MTNL Offers Up to 120GB of Free Data to Prepaid Users With an Active Broadband Connection

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the state-owned telco is making its attempt of surviving the new surge of competition which has erupted in the broadband home service sector. The telecom operator which has long provided broadband services to customers in two metro cities (Delhi and Mumbai) of India has rolled out a new offer wherein all the existing and new broadband customers of MTNL who have subscribed to plans north of Rs 600 will be eligible for a free MTNL 3G SIM card with data benefit of 5GB per month. This move by the state-owned telco comes right after Reliance Jio has announced its entry into the broadband market.

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The scheme which will be valid starting July 1 will be known as the ‘Broadband-GSM Companion Scheme’. Under the Companion Scheme, the broadband users with monthly billing upwards of Rs 600 can get a free MTNL 3G SIM card with five years validity free of cost. Subscribers with a monthly broadband billing of Rs 600 to Rs 799 will be eligible for 5GB data per month on this SIM card for 12 months. On the other hand, a subscriber with the monthly broadband billing of Rs 800 and above will be eligible for 10GB data per month on their MTNL SIM card for 12 months. Although the data on the SIM card is going to be free for an entire year the charge levied on the calling and SMS benefits will be according to the following tariffs.