BSNL launches new 2G, 3G plans for customers

Attractive plans to attract customers

PTI | June 5, 2010



State-run telecom operator BSNL today launched various plans for existing and new 2G and 3G subscribers, as well as CDMA users.

BSNL will offer a 3G data card free to customers subscribing for a monthly 2GB plan for 15 months, a 10 GB plan for 10 months and an unlimited plan for four months, it said.

It has also launched an unlimited plan at Rs 999 per month for 3G data services with a usage cap of 10GB, it added.

BSNL will provide EVDO cards at Rs 2,500 and subscribers can avail unlimited high speed Internet (3.1 mbps peak speed) at Rs 750 per month, it said.

CDMA 1X (NIC) cards will be available at Rs 2,000 with an unlimited Internet monthly plan at Rs 250.

Besides the data tariff, the 3G voice plan will entitle customers to 100 minutes of free video calling, 200 MB free data transfer and 2,000 free SMSes within 30 days of activation of every 3G prepaid SIM.

For new 2G users coming on board, BSNL has introduced an offer where the customer will get 50 MB free data usage and 2,000 SMSes frees for 30 days from the date of activation.

Under another scheme, BSNL customers (both 2G and 3G) will be charged 20 paise per minute for two BSNL local numbers and 30 paise per minute for an outstation BSNL customer, it said.

It has also introduced 3 Special Tariff Vouchers (STVs) for unlimited calling for 2G and 3G GSM prepaid customers. The tariff vouchers will be available in three denominations with a validity of 1 day (Rs 30), 7 days (Rs 150) and 30 days (Rs 500).

With another STV of Rs 31, users can send 3,000 SMS per month.

CDMA customers can make unlimited local calls through a STV at Rs 210 per month and unlimited STD calls at Rs 410 per month.

 

Comments

 

Other News

The missing men in India`s family planning story

Every pregnancy requires two people. Yet India`s family planning programme continues to ask only one of them to bear almost all of its medical consequences. The newly released National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) confirms just how entrenched this asymmetry remains: 36.5% of currently married women a

`Development must be judged beyond GDP, with rights and justice at core`

Delivering the IXth Chief Justice M.C. Chagla Memorial Lecture on ‘Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals’, in Mumbai Friday,  former Chief Justice of India Bhushan R. Gavai questioned whether conventional economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP), national income,

RTI exposes Rs 16,909 crore cost blowout on Mumbai-Goa Highway

Seventeen years after the centre first approved the widening of National Highway 66 between Mumbai and Goa into a four-lane highway, a fresh RTI reply has revealed a sharp escalation in the project`s sanctioned cost.   According to the RTI reply obtained by activist Jeetendra

"India`s semiconductor ecosystem is expanding rapidly"

Prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated SEMICON India 2026 in New Delhi. Addressing the occasion and highlighting the significance of the event`s fifth edition, the PM drew a parallel between the launch of Semicon India and Vishwakarma Diwas. He pointed out the beautiful coincidence of

Cabinet approves raising EPFO wage ceiling from Rs.15,000 p.m. to Rs.25,000

The union cabinet, chaired by the prime minister, has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Labour & Employment to enhance the wage ceiling for mandatory coverage under the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) from Rs.15,000 to Rs.25,000 per month. The decision is expected to bring

UPI continues to remain free for peer-to-peer transactions: Finance Ministry

The new UPI framework introduced has no impact on any person to person transactions, and UPI will continue to remain completely free for all person-to-person transactions, irrespective of the amount transferred, the finance ministry clarified on Tuesday.   Payments to merchan

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter