BSNL MAKES PAN INDIA LOCAL FOR ITS FIXED LINE CUSTOMERS

As part of its endeavor to provide affordable telecom services to customers, BSNL, the dominant fixed line operator of the country, has slashed STD Call charges from its Fixed Line phones to any Fixed Line phone of any network to Local Call rates w.e.f. 1st December 2010. Calls from BSNL Fixed Line (Landline as well as WLL) to any Fixed Line phone (BSNL’s as well as other networks having less than 10 digit numbers) throughout India will have same charges with three minute pulse rate. Consequently the customers will now be able to talk for three minutes in one call unit charge, which varies from 80 paise to Rs 1.20 depending upon the tariff plan.

With distinctive clear voice, no call drops and uninterrupted speech, landline customers can now make long conversations across India without paying any extra STD charges.
This facility will be automatically available to all the Fixed Line Customers of all tariff plans. The customers already availing dynamic locking facility will continue to avail the same and can bar STD (Level 0) calls, if they so desire. The revised call charges will, however, not be applicable to PCO’s and for calls to special services (i.e. Level-1 services). With this long distance calls from BSNL Fixed Line to any Fixed Line Customers have now become cheaper than that of mobile.

*From BSNL Website.

Wi-MAX Home Unlimited for Rs.750/-

BSNL reduced Wimax unlimited home plan tariff to Rs.750/Month from Rs.900/month. The plan have no FUP. For more info


http://www.kerala.bsnl.co.in/Wimax/wimax.htm

Unlimited BroadBand for Rs.499

BSNL Kerala Circle introducing 256 Kbps standalone “BB Home UL 499” Unlimited Broadband Plan for Home users on promotional basis in Kerala Circle w.e.f 8 ^th September 2010 to 29^th November 2010

More Info : Click HERE

Special tariff plan for Ramzan and Id-ul-Fitr festival under prepaid mobile services

The above RCV applicable for General, 2G Generala 1ps/Sec, 2G General all @ 49, 2G Ayush and 3G General 120 Plans. Rs.786 will add as talk time.786 Free SMS both Local/STD and On Net/Off Net for 30 days. Additional validity of 180 days will be added to the main account

More info at :HERE

Free browsing for Streaming APN bsnlstream as part of Onam festival

BSNL Kerala launching special festival offer by giving free browsing for Streaming APN bsnlstream in connection with Onam festival to all mobile customers of Kerala Circle during the period from 16th Aug to 31st Aug 2010. Present Data Charges of 1ps/10Kb has been waived off during the offer period. Now customers can experience the thrill of streaming services of BSNL 3G through BSNL Live portal and BSNL Mobile TV without paying any data access charges. The free data access shall be applicable only for streaming services offered through bsnlstream APN.

Now onwards all new customers opted for Mobile TV shall be provisioned with new and updated version of Mobile TV client software. Existing customers can also download the new version by sending SMS “MY3GTV” to 55447 and enjoy Mobile TV Experience without paying any Data Charges. All available channels under basic package for one month is available by paying subscription charge of Rs.150/Month for all channels, Rs.20/Month for one channel and Rs.10/Day/Channel.

The above offer will applicable for both prepaid and post paid customers for 15 days (16th Aug 2010 – 31st Aug 2010)

2G SIM card exclusively for loyal BSNL landline customers under “BSNL Home” Scheme

BSNL Kerala Circle launches a new and attractive scheme called “BSNL Home” exclusively for the loyal BSNL Landline customers of Kerala Circle as ONAM gift. As per the offer every loyal landline customer shall be issued one free Pre-paid SIM card. Details of BSNL home tariff and other conditions are given below.

• Tariff Plan - General – Pay per Second
• Initial Validity - 180 days
• Talk value - Rs. 15
• BSNL Home Calls - Unlimited Free calls from this mobile to the registered home landline
  (Only from Home LSA while roaming standard call charges shall be applicable). Calls from the landline to mobile shall be charged as per the prevailing tariff. After the expiry of initial validity of 180 days, further validity can be extended by using any of the recharge coupons and continue to enjoy the unlimited free call facility.
• Eligibility Condition - All landline numbers which are continuously working for more than 3 years can be considered as loyal customers.
• Choice Number - The customer shall be given the option for selecting the choice mobile number in match with the existing landline number from the available MSISDN list. The choice of number selection shall be subject to availability and issued on first cum first serve basis. In case the landline number of the customer belongs to vanity level and wants the matching number for the free SIM card issued under this scheme, the customer should pay the necessary vanity number charges.

