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


Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Tamil Nadu circle on Monday announced the availability of Plan Advance 94 and Plan Advance 95 with 3GB data benefits to users. The development is on the heels of the operator revising its prepaid mobile plans in the state including the Chennai circle. Initially, BSNL on June 30, announced that the Vasantham Gold prepaid plan priced at Rs 96 would no longer be available to users. Further, the operator on Thursday rationalised its Plan Voucher (PV) 74 and PV 75 to offer 60 day worth of benefits to users.
BSNL Introduces Plan Advance 94 and Plan Advance 95
The state-run PSU on Monday announced the availability of Plan Advance 94 and Plan Advance 95 to users. The operator calculates the pulse rate of the Rs 94 plan on a per minute basis while the users on the Rs 95 plan would be charged on a per second basis. However, the benefits including data and free calls are largely identical.
The plans enable users to browse 3GB of high speed data and 100 minutes of free voice calls. The operator highlighted that the free voice calls can be consumed on the home network and on national roaming including the Delhi and Mumbai circles.
However, BSNL said that the users will need to consume the free data and free voice calls within the plan validity period of 90 days.
Beyond the free calls on the Rs 94 plan, BSNL charges Rs 1 per minute for local calls while the STD calls are charged at Rs 1.3 per minute. Similarly, BSNL said that the users on the Rs 95 plan would be charged at Rs 0.02 per second of locals while the STD calls would be charged at Rs 0.024 per second. The operator said that the Rs 94 and Rs 95 plan users would be charged Rs 0.8 per local SMS while Rs 1.2 would be charged for national SMS.