India’s National telecom backbone and state-owned 3G Mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) launches three new BlackBerry plans integrated with social networking sites for its Prepaid and Postapid mobile services at Rs.274 and Rs.299 respectively.
The new BSNL Prepaid plans dubbed at BlackBerry Internet Bundle service plan, BlackBerry Messaging Bundle service plans and BlackBerry Social Networking Bundle service plan. The new plans offers the GSM mobile service users to choose from range of services related to Instant Messaging Always on Email service, Social networking and Internet browsing as their requirements in association with Research in Motion’s (RIM) the makers of BlackBerry.
Speaking on the launch of new plan, Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, CMD, BSNL, said, “BSNL''s new service plans fill a void in the market; we are making it affordable and easy for customers to purchase BlackBerry smartphones and services. Our integrated plans for BlackBerry services are extremely approachable and will be attractive to people who want connectivity at their fingertips,”
BSNL new BlackBerry tariff Plans in Details-:
| BSNL BlackBerry Service tariff Plan | Plan and Service Details | Prepaid Monthly Charges | Postpaid Monthly Charges |
| BlackBerry Messaging Bundle | Unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features of BlackBerry® Internet Service, to access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) as well as various instant messaging services (including Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger) from a single device. | Rs.274 | Rs.299 |
| Blackberry Social Networking Bundle | Unlimited access to the popular instant messaging service of Yahoo Messenger,Windows Live Messenger, and BlackBerry Messenger with social networking site Facebook and My Space | Rs.274 | Rs.299 |
| BlackBerry Internet Bundle | Unlimited access to the industry-leading email and instant messaging features of BlackBerry® Internet Service, to access up to 10 supported POP3/IMAP email accounts (including most popular ISP email accounts such as Yahoo! Mail and Google Mail) as well as various instant messaging services (including Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo! Messenger and BlackBerry® Messenger) from a single device and also social networking site Facebook and My Space | Rs.898 | Rs.999 |
Mr Frenny Bawa, Vice President, India, Research In Motion said "Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has played an important role in fostering the adoption of BlackBerry smart phones among both consumers and business users in India. We believe that these attractive new service plans will now help expand the market opportunity for BlackBerry smart phones even further."
