Pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced that its has crossed the landmark of 20,06,411 new GSM subscribers under its newly launched Pyari Jodi Plan(Home Unlimited Plan) in all telecom circles across India.
Initially BSNL launched this plan dubbed as Home Unlimited Plan only in Kerala telecom circle in August 2010, after getting tremendous response in Kerala, the operator extended this plan to some more circles in October 2010 and further the plan was rolled out for all circles dubbed as Pyari Jodi Plan by Mr Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for IT and Communications from 4th November 2010.
According to the exclusive circle-wise data details provided by BSNL, Kerala Circle added highest number of new GSM subscriber 13,32,267, while in Tamilnadu 2,82,301 and in Karnataka the operator added 74,108 new GSM subscribers in this plan.
TelecomTalk Exclusive : BSNL circle-wise details of GSM connections activated in "Pyari Jodi Plan"
With the “Pyari Plan” all BSNL landline subscribers in any telecom circle across India can get one free 2G Prepaid SIM card with Pay per Second plan along with Free 2000 Local/National SMS and 1000 MB Free Data usage. With this offer subscriber can make Unlimited Free Local calls from this new BSNL mobile number to his registered home land line phone with in the respective telecom circle (Only from Home LSA).
While all other local and STD Calls (except Home land line number) shall be charged as per ‘Pay-Per Second’ tariff. After the expiry of initial validity of 180 days, further validity can be extended by using any of the recharge coupons and continue to enjoy the Unlimited Free call facility forever.
Pradeepta Kumar Panigrahi December 3, 2011 at 7:16 pm
I have got a SIM under this scheme. Now I wanted to know ,how can I confirmed about the two local BSNL number for which charged has been limited to – Rs. 20 per minute & Reduced STD call charges to One BSNL number @Rs.30 ps. Is it BSNL mobile number or MOBILE/LAND either. Please confirm the process via email regrading the procedure to be followed for getting the facility of the said two local BSNL numbers.
Arpita Khurana February 2, 2011 at 6:31 pm
Kind Attn: Mr. Sanjay Bafna
Sanjay ji, aaj mere father apna Airtel number ko PORT IN ke liye BSNL CSC gaye the, mere father k naam se ek landline connection bhi hai is liye unhone “Pari Jodi” ke liye bhi request kiya par CSC waalo ne kaha ki Pari Jodi ka offer 5th Nov 2010 se 90 days ke liye hai jo ki 3rd Feb 2011 ko finish ho jaayega. Aapke number ko port hone mai 5-7 working days lagenge so Aapko Pyari Jodi ka benefit nahi mil paayega.
Please tell me ki kya ye offer aur aage extend hoga ya nahi? Kya BSNL par PORT IN karne waalon ko Pyari Jodi ka benefit 3rd Feb ke baad milega ya nahi?
Jacob John January 18, 2011 at 6:51 pm
I have got a SIM under this scheme. Now I wanted to know ,how can I confirmed about the two local BSNL number for which charged has been limited to – Rs.20 per minute & Reduced STD call charges to One BSNL number @Rs.30 ps. Is it BSNL mobile number or MOBILE/LAND either. Please confirm the process via email regrading the procedure to be followed for getting the facility of the said two local BSNL numbers.
PD December 9, 2010 at 4:14 pm
BSNL is running the show with “Baba Adam ke Zamane k” systems. Hence they face technical problems in implementing each and every new schemes. e.g. Those who have been issued Pyari jodi card in 9403 levels in Maharashtra will not be able to get new usim (with higher cap.128kb)very much suitable for 3g use. But will have to be contended with the use 3g through their old and existing sim which has lesser capacity. I was knocking the doors of BSNL for usim for my existing bsnl number at 9403 level, and lo ! I got pyari jodi too in the same level. I still wonder why can BSNL adopt changing technologies ? The concerned planners/marketers will have to change heir mindset the systems should be made amenable to changing needs else writings on wall is clear !
Ajmal December 9, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I have enjoyed their free trial offer for one month on 3G. Able to watch live TV with no disturbance/break in between. They will charge for data usage approx 1.5 mb/minute. A 100 mb will give a 1 hour live TV. Expensive, yet good experience with no doubt as our mobile plays like a TV on the move.
Pratheesh December 9, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Land lines may not make free calls to particular no, as most of the switches are of 1990′s and not upgraded. they are billed in the conventional billing.
Ujjal December 4, 2010 at 11:48 am
My plan is kolkata 99 which costs me rs. 124 to get 30 days validity and 50 rs. talktime. They have also another plan which is rs. 13 where I can get 7 days validity with zero balance. Now if I recharge 13 rs. into 4 times and also recharge with a 55 rs. talktime then it costs me 107 rs. (124-13*4-55)=17. So I can save 17 rs. Per month. It is great 4 me. But I want to know are bsnl guys gonna mad?
Raj December 3, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Any one here using BSNL Mobile TV ….?
If yes please let us know the feedback abt the same !!!!