All other terms and conditions as per General – Pay per Second shall be applicable

2 GB free EDGE connectivity from BSNL

GPRS TRAIL OFFER- SALIENT FEATURES

1. APPLICABILITY
All the existing 2G customers can avail this offer.

2. VALIDITY
The offer will be commenced with effect from 20-07-2010 and will be open
for 30 days. The customer will get validity of 30 days from the date of actual
activation.

3. ACTIVATION
By sending SMS “GPRS TRIAL” to 53733

4. FREE USAGE
Free usage upto 2 GB. Beyond 2GB, it will be charged @ 1 paisa/10kb

15 days Unlimited Free Download from BSNL

"15 days Unlimited Free Download" to the New BB customers
registering during July 2010

BSNL is offering "15 days unlimited free download at
2Mbps" to the New Customers registering their Broadband
connections from 01.07.10 to 31.07.10 with further details as follows:

1. All the customers registering for their new Broadband
connection from 01.07.10 to 31.07.10 under any BSNL
Broadband Plan of up to 2Mbps speed (limited/unlimited) shall
be provided unlimited free download at 2Mbps for first fifteen
(15) days irrespective of the speed of the plan applied for.

2. The customers applying for Limited Plans shall not be charged
for their download for first fifteen (15) days of activation of their
Broadband connection and those applying for Unlimited Plans
with download speed less than 2 Mbps shall get the benefit of
increased download speed up to 2 Mbps.

3. The scheme of free download shall terminate automatically
after the first 15 days after which the connection shall be
reverted to the registered plan, and change in Plan, if any
desired by the customer should be noted and implemented as
per existing provisions.

4. No Installation charges shall be payable by the customer for the
BB connection registered during the currency of the scheme
i.e., from 01.07.10 to 31.07.2010.

5. Usual Monthly Plan charges for the opted Broadband plan and
Fixed Monthly charges for the Modem (in case Modem is taken
on hire basis from BSNL) shall be payable during the
promotional period i.e., 15 days free download period.
Minimum period of hire for customers availing this scheme shall
be one month including the free download period.

BSNL introduces Universal ITC Card with per second pulse

BSNL introduced new Universal ITC (India Telephone Card) with per second tariff. All calls from/to Mobile/Land line will cost 1ps/Sec. Very attractive offer from BSNL. More info available at HERE

Upgrade of the bandwidth for Home unlimited plans

Upgrade of the bandwidth (Download speed) and nomenclature change of BB Home Combo UL 1350 plans.

Upgradation of the bandwidth (Download speed) of following Home Unlimited Broadband (Postpaid) Plans and revision of nomenclature in respect of BB Home Combo UL 1350 as indicated below :

Existing Name & Bandwidth		Revised Name & Bandwidth
Plan Name	Bandwidth Speed	Plan Name	Bandwidth Speed
BB Home UL 750	256 Kbps	BB Home UL 750 (no change)	512 Kbps
BB Home Combo UL 750	256 Kbps	BB Home Combo UL 750(no change)	512 Kbps
BB Home Combo UL 1350	512 Kbps	BB Home Combo ULF 1350	2 Mbps upto 15 GB, 512 Kbps beyond 15 GB

These instructions shall have the immediate effect.

All other relevant terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.

3G Promotional tariff for Postpaid and Prepaid

All local and National Video calls from home LSA will be charged @ Rs. 0.30 per minute.

The above Promotional Tariff will be available for 90 days with effect from 1st June, 2010.

All other terms and conditions will remain the same.

