BSNL 3G Mobile Services and Tariff Plans

The Union Minister for Communication & Information Technology, Mr A. Raja (centre), flanked by the CMD of BSNL, Mr Kuldeep Goyal, and the DoT Secretary, Mr Siddhartha Behura, at the launch of BSNL 3G mobile services in Chennai on Sunday. The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, launched the service with an inaugural call to the Union Minister for Communication and IT, Mr A. Raja.

Chennai, Feb. 22 BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) launched 3G mobile services from Chennai on Sunday.

3G makes possible video streaming applications such as Live TV, movie downloads, high speed data download on mobile phones with 3G services enabled.

Callers can also see each other on their mobile phone screens, according to a press release from BSNL.

The new service will offer data speed of 2 Mbps against 144 Kbps available now over the GPRS and EDGE enabled mobile networks.

BSNL is the first mobile company to launch the service in Chennai. Chennai Telephones has installed 25 stations (Node-Bs) in the city for the initial launch and these would be expanded fast.

BSNL plans to invest over Rs 2,700 crore to provide 3G service in important cities, commercially important towns and all the district headquarters.

The Communications Minister said BSNL plans to cover more than 700 cities with 3G services. The mobile network has been expanded making India emerge the second largest mobile telephone market after China.

Over 360 million mobile connections have been provided and this is expected to double by 2012. Teledensity has reached 34 per cent in January 2009 up from 12.74 per cent in 2006.

Tariff for 3G Mobile Service

India is now 3G ready but will you upgrade with the present state of things still experimental? BSNL has been decided to introduce 3-G mobile services with the following tariff plans. Everything looks good with only a few things still too primitive to take that chance. At present you cannot Migrate from 2G to 3G and there is no provision for video ISD calls at present. Still experimental but its good to see the cost within limits. Read more for full tariff info on BSNL 3G.

1. Initial SIM Charges for both postpaid and prepaid service:

Particulars	Amount
Cost of SIM (with Serv Tax)	300 Rs.
Talk Value in Rs.	NIL
Initial Validity in days	7
Migration from 2-G to 3-G	Not feasible at present
Applicable to	Voice & Data plan

2.1 Voice Plans: Prepaid

Voice Prepaid: Activation Vouchers (for choosing a particular plan)

Particulars	Super 350	Super 650	Super 1350
Activation Voucher	350	650	1350
Talk value in Rs.	270	530	1200
Validity in Days	30	45	90
Call Charges in Rs./Min
Local – On-net	0.40	0.35	0.30
Local – Off-net	0.70	0.65	0.60
Local-Video calls	2.00	2.00	1.50
STD – On-net	1.00	1.00	1.00
STD – Off-net	1.00	1.00	1.00
STD – Video calls	3.00	2.50	2.00
P2P SMS (Rs./SMS)
SMS – Local	0.50	0.25	0.10
SMS – National	1.00	1.00	1.00
SMS- International	5.00	5.00	5.00
Data usage in Rs./MB	3.00	2.50	2.00

2.2 Recharge Vouchers : (Inclusive of Service Tax) for subsequent recharges

MRP of RCV in Rs.	500	700	1100	1600	3000
Talk Value in Rs.	400	600	950	1450	2800
Validity in days	30	45	60	90	180

2.3 Special Value Vouchers (SVV) with 30 days validity (Inclusive of Service Tax)

Particulars	Price in Rs.	Local (Rs./Min)		STD (Rs./Min)		Rs./SMS
		On Net	Off Net	On Net	Off Net	Local	National
Late Night SVV (From 11PM to 7AM)	39	0.10	0.40	0.50	1.00	As per the Plan
SMS SVV	29	As per the Plan				0.10	0.50
SVV – Local	40	0.20	0.40	As per the Plan
SVV – STD	49	As per the Plan		0.50	0.75	As per the Plan
SVV – STD + Local	69	0.20	0.40	0.50	0.75	As per the Plan

The above special tariff will be applicable in Home PLMN only. The Special Value Voucher (SVV) is applicable only to 3G plans.

3.1 Voice Plans: Postpaid #

Particular	Full value 500	Full value 800	Full value 1000	Unlimited 2500
Fixed Monthly Charges in Rs.	500	700	1000	2500
Free local minutes (On-net)	900	1200	1600	3500
Free STD minutes (On-net)	NIL	NIL	NIL	500
Free Video Local calls in Min	30	50	75	150
Free Local SMS	150	200	300	1000
Free data worth Rs.*	60	150	300	500
Pulse (Sec)	60	60	60	60
Call Charges in Rs./Min
Local- On-net	0.30	0.20	0.10	0.00
Local – Off-net	0.60	0.50	0.40	0.30
Local - Video calls	2.00	2.00	1.50	1.00
STD – On-net	1.00	1.00	0.50	0.00
STD – Off-net	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50
STD - Video calls	3.00	2.50	2.00	2.00
P2P SMS (Rs./SMS)
SMS – Local	0.40	0.30	0.10	0.05
SMS – National	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.40
SMS - International	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Data Rate (Rs/MB)	3.00	2.50	2.00	2.00

# Service Tax as applicable extra * Free data do not include MMS.

3.2. Roaming Charges*: (Both for Postpaid and Prepaid)

Particulars	Local		STD
	On-net	Off-net	On-net	Off-net
Voice – Outgoing (Rs/Min)	1.00	1.00	1.50	1.50
Video Call – Outgoing (Rs/Min)	2.00	3.00	3.00	4.00
SMS- (Rs./SMS)	0.50	1.00	1.00	1.00
Voice Call – Incoming (Rs/Min)	1.00
Video call – Incoming (Rs/Min)	2.00
Data Charges Rs / MB	3.00

*Shall be applicable uniformly to all voice as well as data plans.

4.1 3G Data Plans

Trial Pack :( Inclusive of Service Tax)

Trial Pack - 50 MB	Rs 60	15 days Validity*
Trial Pack - 100 MB	Rs 120	15 days Validity*

Data charges for trial pack customers after use of 50 / 100MB or 15 days expiry shall be as per his base plan. The trial pack shall not be allowed more than once, per customer. *This will increase the validity of Main and dedicated accounts both.

4.2 Data Plans: Prepaid

Plans >>	MBV 250	MBV 400	MBV 650	MBV 1000	MBV 3001
Plan Price in Rs. (Service Tax Extra)	250	400	650	1000	3001
Free data usage in GB	0.30	1.00	2.00	5.00	Unlimited
Validity (Days)*	30	30	30	30	30
Data Charges in Rs./MB**	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-

* This will increase the validity of Main and dedicated accounts both. ** Data charges beyond free usage shall be deducted from the available balance in his main account.

4.3 Data Top Ups : ( Inclusive of Service Tax)

Price of Top-up	Validity in days	Free Data Usage
Rs 120	NIL	100 MB
Rs 225	NIL	300 MB
Rs 260	NIL	500 MB
Rs 330	NIL	1GB

4.4 Data Plans: Postpaid*

Plans >>>>	MB 250	MB 400	MB 650	MB 1000	MB 3000
Fixed Monthly Charges (Rs)#	250	400	650	1000	3000
Free data usage per month in GB	0.3	1	2

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