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Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Monday announced the launch of the international prepaid roaming facility with cellular operators in five countries including France and Sweden. According to multiple releases by the BSNL Chennai circle, the international prepaid roaming facility unveiled by the operator on Monday will be applicable to the BSNL prepaid users in the Chennai circle. In its releases, the state-run operator highlighted that its prepaid users can now enable international roaming in five countries including France, Sweden, Thailand, Iceland and Afghanistan. BSNL said that the international prepaid facility in the five countries are effective from January 16, 2021.
BSNL Unveils International Prepaid Roaming Facility in Five Countries
The state-run operator highlighted that it has enabled the prepaid roaming facility with Hi3G in Sweden, Bouyges Telecom in France, TriNet in Thailand, MTN in Afghanistan and Vodafone in Iceland.
In Sweden, BSNL said that its prepaid users will be charged Rs 62.86 per minute for all local and national calls while users will be charged Rs 44 for all calls to India. The BSNL prepaid users in France will be charged Rs 12.57 per minute for all local and national calls while Rs 50.29 will be charged for calls to India.
In Thailand, BSNL said that its users will be charged Rs 6.63 per minute for all local and national calls while Rs 38.70 will be charged for calls to India. Similarly, it was said that BSNL users in Iceland will be charged Rs 39.87 for all local and national calls while calls to India will be charged at Rs 107.76 per minute.
BSNL also said that its prepaid users in Afghanistan will be charged Rs 49.20 per minute for all national calls while calls to India will be charged at Rs 118.09 per minute.