Benny December 3, 2010 at 12:16 pm
@Mahmood Junaid
I entirely agree with u on ‘nutella’. its almost 200rs here. goddam indian govt. How i miss it
sg December 2, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Still sim cards with this offer not available in my area
I have already visited the telephone office/cc twice
They are advetising this offer quiet nicely but whats the use
if the sim cards are not available
Santu Sovan Mandal December 2, 2010 at 9:28 pm
It’s a good plan and good plan always hits the market in India.
ahammad December 2, 2010 at 8:34 pm
If analyzed we can see that the achievement of BSNL is not remarkable. It has got nearly 28 million landline subscribers. But, the mobile connections it has earned on this accont is just 1 million! and 65% of the achievement is from Kerala circle. BSNL has to go miles to market this plan among landline subscribers. This mighty company fails even in intimating this offer to the people available in their roll. In Kerala each and every landline subscriber was informed about the plan through various means like IVRS, messages with monthly bills, press releases, etc. All these efforts yielded a very good result. BSNL WILL FLOURISH ONLY IF IT IMPROVE ITS MARKETING AREA.
Mahmood Junaid December 2, 2010 at 3:42 pm
ya it’s right… by considering these its too costly in india…. but even in real terms consider the price of some food stuffs or anything like nutella or cheese anything is costly in india compared to uae… india is taxing heavily on each items that we purchase….
Manoj Abhigyan December 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm
You said it right. We often forget other factors like GDP, PCI, PPP etc when compare call rates.
dskushwaha December 2, 2010 at 3:10 pm
If cost of SMS in US is about 9 times that of in India (Rs. 1 for National SMS.) and in UAE it is 2.2 times..
The see this:
(GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita in US $ of
India: 3,015
USA: 45,934 (15 times that of India)
UAE: 36,843 (12 times that of India)
again a cup of coffee costs in US$ in:
India: 0.12 to 0.21
USA: 0.79 to 1.50 (7 times that in India)
So think again who is spending more for call/SMS, a citizen of India or that of US
dskushwaha December 2, 2010 at 2:47 pm
That means average 723 kbps.
Hari Shanker December 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm
You are very right PD …
Lets hope they will make LL to Mobile free to.
VIKASH December 2, 2010 at 1:38 pm
@A Mohapatra
i agree with u….
Renish December 2, 2010 at 1:29 pm
BSNL is No:1 Service provider in Kerala. They are working like a MNC company in Kerala with good coverage. In other states services are very poor. The results shows that.
sathish December 2, 2010 at 1:02 pm
So that, In this price Sensitive and highly competitive market
BSNL got Two-in-One benefits by giving this plan
1. 20,06,411 BSNL Land lines are may be delay /escaped from surrender.
2. 20,06,411 new BSNL mobile connections
PD December 2, 2010 at 12:53 pm
The PSU always come up with plans with bit of stupidity attached. One can make free calls from the one of the jodi (sic), i.e. cell to the registered L-Line. Why can it make free both ways ? By restricting the free facility to cell from L-line is BSNL benefited or have take the loss ? In reality No. By this arrangements, it is only making the overburdened and equipment-strapped system still congested (Aami dilgir ahoot, anhim dilgir ahoot ). Now caller from the L-line, to save charge, have to give a mis-call to the the jodi number from which one, in turn, will make another call to establish a free connectivity !
Further it is only numbers that matters then OK !
ARJUN CHANDRASHEKAR December 2, 2010 at 12:45 pm
@Amit.G
Aircel’s EDGE Rocks in My Mobile With My Opera Mini Browser. I Can Able to Download a 5.3MB Of Data in a Minute
A Mohapatra December 2, 2010 at 12:41 pm
The Data for Odisha provided by BSNL is totally inaccurate. Coz, on one particular day(November 5), I have seen 20-30 people applying for Pyari Jodi scheme in Office of GMTD, BSNL, Bhubaneswar. So, by now there must be atleast some hundred connections.
Benny December 2, 2010 at 11:11 am
One might think 200 sms is less. But actually i found it more than enough
In this age of Facebbok who wants to chat on sms…..
ATT in US charges 20 cents (Rs 9) per national sms and a 200 sms pack costs $4.99/month (Rs 225)
In UAE a 60 sms pack costs around Rs 100 and rate per sms is 18 fils (Rs 2.20)
So we are lucky to be having such cheap tariff and have 200 sms bundle free of charge
mayur December 2, 2010 at 11:04 am
bsnl plz give cheap a broadband plan with 2mbps speed and thanx for giving home unlimited offer…
Keshav Jha December 2, 2010 at 11:03 am
BSNL sirf 1 no. pe call karwana chahta hai kya? STV ke price kam kyon nahin kar raha hai.
Benny December 2, 2010 at 10:55 am
In Tamil Nadu this plan is called ‘En Nanban Super’ meaning ‘my friend’…. Bought this in october and i should say its extremely useful for me.
Unlimited calls to one land line for lifetime, 200 national/local sms free per month without any packs, 30p/min to 2 other BSNL numbers and per second billing. Cost of usage is very less but i would recommend this only if u want that free 200 nation n local sms and also have a land line to call every now and then.
Nice offer by BSNL to save its Landline department
Webly December 2, 2010 at 10:29 am
not bad………
Raj December 2, 2010 at 10:05 am
Great offer this from BSNL but would love to see unlimited calls to BSNL mobile like Aircel 77 Plan……