BSNL Live Launched for 3G Customers in South Zone

BSNL launched its new service delivery platform ‘BSNL Live’ a Mobile Web portal that would offer Video on Demand (VoD), Movie streaming for its 3G GSM customers in South Zone. “The BSNL Live portal has Movie streaming, Games, Full track songs, Video clips and it will be a single window shop for all the mobile value added contents,” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director, Kuldeep Goyal. “We already have the ‘Video Calling’ and ‘Hello TV’ service but the convenience comes with the use of Live Portal launched today,” he said.

The operator would also introduce Mobile Commerce, Mobil Episode and other utilities (paying phone bills and other services) very soon. The BSNL Live services which was launched today in South Zone would now be available in over 428 cities of Northern, Eastern as well as Southern parts of India. He further said that the name of the technical platform hosting ‘BSNL Live’ was Service Delivery Platform (SDP) which the BSNL was the first mobile operator to deploy and it was built to meet the needs of mobile network operators, media companies, service providers etc. It has been developed with the assistance of Ericsson.

The end user price points of the contents like for Games will be Rs. 35-100, full track songs Rs. 15, Video Rs. 10 to Rs. 20, Video On Demand at Rs. 40 and wallpapers at Rs. 10. Moreover Video category will have contents like exclusive preview of forthcoming films, footage of celebrities, interviews etc.

Emergency Credit and SMS Based Recharge

India’s National telecom Backbone and GSM service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) introduces CREDIT Recharge, GIFT the Talk Time, SMS based tariff Recharging and Plan Migration facility for its GSM Mobile service customers in Kolkata Telecom Circles. The Credit Recharge facility which let its prepaid customers in Kolkata telecom circle to avail a credit amount of Rs.10 as a Emergency Credit Recharge by just sending an SMS.

To avail the service any prepaid customer having balance less than 10 but not negative need to send CREDIT to 53738. The credit Amount of Rs. 10 will be added to his account instantly. However the same feature will not be allowed again to the customer till he recharges. A sum of Rs.10 will be debited from his balance on the next day midnight. If the customer does not recharge within next day, the balance will go to negative. The transaction Fee Rs.1 will be applicable.

Gift or Share the Talk Time

BSNL prepaid subscriber can Gift or Share their talk time with other active BSNL prepaid subscribers (same circle). To gift the talk time customer may send GIFT (space) (prepaid no. to whom gift to be made) (space) Amount to 53738. The Transferee should be in the active period and Maximum talk value for gifting is Rs. 100 per transaction. One transaction will be allowed per day. The transaction Fee Rs.1 will be applicable.

Plan Information.

BSNL Kolkata also launches SMS Based recharge and Plan information’s for example if BSNL prepaid subscriber willing to know his existing tariff plan than he can get the info just by one SMS MY PLAN or MYPLAN to 53738. This SMS will be toll free.

Plan Migration

While with the SMS based recharge faculty, customer who has enough balance in their account can change their tariff plan or recharge with desired STV or RCV without going Retailer or BSNL outlets to get mobile recharged.

This service allows Extension of validity, Migration to new Plans, Magic/Power facility For Example if customer wants to recharge with GPRS Plan 98 which offer 2GB free downloads can recharged just by one simple SMS STV98 to 53738 (Toll Free). After sending the SMS Balance will reduced by Rs.98 and GPRS Plan will be activated. To use this service prepaid account Balance should be more than the MRP of desired STV.


*Thanks TelecomTalk

Unlimited GPRS Pack at Rs.8

India’s National telecom backbone and one of the leading GSM Mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has launched one new Fully Unlimited GPRS Pack at Rs.8 for its prepaid mobile service subscribers in West Bengal & Sikkim telecom circle.

BSNL Prepaid subscribers in West Bengal circle can opt the Fully Unlimited GPRS/Internet connectivity by paying Rs.8 per for 1 Day access. The Unlimited GPRS pack will works on Mobile Phone as well as browsing through PC or Laptop.

The GPRS Pack of Rs.8 will provide Unlimited Internet browsing and Downloads without and Fare Usage Policy (FUP) for 1 day (up to midnight) from the date of recharges. To enjoy the new Unlimited GPRS plan, BSNL subscriber needs to maintain minimum balance of Rs.50 in their prepaid account.

