BSNL Offers SIM Cards for No Additional Charge to New Subscribers

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State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited on Tuesday said that its new customers whose First Recharge Coupon (FRC) is more than Rs 100 would receive free SIM cards. The notification issued by BSNL Chennai circle on Tuesday highlighted that the free SIM is worth Rs 20 and that the offer would be available between May 26 to May 31. The operator has seven standard FRCs that are priced above Rs 100 with the base FRC priced at Rs 106 and that offers a validity of 28 days. While BSNL offers circle specific FRCs above Rs 100, the standard FRC are applicable across India including the Chennai circle.

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BSNL FRCs Above Rs 100

The base FRC priced at Rs 106 enables customers to make “unlimited” local and STD calls along with 1 GB of daily data and 100 SMS per day for 28 days. BSNL has a fair usage policy (FUP) of 250 minutes per day on “unlimited” calls beyond which the users are charged on a per second basis. Further, the operator limits the speed to 40 Kbps on users reaching the limit of 1 GB.

Similarly, BSNL has an Rs 107 FRC plan that offers identical benefits as to the Rs 106 plan but the users are charged on a per minute basis on reaching the FUP limit.

The Rs 108 plan from BSNL with a validity of 60 days enables users to make unlimited calls with the operator charging users on a per second basis upon reaching the FUP limit. Further, the Rs 108 plan enables users to browse up to 1 GB per day on high speed beyond which the speeds are limited to 80 Kbps.

The Rs 365 plan offers users unlimited calls, data and 100 SMS per day for 365 days. BSNL charges users on a per minute basis upon reaching the FUP limits while speeds are capped to 80 Kbps on users reaching the limit of 2 GB per day. Additionally, the Rs 365 plan enables users to watch Lokdhun content, BSNL TV app for 60 days while caller tune service is also enabled for similar duration.