India’s first 3G Mobile service operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), toady announced the launch of new Half Yearly 3G Data Pack for its prepaid subscribers in Delhi telecom circle.
In a bid to provide affordable 3G Data services, MTNL introduces new 3G Data Pack for Rs.4999 which offers free 3G Data Usage up to 100 GB valid for 180 Days (6 months) from the date of recharge or activation.
The new plan is innovative and useful for majority of customers who needs 10 to 15 GB/Monthly 3G data plan at affordable rates. With this plan the effective cost of 1 GB data usage is just Rs.50 (Home and Roam). However customer need to pay advance payment of Rs.4999 for 100 GB 3G data usage valid for 6 months.
MTNL 3G subscriber can enjoy 3G data Roaming in more than 1000 cities across India with BSNL 3G network without any extra data charges for national roaming with BSNL network.
Fahad March 2, 2012 at 2:50 am
Now it gives only 60Gb… Cheers MTNL … And they are Still having unlimited plans in mumbai
Balu January 30, 2012 at 11:35 am
Why always get benefits only by Mumbai/Delhi circle from MTNL, compare to all 3G & broadband vendors that I can tell proudly BSNL is waste by waste
mks January 29, 2012 at 11:14 pm
I dont think its happening with tata here I always get around 25 to 35KBPS
deepak January 29, 2012 at 9:54 pm
gsm 2g is not avilable on mtnl. is it true that in future we can see 2g from mtnl
or
2g gsm can be unavilable by all company
Zeeshan January 29, 2012 at 8:58 pm
yes@RAVI KY
3G January 29, 2012 at 8:03 pm
adi January 29, 2012 at 5:28 pm
mtnl rocks
adi January 29, 2012 at 5:27 pm
very correct
RAVI KY January 29, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Is it possible to surf the mtnl 3g data in punjab bsnl 3g roaming without any extra charges if my 3g data account is available
PD January 29, 2012 at 2:42 pm
Agree 100% with yours views. What is the way out ? The problem, however,is that the working of the PSUs are in very bad shape because they are answerable to many arms of the government, some directly and others indirectly – dot, finance, communications,etc. and the ministers heading the depts too come from different coalitions partners. In addition statutory bodies like, CAG, PAC,etc too keep watch on them. Decisions are not taken at appropriate times surveying the market sentiments. As you said the MTNL CCs are not equipped with supplies – In our area does not have the Data cards not availae for months together, same is the case with others items – no modems, new phones – are not available to meet the demands. I am not blaming the employees directly for the whole situation but why are the unions and associations not taking note of the situation and confront the concerned ? Ultimately who are going to get affected, surely the staff. The private players on the other hand use the resources maximally and make revenue with their well synchronized set up. People like us can only appeal to the concerned thu some mediums. The subscribers of the PSUs get the drubbings !
Gaurav Gupta January 29, 2012 at 1:35 pm
@deepak
Is this true that I can carry forward my data to next 30 days if I rch with 50 rs voucher which gives 75 Mb with 30 days validity. Also let me know how can I check my data validity expiry dat on mtnl prepaid.
If I recharge with 20 rs data coupan which gives 250 Mb data with 1 day validity and if I again recharge with 50 rs data coupan then should I get 325(250+75)Mb data to use for 30 days?
singh January 28, 2012 at 11:35 pm
dear friends if you all want to be in peacefull sleep than use BSNL service. I have tested it and came to conclusion.
RS January 28, 2012 at 11:19 pm
@PD sir suppose u have a company which launches it services years after other operators have looted the market and in a period of 3 to 4 years ur company is nearing to become a number ONE in market and ur capacity gets exhausted means u cant provide new connection in mean time and u wants to expand now so u go for an expansion of 9 crore 30 lakh lines in mobile and a clause is written in applying that a company who has not provided 2crore lines at one go cant apply, in the mean time a expansion contract is awarded to deserving company and the inelligible company goes to court which was not fullfilling the condition and our judicial system takes years but no results and no expansion till case is going on and other of ur competitors sweeps the market and says we are number one, now tell me what are your views? This is happening with psu’s when they tries to compete with private operators in mobile they are not allowed to expand their mobile capacity for years, when they wants to sweep market in broadband then they are deprived of modems,cables,telephone sets for years, and so on and on and on, so how u can say employees are responsible man its the system which is really responsible.
