{"id":16777,"date":"2010-11-23T16:14:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T10:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=16777"},"modified":"2011-08-29T17:58:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T12:28:50","slug":"activate-bsnl-3g-mobile-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/activate-bsnl-3g-mobile-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Activate BSNL 3G on Mobile Phone &#8211; Settings &#038; Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BSNL-3G-Logo.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16780\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BSNL-3G-Logo.png?resize=160%2C82\" alt=\"BSNL 3G Logo\" width=\"160\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BSNL-3G-Logo.png?w=160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BSNL-3G-Logo.png?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Some of us are having BSNL 3G Sim cards but sometimes we don\u2019t have settings to configure 3G or some of us don\u2019t know about how to activate 3G on your number. We will help you in this process and let\u2019s see how you can activate 3G on your BSNL Sim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure to activate 3G Sim for your Mobile: <\/strong><br \/>\nFirst of all you will have to visit nearest BSNL franchise or BSNL Sales office wherein you need to buy a 3G Sim which costs Rs. 300 and has zero talktime and 7 days of validity. After purchasing you need to recharge with any of the data voucher according to your needs, say you can recharge with First monthly Recharge (FMC) Rs. 399 with which you will get 1GB of free data download benefit which comes with 30 days of validity. From second month on wards, you can choose from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/bsnl-3g-india-prepaid-postpaid-tariff-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">range of prepaid and postpaid 3G offers<\/a> and also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/bsnl-3g-unlimited-postpaid-postpaid-data-plans-tariff\/\" target=\"_blank\">unlimited prepaid and postpaid offers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure to Setup 3G on your BSNL 3G SIM:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First      make sure that your device is showing <strong>3G<\/strong> next to network on your home screen if 3G is not being shown then go to      Settings and change the Network preferences accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Now,      you need to go to <strong>Connection      settings<\/strong>, create new connection profile or create a new Access Point      Name (APN) and in the <strong>Connection Name<\/strong> you can key in as <strong>BSNL 3G<\/strong> and      in <strong>APN<\/strong> you need to type in <strong>gprssouth3g.bsnl.in. <\/strong>If you are a BSNL 3G customer from North, West and East then APN will be gprsnorth3g.bsnl.in, gprswest3g.bsnl.in and gprseast3g.bsnl.in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Please note that all of the remaining fields like Proxy, Port, Username, Password, Server and Authentication type fields should be left blank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>After entering Connection Name and APN, you can now use BSNL 3G on Mobile device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For setting up the free BSNL 3G connection on your mobile phone you just need to send a message. Send \u201cHandset Brand followed by Model number\u201d to 58355 (toll free), like if you want settings for Nokia N79, you need to sms <strong>NOKIA N79<\/strong> to <strong>58355<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of us are having BSNL 3G Sim cards but sometimes we don\u2019t have settings to configure 3G or some of us don\u2019t know about how to activate 3G on your number. We will help you in this process and let\u2019s see how you can activate 3G on your BSNL Sim. Procedure to activate 3G [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":16780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-broadband","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/BSNL-3G-Logo.png?fit=160%2C82&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9101,"url":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/bsnl-3g-india-prepaid-postpaid-tariff-plans\/","url_meta":{"origin":16777,"position":0},"title":"BSNL 3G India &#8211; Prepaid &#038; Postpaid Tariff Plans","author":"Yogesh Patel","date":"March 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Much awaited 3G services by Bharat Sanchar Nigal Limited (BSNL) is now on a roll at the moment. 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