BSNL reduces landline Tariff

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) announced cut in landline rentals and several other reductions in charges like the cost of SIM card for pre-paid cell phone connection.

This announcement was made by AP Circle General Manager R K Arnold, on the eve of its seventh anniversary today. He told newsmen that the rentals have been reduced from Rs 90 and Rs 160 to Rs 75 and Rs 120, respectively per month. Paying advance rent will attract a discount of two months rent to the consumers, he said.

He announced unlimited free calls in their respective cities in BSNL network, for land lines and WLL phones in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam, against Rs 399 monthly rental plan. Rs 599 monthly rental plan enables such free calls through out the state and Rs 899 rental plan allows such free calls to cell phones also.

FOr those who takes land line connections in October, there would be reduction in two months rent of Rs 250 and facility to pay Rs 1,000 security deposit infive instalments.

BSNL announced setting up of free phones at all governmetn hospitals for patients and their attendants usage. Already such facility is available at airports. In future such facility will be extended to bus stations and railway stations.

For CellOne consumers, the monthly Exile prepaid SIM card price was reduced from Rs 224to Rs 112. On the eve of Dasara and Diwali, BSNL announced grace period for prepaid card would be extended from seven days to 15 days and reduction of post paid activation charge from Rs 200 to Rs 100.

The CellOne connectivity reached 14 lakh in the state, by issuing one lakh more connections in September month alone and expected to reach 15 lakh this year. Soon BSNL proposing to provided Rs 3,600 free talk time to the purchasers of Motorola and Nokiya handset.

High speed internet facility would be provided soon for a nominal monthly rental of Rs 140. In 1000-lines exchanges at rural areas, BSNL offering Rs 2160 free calls for two years against one time payment of Rs 1200. There would be no security deposit and installation charges.