PD January 28, 2012 at 8:32 pm
@Sanjay Bafna
The misconception and rising antagonism towards the telecom PSUs from the public side is because of the nonchalant attitude from the staff.at any level. Those at the top are not approachable for complaints/solutions and those at the lower endraise their hands blaming others in the hierarchy. ! Always quote reasons/excuses for not being able perform at the expected level. Howevert in private sectors it is different, if complaint mailed, the juniors are taken to task. No blame game !
As for 3g grouse of the pvt operators the lots, their calculations misfired mainly because many of their orchestrated plays found their ways to Tihar Jail. Also there are always people who take sides, some for fun and others have some hidden agentas !.
Really if some dedicated groups from both the PSU take up cuddle , PSUs too can stand stand up neck to neck.
Pb January 28, 2012 at 7:49 pm
@bharathkumar oye mr. Anpaadd who told u bsnl is being funded by govt?
Man if u don’t have the knowledge it is better to shut ur mouth and tie ur hands so that u can’t write such bullshit. Bsnl paid around Rs.11,000/- crores just to buy 3G spectrum and Rs.8000/- crores to buy wimax spectrum and even pay annually from its income in thousand crores to govt as taxes in the form of various fees and govt don’t even cares if bsnl goes in loses they want their share in the form of fees.
And it provides services in rural areas where no private company goes where monthly expenditure per exchanges is lakh of rupees and income is a meagre thousand rupees and govt even there dont compansiate a single rupee to bsnl, and bsnl is fulfilling their promise of connecting india.
so if u want more details reply this article and i will clear ur block of mind which ur having for psu’s against ur so called private operators.
Sanjay Bafna January 28, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Before commenting kindly get some telecom knowledge,
Govt never gave any funds to BSNL to launch 3G services so don’t misguided people to fever private operators ill-legal 3G route or ICRA.
BSNL /MTNL use their own money earn by services to launch 3G services in India. What BSNL/MTNL Paid for 3G Spectrum and what private operators individually paid for the same check here -> telecomtalk.info/indias-3g-auction-ends-no-single-bidder-bid-for-a-pan-india-3g-license/28033/ )
BSNL and MTNL is govt of India’s own company and accountable to Govt and earlier when they are in profit they paid dividends to govt of India. Check this post -> telecomtalk.info/mtnl-presented-dividend-of-over-rs-35-crore-to-communications-ministry/11504/
Before auction, 3G was started by BSNL and it was legal, as per “3G Policy”, all operators participating in the 3G auction process also knows that.
If private operators really care their subscribers as they are crying now than why any of private telecom operators did not bother to take PAN India 3G spectrum at the time of auction ? No one want to talk on that !
Private telecoms operators are not Govt’s company so why govt funds them ??
max January 28, 2012 at 7:03 pm
i dont think govt view is wrong in any point, and there is notthing bad if govt favors in PSU side as they are working for people, their aim is to serve people better not to earn profit.
bharathkumar January 28, 2012 at 5:41 pm
before 3G auction bsnl already started their pan india 3G.. for bsnl.. govt giving fund.. for private who is funding huge amount.. dont think of that..
Sanjay Bafna January 28, 2012 at 3:41 pm
@Fahad Due to some legal aspects PSUs are not allowed to participate in any auction process, but they need to pay ‘HIGHEST bid amount for 3G spectrum and they paid it. (check this http://telecomtalk.info/indias-3g-auction-ends-no-single-bidder-bid-for-a-pan-india-3g-license/28033/ )
For private operators there was a far better facility in 3G spectrum auction process compare to PSUs, they can choose their circles, or can take spectrum for PAN INDIA or some circles as their pocket allow for that ! while this facility was not for PSUs.
3G Spectrum process was crystal clear and that time all private operators don’t want to take PAN INDIA 3G Spectrum because their pocket not allow them, so all goes for few circles that time, NOT to opt PAN INDIA 3G spectrum.
