BSNL reduces fixed monthly rent of its Postpaid Plans
- Category: BSNL
- Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:00
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- Written by Puneet Jain
BSNL has reduced rent of some of its Postpaid Mobile plans.
- One India plan 299 has been merged with plan 225.
- Free Roaming plan 550 has been merged with plan 525.
- Tariff under plan 490 has been rationalized and fixed monthly charge has been reduced from Rs.490 to Rs.425.
As such, subscribers of plan 299 and plan 550 will be migrated by default to plan 225 and plan 525 respectively.
Further, if the customer wants to migrate to any other plan, migration will be allowed on the choice of customer.
Full Details of call charges, SMS charges etc are given below.
| Particulars | Plan-99 | Plan-198 | *Plan-225 | Plan-325 | *Plan-425 | *Plan-525 | Plan-725 | Plan-999 |
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1. Initial one time payment in Rs. |
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a. Registration amount in Rs @ |
500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
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b. Activation Charges |
100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
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2. Security Deposit in Rs. # |
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a. Local |
500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
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b. Local+STD |
1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
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c. Local+STD+ISD |
2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
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d. Local+STD+ISD+ International roaming |
5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 |
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3. Fixed Monthly Charges in Rs. |
99 | 198 | 225 | 325 | 425 | 525 | 725 | 999 |
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4. Free calls /month (Worth Rs.) |
0 | 0 | 125 | 150 | 175 | 300 | 0 | 999 |
| 4.1 Free Calls Local in Min* | 50 | 50 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | unlimited | Nil |
| 4.2Free Calls STD in min* | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 725 | Nil |
| Particulars | Plan-99 | Plan-198 | Plan-225 | Plan-325 | Plan-425 | Plan-525 | Plan-725 | Plan-999 |
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5. Call Charges/Min in Rs. |
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6. Pulse rate (For intra/inter circle calls) |
60 | 60 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 15 |
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A. Intra circle calls (Rs./Min) (Local Calls) |
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(i) To GSM |
1.00 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
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(ii) To GSM (Others network) |
1.00 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
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(iii) To Fixed/WLL (Own network) |
1.00 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
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(iv)To Fixed/WLL (Other network) |
1.00 | 1.00 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.60 |
| Reduced call charges to any two BSNL numbers(one Landline number is mandatory) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Night Calling (Own Network)^ | NA | NA | 50% | 50% | NA | Free | Free | Free |
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B. Inter Circle Calls(Rs./Min) (STD Calls) |
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(i) GSM |
1.20 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
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(ii) To GSM |
1.40 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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(iii) To Fixed /WLL (Own network) |
1.20 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 0.60 | 0.40 | 1.00 |
| (iv) To Fixed/WLL (Other network) | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Reduced call charges to any one BSNL Fixed/WLL number (note)$ | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.60 |
| Night Calling (Own Network)^ | NA | NA | 50% | 50% | NA | 50% | Free | Free |
| Particulars | Plan-99 | Plan-198 | Plan-225 | Plan-325 | Plan-490 | Plan-525 | Plan-725 | Plan-999 |
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C. ISD Calls(Rs./Min) |
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| ISD PULSE RATE (Sec) | 60 | 60 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 15 |
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(i) USA, Canada, UK,Sri Lanka |
7.20 | 7.20 | 7.20 | 7.20 | 7.20 | 7.20 | 6.00 | 7.20 |
| (ii) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan and Nepal | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
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(iii) Europe (Other than UK), Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hongkong,Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE |
9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 8.00 | 9.60 |
| Oman and Qatar | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 12.00 |
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(iv) Rest of the world |
12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 10.00 | 12.00 |
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7. SMS Charges |
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A. Plain P2P SMS (Max 160 char/SMS) in Rs. |
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a. Local (within LSA) |
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(i) Own network |
0.50 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
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(ii) Other network |
0.50 | 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.50 |
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b. National (Outside LSA) |
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(i) Own network |
1.00 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.50 |
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(ii) Other network |
1.00 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 0.40 | 0.50 |
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c. International SMS |
5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
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d. Free SMS in Nos/month |
100(Own network) | 2000 (1500 (Own network) + 500 other n/w) |
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e. Free SMS worth Rs. /month |
-- | -- | 30 | 40 | -- | 40 | -- | -- |
| f. Free GPRS usage in MB/month | Nil | Nil | Nil | 5 | 20 | 50 | unlimited | unlimited |
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B. Plain non-P2P SMS/ SMS in Rs. |
2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
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C. Premium non - P2P SMS |
As determined by the content provider (From Home/Visited LSA) | |||||||
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D. SMS Delivery report/ SMS in Rs. |
0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
| Particulars | Plan-99 | Plan-198 | Plan-225 | Plan-325 | Plan-490 | Plan-525 | Plan-725 | Plan-999 |
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8. Roaming call charges with 60 seconds pulse rate (Rs./Min) |
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A. National Roaming |
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a. Fixed monthly charges* |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
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b. Outgoing calls within the visited LSA |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.50(own network)/1.00 in other Network |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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c. Outgoing calls beyond visited LSA |
1.50 |
1.50 |
1.50 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
1.50 |
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d. Free Incoming calls /month |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 300 | -- | -- |
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e. I/C in BSNL Network |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
1.00 |
| f. I/C in other network | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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g. Outgoing SMS (max 160 characters) |
1.00 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 |
| h. International SMS | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