The new GPRS RC8 will be available in E-Recharge options and applicable for Pre-Activated GPRS users. Subscriber who wants to recharge with it, must say the retailer to recharge with “RECHARGE” option not by “TOP-UP” option. For more details call 94000-24365 from BSNL phone.

*TelecomTalk

BSNL Launches Huawei U 7510 3G Mobile In Tamil Nadu

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has launched Huawei U 7510 3G mobile in Tamil Nadu as an effort to promote 3G mobile services in the state. Along with this smartphone, the company has also offered a number of lucrative plans like free video calling for both local and STD with a free 3G internet or data usage and free talk time offers.

This Android based mobile phone has been priced at Rs. 6,500 for the Indian customers. The telecom major has also come up with a BSNL 3G Sim Kit with Huawei for Rs. 59 and a life time validity voucher for Rs. 161. The users can avail a promotional free talk time of Rs 50/month up to six months and promotional free local and STD video calls of 30 minutes/month up to 6 months.

For promoting the 3G services in the state, BSNL has provided a free 3G data usage of 25MB/month for up to 2 months to the customers. The free offers can be availed on the top up Rs. 50 every month. The Huawei U7510 Android phone launched by BSNL is a nice smartphone with hordes of features. It boasts of a QVGA TFT touchscreen with features like 3G, class 10 EDGE, GPRS, USB, HSDPA and Bluetooth, FM radio, MP3/ MP4 player, 2MP camera at the back,100 MB internal memory expandable up to 8GB and a VGA camera at the front for video calling support.

Online Bill payment through BSNL portal

Bill from various BSNL services can paid on BSNL portal at http://portal.bsnl.in Anyone can pay BSNL postpaid bills from any circle. You just need to register to the site and enroll your BSNL postpaid mobile no. The portal will help to pay the bill amount using various online payment options including Online banking by various banks, ATM/Debit/Credit cards by various banks etc.
The portal is also useful for buying various recharge vouchers including ITC, Mobile recharge,Topup,Flexi Recahrge etc. To get all thease facility, you only need a ATM card or similer facility. You can get all type of billing facility on http://portal.bsnl.in

IPL Matches Live On BSNL 3G

Yes you can watch Live IPL matches on your mobile phone if you have subscribed to Mobile Tv service of BSNL or MTNL in India.In other countries,check with your service provider for availability. Apalya Technologies,a Hyderabad based VAS company has been awarded exclusive mobile streaming rights from BCCI for covering DLF IPL matches on mobile.

In India Apalya Technologies has collaboration with BSNL & MTNL for Mobile TV services on their 2G and 3G services.BSNL & MTNL 3G customers can watch Live Tv on their mobile handsets.The tariff is very affordable and is on monthly subscription basis.There is no seperate download charges so it will not be heavy on pocket. So if you want to see live IPL matches on your mobile handset then go and take MTNL 3G connection if you are in Delhi & Mumbai and BSNL 3G if you are in some other city of India.

BSNL has launched live Tv on mobile with Apalya Technologies to BSNL’s 3G EDGE/GPRS customers. To avail this service, the customers having 3G, EDGE/GPRS need to send an SMS “MYTV”to 55447 and download mimobi.tv application. You can also download the application from http://59.162.166.210:8080/OTA/DownloadMimobiTV/

Apalya Technologies has tied up with leading media companies like NDTV, AAJTAK, CARTOON NETWORK, TIMES NOW, ZOOM, BINDASS, ETV, TV9, India Vision, MAATV, INDIA TV, CNN-Mobile to deliver wide varieties of contents for the end to end mobile TV & video solution to BSNL’s EDGE/GPRS Customers. The subscribers will be able to watch both Live TV and On Demand Video.