Now want to sell 3G SIM Cards without having 3G spectrum in some circles and this thing is ill-legal or out of the way !!
See RIL-Infotel want PAN India 4G Spectrum and govt gives that via same auction process. But all these private 3G operator who are crying for 3G ICRA, In real they don’t want to pay for the spectrum but want mint the money via illegal 3G.
Sanjay Bafna January 28, 2012 at 3:30 pm
No dear, its not TRUE ! Go and check 3G Auction process ( http://telecomtalk.info/indias-3g-auction-ends-no-single-bidder-bid-for-a-pan-india-3g-license/28033/ ) before commenting on that.
1. Private operators was allowed to take PAN India 3G spectrum but they did not take 3G Spectrum for all circles because they think that its NOT profitable so they select their circles as per their own choice !!
2. 3G spectrum to PSUs was alloted to balance the market and assure 3G service availability in all circles. Both PSUs paid “3G Spectrum charges” for all circles. while all private operator, selects few circles and and paid for that NOT for PAN INDIA and now they want to provide the service pan-India basis via ill-legal route.
3. 3G spectrum directly provided/alloted to PSUs because their payment for the spectrum was guaranteed and one PSU in all circle was essential as per policy. At the time of 3G spectrum auction process NO one form all private operators was ready to take PAN INDIA 3G Spectrum at that price point.
4. See the 4G-BWA Spectrum auction, Apart from the PSUs RIL-Infotel paid for PAN INDIA spectrum and govt give them but in 3G all private operators did not paid for that or dont want to pay for all circles and trying to offer pan-India service via ill-legal way !
5. TAX and 3G Spectrum charges are different thing, if you really want to understand the REAL THINGS than don’t mix it !
6. If all private operators want to provide PAN India 3G genuinely to their customers than why they did not buy the spectrum when open auction was happened ??
Fahad January 28, 2012 at 3:26 pm
In my opinion bsnl should had participated in the 3g spectrum auctio ns…
If it was so might be bsnl would have managed to get few circles … Giving them the spectrum for 22 or 21 circles is injustice with pvt telecos …
bharathkumar January 28, 2012 at 3:08 pm
please dont act as foolish.. go and check the telecom act.. if they are selling with roaming rite.. then.. it will help to every customer.. y u talk about onlu pricate telecoms.. then y customer are waiting for 3G.. please understand the statics.. today bsnl got 22 circles from 3g spectrum.. but they are not particpated in spectrum lottery .. they brought from direct govt.. i know they pay fees, but here for private no such servies is giving from govt.. to buy 22 circles spectrum.. then what private telecom do.. if they are not even get the 22 spectrum.. they can giving 3g IRCA to service to their customer.. wht the problem with govt.. private telecom also paying TAX for every circle they are using 3G also and roaming also. if they are paying tax.. then y IRCA is good.. first customer service then govt.. if no costumer then wher the govt stands.. govt is getting down…
Sanjay Bafna January 28, 2012 at 10:57 am
Policy is same of Govt operators and Private operators, BSNL and MTNL paid for 3G spectrum charges to the govt of India to get 3G spectrum in all circles while private operators choose just few circles as their own choice !
So how can govt allow them to provide the 3G services in the circles wherein they didn’t buy required 3G spectrum or not paying anything for spectrum usage?
deepak January 28, 2012 at 5:16 am
further to above, rs 50 recharge per month will also add 75 mb data to your data balance. for 44 months you can have 3300 mb data addition also.
deepak January 28, 2012 at 5:11 am
recharging with 50/- towards the end of validity of data plan will further increase the data validity by 30 days. the average data cost will increase slightly, but if you are low end user you can increase the validity to say 1 yr. using around rs. 300/- in six months. but be careful to recharge before the expiry of data validity.if you are satisfied with 2 gb per month, you can,as per current mtnl plans practically use this plan for 50 months by spending rs. 50 in further 44 months. the calculation comes to 44*50= 2200/-. the average cost comes to 5000+2200= 7200/50= 144/- pm for 1 GB. kushwaha ji now compare with airtel’s pathetic gprs 1gb @ 98/-. the cost calculated above is expected to reduce further as the 3g rates will not be static in coming years and expected to reduce further. May be 3g data becomes irrelevant when 4g takes over. who knows? but from my personal experience this is a cost effective 3g data plan as on date. better than unlimited plans where data can not be carried forward to next month. and i assume gprs and 3g both stay relevant for longer run, as i am using gprs for the last 5yrs.
