Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has also launched a new bsnl recharge plan STV ₹398 that offers truly unlimited voice call and unlimited Data without any FUP usages limits and also offer 100 free SMS per day to any network. This STV comes with 30 days of validity. This newly announced STV398 is a unique plan by BSNL and not offered by any other operators in India which provide unlimited Data usage in Rs.398 only.
BSNL also removes FUP limits on voice calls and decided to offer truly unlimited voice calls in all unlimited plans of prepaid and postpaid mobile. Earlier there was a FUP usage limit of 250 min calls/day is applicable in all unlimited plans, after 250 mins calls/days users charged at base tariff plan which is applicable to Plan Vouchers.
Recently Reliance Jio has also announced that it will not charge 6 paisa for voice calls on other networks from January 1, 2021. They finally removed Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC), and offer free voice on all networks which means that Jio users now won’t need to worry about IUC minutes. Last year in late October, Jio introduced the IUC charge of 6 paisa/minute for voice calls on other networks.
This development comes after the abolish of Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC) charges for domestic voice calls by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). This is really very positive news for BSNL customers as now they need not worry about FUP usage limits. This will be implemented latest by 10th January 2021 in all the telecom circles of BSNL and all other terms and conditions will remain the same.
Removal of Voice FUP usage limit will be applicable to both existing as well as new mobile customers of BSNL across all telecom circles.
Terms and conditions of BSNL recharge plan STV398
The Free SMS/day will be applicable in home and national roaming including MTNL network roaming area of Delhi and Mumbai”. The SMS/Voice benefits (if any) under this voucher cannot be used for outgoing SMS/Voice 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.
The above tariff will be implemented with effect from 10-01-2021.
The newly announced decision to remove FUP on all prepaid and postpaid unlimited plan and launching a new BSNL recharge plan STV398 is a really good step for BSNL customers and it will further intensify the tariff war in unlimited data in the Indian telecom market as no other private operators are having an offer of this kind.
The latest move will definitely help BSNL to improve its market share in the coming days. The PSU already launched many attractive and customer-centric BSNL recharge plans in Prepaid as well as Postpaid segments to compete with private telecom players like Jio, Vi & Airtel.
