India's National Telecom Backbone and Pan India 3G mobile service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the extension of its promotional offer of 3G Data Plans at discounted rates for 3 months.
Now BSNL 3G subscriber (Prepaid and Postpaid) using 5000 MB, 10,000 MB and 15000 MB plans can enjoy discounted price up to 40% for another period of 3 months i.e.up to 31st March 2012. Earlier the 3G Data benefit offer was valid till 31st December 2011.
on 6th September this year, BSNL has revised its 3G Data offerings and announced the new increased price of certain Prepaid STVs and Postpaid Fixed Monthly Charge (FMC) as we earlier shared on TelecomTalk.
Interestingly, leading private operators like IDEA Cellular, Vodafone India, Aircel and Reliance Mobile (Rcom) launched such a discount scheme called as "Double Dhamaka" or "Double Data Benefits" offer valid till December 2011 and BSNL’s Discounted 3G Data Plans was also valid till 31st Dec 2011.
Well, now BSNL extended its offer to the 31st March 2012. Lets see private operators follow this move to provide affordable 3G or not !
| Prepaid 3G Data Plans /STVs | |||
| MRP of 3G Data STVs | Discounted Price of 3G Data STVs. (Valid till 31st March 2012 | Free Data Usage(Home and Roam) | Validity |
| Rs.1250 | Rs.750 | 5000 MB | 30 Days |
| Rs.1800 | Rs.1260 | 10000 MB | 30 Days |
| Rs.2250 | Rs.1575 | 15000 MB | 30 Days |
| Note: Price may vary from Circle to Circle by Rs.3 (+/-) considering local market conditions etc. Beyond Free usage data charges will be Rs.0.04 /10KB | |||
| Postpaid 3G Data Plans | |||
| FMCs 3G Data Plan | Discounted Price of 3G Data FMC (Valid till 31st March 2012 | Free Data Usage(Home and Roam) | Data Charges Beyond Free Usage |
| Rs.1133 | Rs.680 | 5000 MB | 4p/10 KB |
| Rs.1633 | Rs.1143 | 10000 MB | 4p/10 KB |
| Rs.2039 | Rs.1427 | 15000 MB | 4p/10 KB |
