prakritish 1 Report post Posted September 20, 2010 Even before the competition has set their foot in, BSNL seems to be gearing up for the battle for 3G supremacy. The company has just announced a revision of its pricing for its unlimited plans for prepaid and post paid subscribers. The fixed charge applicable for post paid customers has been sharply reduced to Rs. 1,359 from the earlier Rs. 2,499. As for pre paid users, recharge vouchers which now cost Rs. 1,499 from the earlier Rs. 2,756. If that was not all, there are brand new short term validity vouchers announced. These cost Rs. 10, Rs. 25 and Rs. 50 which offer 20MB worth of data download for one day, 25 MB for three days and 100MB worth of data download for seven days respectively. These new tariffs would be valid starting September 22. Source: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/BSNL_Slashes_3G_Data_Pricing/551-112901-613.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) Nice data tariff by BSNL... May be even challenging the current EV-DO data tariff of pvt operators... But we can never trust BSNL to full extend, as BSNL may increase the data tariff to level of private operators, once they start business.. They have earlier done similarly for "PER SECOND BILLING", when they gave 1p/sec onnet/offnet initially and increased offnet to 1.2p/sec, after airtel started giving per second tariff.. Edited September 20, 2010 by KanagaDeepan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saiesh 12 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 ya you are correct and before buying plz ask for demo, cause i have purchased 3G data card guess what the speed never goes above 300 kbps when i check at speedtest.net. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xuketo 7 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 still not suitable for high data usage... Tariffs may stay high for quite some time, to account for high licensing fees that operators paid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parin 857 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 Kuch Aakal Ayee BSNL walo ko Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 They are just trying to garner as many customers as possible, before the competition begins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sougatadc 358 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 But we can never trust BSNL to full extend, as BSNL may increase the data tariff to level of private operators, once they start business.. Yes, in case of EVDO also, they have hiked the tariff considerably, started with Rs 250/month and now it is Rs 750/month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xuketo 7 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 according to trai's recommendations they cannot hike prices before 6 months, once a user subscribes it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viper_in_blood 4 Report post Posted September 22, 2010 can anyone confirm the change in tariff plans ....as the site has still not been updated yet.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M.S.Rao 64 Report post Posted September 22, 2010 according to trai's recommendations they cannot hike prices before 6 months, once a user subscribes it. This applicable to only Postpaid customers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) Applicable for both postpaid as well as prepaid. Operators can increase the tariff(applicable immediately for new subscribers) but the old subscribers who is already in the tariff can be migrated to new higher tariff only after 6 months. Edited September 23, 2010 by kesav Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prakritish 1 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 3.2.1 3G Postpaid Data Plans & Prepaid Data Recharge Vouchers a) 3G Postpaid Data Plans FMC/Data RCV in Rs.(Service Tax Extra) Day/Any time usage in GB Night * usage in GB Total bundled free Usage in GB Validity (days)** Data Charges in Rs./MB*** (except APN 'bsnlstream') Data Charges in Rs./MB***(For APN bsnlstream) 299 199 for 90 days w.e.f. 22.09.2010 0.50 -- 0.50 30 0.50 0.25 399 319 1 -- 1 30 0.50 0.25 549 1 5 6 30 0.50 0.25 649 519 2 -- 2 30 0.50 0.25 999 10 -- 10 30 0.50 0.25 1359 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 30 -- -- Source: http://www.bsnl.in/service/3G/3G_files/3g.htm 3G Prepaid Data Plans FMC/Data RCV in Rs.(Inclusive Service Tax) Day/Any time usage in GB Night * usage in GB Total bundled free Usage in GB Validity (days)** Data Charges in Rs./MB*** (except APN 'bsnlstream') Data Charges in Rs./MB***(For APN bsnlstream) 275 222 0.50 -- 0.50 30 0.50 0.25 440 352 1 -- 1 30 0.50 0.25 606 1 5 6 30 0.50 0.25 716 572 2 -- 2 30 0.50 0.25 1102 10 -- 10 30 0.50 0.25 1499 Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 30 -- -- *11.00 PM to 07.00 AM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 Now BSNL site is updated http://www.bsnl.in/service/3G/3G_files/3g.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted September 27, 2010 Rationalization has been brought in to the prepaid FRC. http://tamilnadu.bsnl.co.in/Content_frc_326_data_card.pdf In net effect, there is no change in the amount customer has to pay on activation and also no change in benefits he gets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted September 29, 2010 Bsnl guys knows well enough that they dont stand a chance in a light year when other Operators lauch their respective 3G service. So they are trying to garner as much as they can anyway nice move. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saiesh 12 Report post Posted October 2, 2010 The worst part is bsnl does not have long validity voucher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
