Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the withdrawal of its existing prepaid Plan Voucher Rs 429 with effect from today the 30th of August 2020.
As per the latest information, the PSU has also decided to re-introduce the same offer as BSNL STV 429 without any change in its freebies. The new BSNL Combo STV 429 will be available for customers with effect from 31st August 2020 on wards. This tariff revision is applicable to BSNL prepaid mobile customers in all the telecom circles.
Re-introduction of STV 429 with effect from 31st August 2020 on wards on PAN India basis | ||
Sl No | Particulars | Combo STV 429 |
1 |
Prive of STV in Rs (Incl. of GST) |
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2 |
Freebies |
Unlimited ($) free voice calls in home and national roaming including MTNL network roaming area of Delhi and Mumbai {The FUP condition ‘Customer using more than 250 minutes outgoing minutes (Local/STD/Roaming)(On-net/Off-net) as per unlimited recharge benefits in a day will be charged at base plan tariff, after consumption of 250 minutes for the rest of the day till midnight 0.00 hrs}
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The 100 free SMS ($) per day will be applicable in home and national roaming including MTNL network roaming area of Delhi and Mumbai
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Unlimited data with speed restricted to 40Kbps after 1GB Data/Day + EROS NOW Entertainment services |
3 |
Validity in Calendar Days |
81 |
$ If a customer is using more than 250 Outgoing minutes [(Local + STD + Outgoing Roaming) (on-net/off-net) as per unlimited
recharge benefits] in a day will be charged at Base Plan Tariff, after consumption of 250 minutes for the rest of the day till
midnight 0:00 hrs. The Voice benefits/SMS benefits (if any) under this voucher cannot be used for outgoing calls/SMS to
premium numbers, IN numbers, international numbers and other chargeable short codes; the subscriber will be charged
applicable tariffs for the same.
recharge benefits] in a day will be charged at Base Plan Tariff, after consumption of 250 minutes for the rest of the day till
midnight 0:00 hrs. The Voice benefits/SMS benefits (if any) under this voucher cannot be used for outgoing calls/SMS to
premium numbers, IN numbers, international numbers and other chargeable short codes; the subscriber will be charged
applicable tariffs for the same.
This voucher is intended only for personal use of included services. BSNL reserves the right to
discontinue service immediately in case of misuse/ fraudulent use/ unauthorized telemarketing and commercial use. Unutilized
free benefits will be forfeited at the expiry of current recharge of the plan. As we reported in September 2017, BSNL initially launched this Plan Voucher 429 as a promotional offer except Kerala Circle. But later, because of increasing customer demand for data centric prepaid mobile plans, the same scheme was introduced in Kerala also.
discontinue service immediately in case of misuse/ fraudulent use/ unauthorized telemarketing and commercial use. Unutilized
free benefits will be forfeited at the expiry of current recharge of the plan. As we reported in September 2017, BSNL initially launched this Plan Voucher 429 as a promotional offer except Kerala Circle. But later, because of increasing customer demand for data centric prepaid mobile plans, the same scheme was introduced in Kerala also.
Some of the latest offers announced by BSNL in August 2020 are listed below for your quick reference:-
- BSNL launches new Combo STV 49 with 100 minutes voice calls, 100 SMS and 2GB free data for 28 days
- BSNL to launch new annual unlimited prepaid mobile plan ‘Bindas Bol 1499’ from 1st September 2020 on wards on PAN India basis
- BSNL Onam Offer 2020 : Get extra talk value of Rs 240 for Top Up Rs 220 from 24th August to 06th September
- BSNL announced 5GB free data for prepaid mobile customers opting advance multi recharge facility
- BSNL to launch Sunday Full Talk Time with Top Up ₹100 for all prepaid mobile customers
- BSNL to withdraw annual prepaid mobile plan ₹1699 and converts STV 399 to Plan Voucher ₹399 on PAN India basis
- BSNL’s new longer validity Prepaid Mobile Plan ₹2399 offers unlimited voice calls and SMS for 600 days
Withdrawal of Top-up recharge facility to GP-2 (Grace Priod-2) Customers
In addition, the PSU has also announced the withdrawal of Top-up recharge facility to GP-II Customers in all Plans with effect from 30-08-2020 on wards. Now, customers in Grace Period-2 need to recharge their number with any of the existing Plan Vouchers to retain his/her number. Normal top up will not increase plan validity.
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