New revisions in BSNL prepaid plans

India’s telecom backbone Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL) has made lots
of change in its prepaid
tariff. This new tariff will be
applicable on all circles from
10th june 2011. Now seperate validity
voucher is no more required.
Customer will get validity
along with talk value as and
when he/she top up. Bsnl has rationalized its
prepaid plans to 7 distinct
plans, one lifetime plan and 6
general plans.One plan each is
exclusively for 2G and 3G. All
other plans are common for both 2G and 3G. Revised Plans: Saral Anant – Lifetime validity. With every
recharge/top-up customer
will get validity also in
addition to talk value. 1p/sec - All voice calls , local on-net/ off net, STD on-
net / off- net , roaming will
be charged at the uniform
rate of 1p/ sec. For Video
calls also Per sec pulse has
been introduced. all@49 – All voice calls , local on-net/ off net, STD on-
net / off- net , roaming will
be charged at the uniform
rate of 49p/ Min. SMS Local,
National & Roaming will also
be charged @49p. 2G Special - Reduced local voice call charges on two
BSNL numbers @20P/Min and
STD call to one BSNL number
@30p/Min. 3G Special - Attractive video call facility with On-
net call charges @Rs.0.70/Min
and Off-net calls @ Rs.1.00/
Min in Home LSA as well as in
National Roaming. Pyari Jodi – Unlimited free local calls to one BSNL
Fixed/WLL number. All voice
calls (Local/STD-On-net/Off-
net) @ 1p/sec. No separate
validity voucher for
extension of plan beyond the initial plan validity which
will be extended to
customer on top-up for talk
value. Student Special – Student Special has been
made as a separate plan with
attractive call charges of
Rs.0.40/Min (On-net) and
Rs.0.60/Min (Off-net). 5
Friends and Family numbers with Local call charges @
Rs.0.10/Min (On-net) and
Rs.0.30/Min (Off-net) are also
available. The student will
get 300 free Local SMS and
100 MB free data usage on recharge of Student Special
Validity voucher of Rs.25
(Incl. of S. Tax) with Nil talk
value and 30 days validity.
Beyond free usage, local SMS
will be charged @ 5 paisa per SMS. Reduced call facility on 3 BSNL numbers is available to
all the prepaid plans. Reduced
voice call charges on two
BSNL local numbers @20P/
Min and on one STD BSNL
number @30p/Min is applicable to 2G Spl, 3G Spl,
Pyari Jodi and Student
Special plans. The reduced call
charges for Saral Anant, “1p/ sec” & “all@49” plans are 30p/ Min. on two BSNL local
numbers and 50p/Min on one
STD BSNL number. Revised Stv ’s: New STV (Rs.28 with validity of 30 days) with call
charges of Local/STD
Rs.1.00/3 Min (On-net) &
Rs.1.20/3 (Off-net) and STV
(Rs.12 with validity of 15
days) with free Incoming call facility while roaming in
BSNL Network have been
introduced. Modified STV (Rs.17 with validity of 30 days) with
Local/STD On-net Night call
charges @ Rs.0.05/Min (11PM
to 06 AM).and STV (Rs.50
with validity of 30 days)
with Local On-net call charges @ 10p/Min have been
introduced. Existing STVs “1p/sec” and “all @ 49” are withdrawn. If Saral Anant customer desires
to avail these tariffs, he may
migrate to “1p/sec plan” or “all @ 49 plan.”