BSNL prepaid plan for Rs 99 Launched, comes with unlimited talktime.
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
today introduced unlimited prepaid mobile plans starting at Rs 99 for
the Calcutta telecom circle to take on rising competition. The telecom
operator was also bullish on the 2,100 MHz spectrum band before its 4G
roll-out here, which could be as early as from March this year, Calcutta
Telephones CGM S P Tripathi said.
“We expect spectrum in the 2,100 MHz
band within days and equipment is also ready,” he said, sounding
optimistic about the 4G roll-out in phases across the city with 650-odd
towers. He said the new plan starts from Rs 99 for 26 days and Rs 319
for 90 days unlimited voice calls with roaming, except in Delhi and
Mumbai.
At Rs 999, the company will offer
unlimited calls and 1GB/day high-speed data for 181 days. Tripathi said
he expects the next fiscal year 2018-19 to be ‘much better’ for the
company as the price war gradually settles. In the current fiscal,
Calcutta Telephones is hopeful of clocking revenues between Rs 510 crores
and Rs 550 crore, while losses are pegged at about Rs 350 crores,
company officials said.
It is also focusing on recovery of dues from institutional and retail customers to the tune of Rs.300 crores.
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