Pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced that its has crossed the landmark of 20,06,411 new GSM subscribers under its newly launched Pyari Jodi Plan(Home Unlimited Plan) in all telecom circles across India.
Initially BSNL launched this plan dubbed as Home Unlimited Plan only in Kerala telecom circle in August 2010, after getting tremendous response in Kerala, the operator extended this plan to some more circles in October 2010 and further the plan was rolled out for all circles dubbed as Pyari Jodi Plan by Mr Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for IT and Communications from 4th November 2010.
According to the exclusive circle-wise data details provided by BSNL, Kerala Circle added highest number of new GSM subscriber 13,32,267, while in Tamilnadu 2,82,301 and in Karnataka the operator added 74,108 new GSM subscribers in this plan.
With the “Pyari Plan” all BSNL landline subscribers in any telecom circle across India can get one free 2G Prepaid SIM card with Pay per Second plan along with Free 2000 Local/National SMS and 1000 MB Free Data usage. With this offer subscriber can make Unlimited Free Local calls from this new BSNL mobile number to his registered home land line phone with in the respective telecom circle (Only from Home LSA).
While all other local and STD Calls (except Home land line number) shall be charged as per ‘Pay-Per Second’ tariff. After the expiry of initial validity of 180 days, further validity can be extended by using any of the recharge coupons and continue to enjoy the Unlimited Free call facility forever.