BSNL Board Director (CM) Sri Anupam Srivastava said in a press release that company has the cheapest 3G mobile internet plans as compared to all other mobile operators in the market.
The press release further said that BSNL is charging data usage at the rate of 1p/10KB for its postpaid subscribers while prepaid customers pays 2p/10KB only and these rates are cheapest among all mobile operators in Indian telecom market.
Other private mobile operators have hiked mobile internet charges by 100% but BSNL is offering data plans at its old tariff with free national roaming and without any hidden charges. BSNL still have 1GB 3G data STV at Rs 139 for its prepaid customers which come with validity of 20 days.
Comparison of 3G / 2G Mobile Internet Data packs(As on 10-10-2014)
| Data Packs | BSNL 3G/2G (Rs.) | Airtel 2G (Rs.) | Airtel 3G (Rs.) | Vodafone 2G (Rs.) | Vodafone 3G (Rs.) | Idea 2G (Rs.) | Idea 3G (Rs.) |
| 200 MB | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 300 MB | — | — | 102 | — | 104 | — | 107 |
| 400 MB | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 500 MB | — | — | — | — | 149 | — | — |
| 1 GB | 176 | 149 | 249 | 155 | 251 | 154 | 249 |
| 2 GB | 252 | 201 | — | — | 449 | 201 | 448 |
| 2.5 GB | — | — | 449 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 GB | — | — | 749 | — | — | — | 745 |
| 5 GB | 561 | 349 | — | 399 | 849 | — | 848 |
| 7 GB | 821 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 GB | 1011 | 599 | 1499 | — | 1505 | — | 1346 |
| 20 GB | 1949 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Additional Usage Charges beyond Free Usage | 2ps/10KB | 3ps/10KB | 3ps/10KB | 4ps/10KB | 4ps/10KB | 4ps/10KB | 4ps/10KB |
*Data tariff rates are taken from the official websites of respective Telecom Operators
BSNL has annual 3G data tariff plans at Rs 1251, Rs2299 and Rs 3299 which offers 9GB data, 18GB data and 30GB data with 1 Year validity.
The company has introduced many affordable and cheapest 3G data special tariff vouchers (STVs) for its prepaid customers at Rs 176 and Rs 251 which offers 1GB and 2GB respectively with 30 days validity.
Postpaid customers get 1GB and 2GB data at even more cheaper rates of Rs 140 and Rs 225 respectively. BSNL also introduced Unlimited 3G data offers at just Rs.240
From the above figures, we can
definitely say the Data Plans offered by BSNL are the cheapest and most
affordable when compared to all other private operators in the market.
Dear readers, how many of you are currently using BSNL 3G? Are you satisfied with its performance? Just compare the 3G data plans offered by your current operator with BSNL 3G Data offers.
