariff for 3G data usage. Moreover, they are not even giving actual HSDPA speed... maximum I achieved was 1.4 mbps and upload is lame, may be 3G technology limitation.

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Originally Posted by Ricky

Yes BHVM, EVDO is basically 3G over CDMA and I don't understand who planned those tariff for 3G data usage. Moreover, they are not even giving actual HSDPA speed... maximum I achieved was 1.4 mbps and upload is lame, may be 3G technology limitation.

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Its not a "limitation" of 3G, but a limitation of Thinking of these poilitcians and Companies who don't have open hearts to let the india progress.

My point was that HSDPA ie. 3G can provide 3.6 mbps of speed but still I achieved highest was 1.4 mbps . On the other side HSDPA 2 ie. ie. 3.5G can give 7.2 mbps speed and stil we are not able to enjoy full 3G.
Hopefully other 3G provider (after their launch) will let us use full potential of 3G.

i have Nokia E71.. so can i use Internet of 3G on my laptop?

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Originally Posted by sunidhi

i have Nokia E71.. so can i use Internet of 3G on my laptop?

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Yes you can do, its quite good phone.

Yes, you can use E71 to use 3G internet on your laptop.

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Originally Posted by sportfree

Heard that Samsung 705 has the facility to lauch 3G automatically ... Please try that


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DEAR ROCKY I Have HTC touch diamond model p3490 . under connection settings it used "celluar line ( gprs, 3G), Today i inserted bsnl 3g card it does not show 3g connectivity. kindly tell me whether this phone supports 3g or not.

thanks

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Originally Posted by sportfree

Heard that Samsung 705 has the facility to lauch 3G automatically ... Please try that


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DEAR ROCKY I Have HTC touch diamond model p3490 . under connection settings it used "celluar line ( gprs, 3G), Today i inserted bsnl 3g card it does not show 3g connectivity. kindly tell me whether this phone supports 3g or not.

thanks

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Originally Posted by Ricky

Yes, you can use E71 to use 3G internet on your laptop.

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DEAR ROCKY I Have HTC touch diamond model p3490 . under connection settings it used "celluar line ( gprs, 3G), Today i inserted bsnl 3g card it does not show 3g connectivity. kindly tell me whether this phone supports 3g or not.

thanks

HTC touch Diamond officially supports 3G.
What you seems to be lacking is Correct settings.

Call the customer care of your City and get respective settings.

Dear spsingh

My name is Ricky and you misunderstood it with Rocky, anyways, you need to goto Start --> Settings --> Phone --> More --> Band Selection

There select WCDMA (if available) ie. band which refers to 3G.

Let me know if it helps.

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Originally Posted by spsinghasr

DEAR ROCKY I Have HTC touch diamond model p3490 . under connection settings it used "celluar line ( gprs, 3G), Today i inserted bsnl 3g card it does not show 3g connectivity. kindly tell me whether this phone supports 3g or not.

thanks

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New BSNL 3G Settings

surprisingly i got 7.5mbps speed one day, usually i use to get 3mbps but when they upgraded their system and change apn to bsnlnet since than speed is so slow...not more than 1.5mbps...so bad

but where i can find 3g settings?
pleasy give the manual 3g settings for internet browsing on mobile & pc

Just configure your phone to use "bsnlnet" as APN and leave rest as default.

Hi All,

Is BSNL 3G supports on HTC Touch 3G model, if so please let me know how to setup the 3g network on HTC Touch 3G

CAN I USE 3G SERVICE IN NOKIA2700 MOBILE

I Have window phone 6 model gsmart i128 . When i inserted bsnl 3g card it hang in the middle every time i switch on and off. kindly tell me whether this phone supports 3g or not.

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hiiiiiiiiiiii...i hav sony erricson naite j 105...will 3G favour it

sir i have iphone 3gs and i want to get bsnl 3g settings for my handset pl help me. i was in visakhapatnam

give me best settings for nokia3120 classic 8) 8)

nokia classic3120.compatibility with speed? :-*

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Originally Posted by sandeep asks u

nokia classic3120.compatibility with speed? :-*

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CAN I USE 3G SERVICE IN NOKIA6300 MOBILE

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Originally Posted by sunidhi

well can we use this 3G phone and use internet for our laptops?

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i am getting 3g speed on my mobile..bot getting normal 3g speed on laptop..can u please help me to fix this...

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Originally Posted by Bhvm

Yes you can do, its quite good phone.

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Pl tell me can i connect my laptop with a handset which is not having 3g features and get the speed of 3g using bsnl g sim

I have samsung wave II S8530 . How will i get the 3g settings?

Please send method of activation bsnl pre paid 3g all the above read but method not found