•SMS to 55447 ,a reply message with a link will be received.
•Click on the link to download application
•Application gets installed and can be seen in menu
•When clicked on mobile tv icon,list of Tv channels gets displayed
•Click on the channels and subscriptions plans are offered
•Select the plan and then enjoy watching tv on mobile


MIMOBI.TV is offered in three different packages-

Pay Per Day Package: Rs. 10 per day, access to a group of channels like TIMES NOW, ZOOM or AAJTAK, HEADLINE NEWS or only MAA TV or only TV9 etc. Pay Per Day package provides you the facility to watch any one favorite channel group for full 24 hours. You will not be able to choose more than one group in Pay Per Day subscription as it provides facility to access only one channel group per day. You can unsubscribe and add other Per Day Package. If you are subscribed for Pay Per Day package then next 24 hrs from the time you registered you can access to another channel group.

Monthly Package: Rs 150. Access to all available channels under basic package for one month. With Monthly subscription package, Customers are free to view all channel groups you wish to see that MIMOBI.TV provides for a whole month. Per Channel Package: Rs 50 per month, access to only specific channels. This subscription provides to view any one channel for a month.

To register for MIMOBI.TV, download MIMOBI.TV software. Then MIMOBI.TV icon will be available in your phone and click it to go through the registration process. Go to options button and select the Registration Plan. Select your subscription type either Monthly Plan or Pay-Per-View plan. You can activate MIMOBI.TV if you have a prepaid connection also,provided you have enough balance to get registered with it. MIMOBI.TV accessing is not dependent on access point. You just need to have model that MIMOBI.TV supports. To install and run the MIMOBI.TV you must have minimum of 2mb free memory.

Friends and Family on BSNL mobile

Friends and Family is a great feature in BSNL mobile. In which BSNL customer can call to any two BSNL nos for Rs.0.20/Min without any monthly rental. I think none of the opertor other than BSNL is giving such a facility for it's customers. The facility is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers.

To activate Friends and Family in your BSNL mobile


For Prepaid Mobile Customers of BSNL, Kerala

Send SMS FFE space < 1st No>space <2nd No> to 53733

For Postpaid Mobile Customers of BSNL, Kerala

Send SMS FFE space < 1st No>space <2nd No> to 53733

Note : The first number must be BSNL land phone number and the second may be land or mobile of BSNL

GPRS/MMS on BSNL Mobile

GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) offers high speed data services in GSM network. It uses Packet Mode Technique to transfer data and provides connectivity to Internet. Users will be able to browse Internet using handsets supporting Internet browsing. They will also be able use their e-mail accounts as is being done through landline Internet access. Also browsing of Internet from Laptops and Desktop computers is possible by connecting the computer with the GPRS enabled mobile handset through a data cable or Infrared connectivity.

or

SMS GPRS to 53733

For automatic hassle free configuration of handsets for GPRS, click below ink and follow instructions.

Unlimited D/L for new Dataone Customers

India’s largest broadband service provider BSNL has thrown a surprise by announcing unlimited downloads for first 15 days of registration for those who register before March 31. However, the plan is applicable for new connections only.

Under the BSNL offer, the users who register for the service before March 31 will avail unlimited downloads at speeds of up to 2mbps for the next 15 days. And, it has also revealed that the new users will not be charged any registration charges for these connections.

After the 15 day period, the user’s original plan will continue. For the users who had opted for a plan that offers less than 2 mbps will get a speed upgrade for 15 days. The users will have to pay Security Deposit for the opted Broadband Plan and the Modem Security Deposit. It will be included in the first month bill. BSNL has also announced that the minimum period of hire for customers who avail this scheme would be one month.

BSNL offering Free Wi-Max Trial

BSNL is currently offering free WiMAX services in India. It will last until April 15, 2010 . Customers won’t be charged any monthly fee or modem rental fee for 30 days from the date of activation. It will offer free downloads of 400 MB and there is a security deposit of Rs.2000. The money will be refunded if the customer is not interested in continuing the WiMAX service.

BSNL Wireless Broadband offers flexible pricing plans and rates for usage. The network is adjustable as service and customer demands grow. The network is backed up by BSNL’s reliable hard line backbone network. BSNL offers mobile WiMAX services in rural and urban areas in India.

BSNL’s marketing effort to get subscribers is a bold effort and should help get subscribers for BSNL’s WiMAX services. It should be interesting to see what kind of impact this has because India is such a burgeoning market for WiMAX.