WiMAX January 28, 2012 at 12:31 am
TT I inform you that since 2 months tata docomo cap their gprs speed at 4kb/s. and it auto disconnect in every 50 min.
ajay January 27, 2012 at 11:53 pm
+1 to MTNL
dskushwaha January 27, 2012 at 10:44 pm
GPRS and this offer of MTNL cannot be equated. The maximum outgo per month from one’s pocket using GPRS is Rs. 100 for most of the people. Whereas you will have to spend Rs 4999/6= Rs. 833 per month.
dskushwaha January 27, 2012 at 10:39 pm
The type of roaming you are talking about is legal and both MTNL/BSNL and Pvt operators are allowed to provide services using partner network to its customer in partner operators service area. But the problem was some Pvt. operators tried to change the definition of roaming by selling the services and making customers in partner operators service area
Riju January 27, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Please read carefully the story about intra circle roaming agreement.Then think about your comment.
bharathkumar January 27, 2012 at 10:06 pm
this is worst time ever i saw about government and private telecoms.. for private telecoms. policy are different.. for government telecoms policy are different.. what is this.. this is too much from indian government.. if mtnl can roaming using bsnl network.. then how private network cant.. roaming with other telecoms.. i condom this act from govt
Esmail January 27, 2012 at 9:59 pm
I am using the MTNL 4500/6 months 3G data pack in Mumbai, It is only applicable for usage within mumbai circle on MTNL networks, if you use it outside mumbai on BSNL network, you will be charged at base tariff at 1p/10kb.
krishnendu January 27, 2012 at 9:10 pm
R u sure?roaming allowed?
krishnendu January 27, 2012 at 9:09 pm
bsnl evdo 750pm unlimited!!speed & stability better than 3g in most areas as its cdma!
firstonnet January 27, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Nice offer who are searching for 3g data packs @ affordable rates. Now again MTNL started the war for 3g data rates. Expecting pvt ops soon relaunch their affordable 3G plans for PAN India. It’s equal to others 2GB GPRS @98 better to use UMTS instead of GPRS Less speed takes more time & drain battery.
Zeeshan January 27, 2012 at 8:23 pm
I have relative in Delhi and told them just buy one MTNL SIM for me and parcel it to me. They will recharge for me also and I will send the amount through E banking.
Zeeshan January 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
If you have any relative in Delhi then you may use this offer in BSNL network. @Arun
Jagan T January 27, 2012 at 8:03 pm
Wow. MTNL Rocking. I heared from our readers, MTNL network and speed is also good. Superb offer. Other foolish 3G providers – please note that only affordable charges moves the users to use 3G.
Arun January 27, 2012 at 7:58 pm
I would have been drooling over my keyboard if this was from bsnl!!
k saha January 27, 2012 at 7:37 pm
GREATEST OFFER IN INDIA 3G 1GB/50RS
KICK BSNL
Saurabh Sinha January 27, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Nice…w.r.t. any other operator
But, MTNL Mumbai- 4500/ 6 months- unlimited
MTNL Delhi- 5000/ 6 months- 100 GB
Huge difference-
It is time to bring MTNL sim from Mumbai & enjoy.
Keshav Jha January 27, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Superb plan…
Ashu January 27, 2012 at 6:56 pm
great…move by mtnl….keep rocking mtnl….my wishes are with u
3G January 27, 2012 at 6:54 pm
gr8…..1GB 3g data at jus Rs. 50….
Hope others too would follow soon…
Rafeek January 27, 2012 at 6:42 pm
great MTNL…
Sreedhar Siliveri January 27, 2012 at 5:20 pm
I am interested to buy this plan .. wanted to know the speed in Noida area .. can anyone help me out ..
Raghu January 27, 2012 at 5:11 pm
well done by MTNL. BSNL jago jago .