Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

BSNL is the only telecom operator in India right now which is providing long-term data-only prepaid plans. While Jio’s data pack of Rs 251 offers 2GB daily data for 51 days, BSNL has a data pack of Rs 318 that ships with the same data benefit for a period of 84 days. The Rs 318 data pack is available only in few circles at the moment and they are Andhra Pradesh & Telangana and Karnataka. Besides the Rs 318 plan, BSNL also has other data-only plans like Rs 198 that offers a user 2GB data per day for 54 days, whereas the Rs 98 plan comes with the same amount of daily data for 24 days. Private telecom operators like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are providing data-only plans priced under Rs 100 only, and they are very limited on number as well.

BSNL Rs 318 Data Plan Offers 168GB Data for 84 Days
The top three telcos- Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, raised tariffs for prepaid users in December 2019, but BSNL just reduced the validity of its popular plans in just Kerala circle only. Because BSNL lacks 4G services, the telco is not raising tariffs and aiming to lure new subscribers with attractive data and combo plans. The Rs 318 prepaid plan from BSNL is a data STV that comes with 2GB data per day for a period of 84 days. If a user exhausts the daily data limit, the telco caps the speeds to 40 Kbps which will be enough to send and receive WhatsApp text & media messages.