BSNL Takes on Jio With Rs. 499 Postpaid Plan That Offers 45GB Monthly Data | Just days after bringing ‘Data Tsunami’
offer to please its prepaid subscribers, BSNL is now said to have
launched a new Rs. 499 plan for its postpaid subscribers that offers as
much as 45GB of monthly data. The new plan also includes unlimited voice
calls. It is designed to rival Reliance Jio’s Rs. 509 plan that offers a
total of 60GB data with a daily limit of 2GB. Back in March, Airtel
brought its Rs. 499 postpaid plan to offer 40GB data per month alongside
unlimited voice calls and one-year Amazon Prime subscription. Notably,
Vodafone and Idea Cellular also offer Rs. 499 plan with 40GB data
benefits for a monthly billing cycle.
As reported by TelecomTalk, the BSNL Rs.
499 postpaid plan doesn’t come with data rollover facility that carries
forward the unused data in the next billing cycle. However, the latest
plan is said to include 45GB of monthly data that is more than what you
can get from a similar Rs. 499 plan offered by Airtel, Vodafone, and
Idea. But, of course, the bundled data limit with the BSNL plan is not
at par with the Jio Rs. 499 plan that offers 60GB data. Nevertheless,
the BSNL plan additionally offers unlimited voice calling with no
monthly FUP limit as well as 100 SMS messages per day.
Details about the telecom circles where
the BSNL Rs. 499 plan is live aren’t revealed. Subscribers need to reach
the customer care helpline to check its availability in their region.
Earlier this month, BSNL launched a Rs.
98 pack under the ‘Data Tsunami’ offer to provide its prepaid customers
with 1.5GB data per day for 26 days. This brought down the data per GB
cost to Rs. 2.51, cheaper than what you can get on Rs. 149 pack by Jio
or Airtel. Having said that, the BSNL pack didn’t come with unlimited
voice calls and 100 SMS messages per day limit that both are widely
given by private telecom operators.