In an attempt to attract new customers and keep existing BlackBerry customers connected with the latest one, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) special Unlimited and Limited plans for BlackBerry Z10 smartphone running on latest BlackBerry 10 operating system.
BSNL is the first mobile service operator which has revised its existing BlackBerry plans for BlackBerry 10 based BB Z10 Smartphones users and introduced with additions of host of freebies. BSNL also launched three all new advance rental data plans for prepaid and postpaid customers using BlackBerry Z10 smartphone.
BSNL all new advance rental data plans (Annual Plan) for BB10 users dubbed as BB10 Silver , BB10 Gold and BB10 Platinum comes with advance rental for 12 months options, offer 1 GB, 3 GB and 5 GB free data usage per month respectively. Beyond free usage postpaid subscribers will be charged 1p/10Kb and prepaid subscribers at 2p/10Kb (2G and 3G / Home and Roam).
BSNL BlackBerry BB10 Plans for BlackBerry Z10 Smartphone (MICRO/NANO SIM) :
| Plan Name | Free Data Usage (Home and Roam) | Postpaid (Advance Rental in Rs.) | Prepaid (STV in Rs.) | Charges beyond free data usage |
| BB10 Silver | 1 GB/Month for 12 months | Rs.1780 | Rs.1999 | Rs 0.01 for Postpaid and Rs 0.02 /10KB for Prepaid |
| BB10 Gold | 3 GB/Month for 12 months | Rs.3560 | Rs.3999 | |
| BB10 Platinum | 5 GB/Month for 12 months | Rs.6230 | Rs.6999 |
BSNL also revised and opens its existing BlackBerry plans for BlackBerry Z10 users by adding new benefits in all plans (see table below).
BIS-I/Lite / Social plan will now offer Unlimited e-mail, Social Networking + 1GB Data + 100 On-net Local and National SMS . While BIS-C plan will offer additional 2GB of FREE data usage apart from the existing benefits. BlackBerry BIS-III plan will now offer Unlimited e-mail (PO/IMAP) + Instant Messaging + Internet Browsing + 10GB off device data usage + 500 On-net Local and National SMS.
| Plan Charges | Existing BlackBerry Plan | BSNL BB10 Migration Plan | |||
| Postpaid (FMC in Rs.) | Prepaid (STV in Rs.) | Plan Name | Freebies | Freebies | Charges beyond free data usage |
| Rs.299 | BB Lite- Rs.305 BB Social- Rs. 303 | BIS-I/Lite/Social | Unlimited instant Messaging / Social Networking | * Unlimited e-mail, Social Networking + 1GB + 100 SMS On-net Local and National | Rs 0.01 for Postpaid and Rs 0.02 /10KB for Prepaid |
| Rs.362 | Rs.410 | BIS-C | Unlimited e-mails (PO/IMAP)+Instant Messaging | *Unlimited e-mail (PO/IMAP) + Instant Messaging + 2GB data usage | |
| Rs.999 | Rs.1009 | BIS-III | Unlimited e-mails (PO/IMAP)+Instant Messaging+ Internet Browsing + Off devices GPRS upto 2GB | *Unlimited e-mail (PO/IMAP) + Instant Messaging + Internet Browsing + 10GB for Off Device Usage + 500SMS On-net Local and National | |
| * Unlimited internet browsing (2G / 3G) access limited to Blackberry Z10 Smart phones. | |||||
Note : The above tariff plans for BlackBerry Z10 will be applicable for a promotional period of 90 days w.e.f 18.03.2013.
