BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED (A Govt.

of India Enterprise)
Office of CGMT, AP Circle, Door Sanchar Bhavan, Hyderabad.

Date:14.08.2013. BSNL AP CIRCLES REVISED DATA & SMS STVs TARIFF

On the occasion of Independence Day, BSNL announced drastic reduction in 3G Data tariff effective from 15th August 2013. 3G Data tariff used to be Rs.220 per one GB per month for Postpaid subscribers but now it will be only Rs.125 per GB per month. Similarly, for Prepaid, it will cost only Rs.140 for 1 GB download against Rs.250 in the past. Over & above, BSNL is providing free Data roaming Pan India. There will be no differentiation for use of 3G or 2G network as BSNL has enabled its all subscribers with 3G facility and they can use the service anytime simply by having 3G handset. BSNL has Pan-India presence for 3G services and have covered more than 1300 towns till date. Expansion of 3G coverage is continuing with passage of each day. a)
Monthly rental for Postpaid Data customers (Rs) MRP of DATA STV for Prepaid customers (Rs) Bundled Free Data (in GB) Validity for Prepaid (in days) Data charges after pack usage (for prepaid) Data charges after pack usage (for post-paid)

125 225 505 901

140 252 561 1011

1 2 5 10

30 30 30 30

2p/10 KB 2p/10 KB 2p/10 KB 2p/10 KB

1p/10 KB 1p/10 KB 1p/10 KB 1p/10 KB

b) Lower Denomination data STVs for Prepaid services for a period of 90 days on promotional basis w.e.f.15.08.2013
MRP of the Data STV (Incl. of S. Tax) in Rs. Bundled Free Data usage (in MB) Validity (in days)

17 39 78 98

100 MB 240 MB 500 MB 700 MB

3 7 15 21

The data tariff for usage beyond free limit is just 1 Paisa/10 KB for Post-paid services and is the cheapest among all other Telecom Operators. There is a range of other Tariff Plans and Tariff Vouchers carrying different validity or Data value like Tariff Plan of Rs.2299 provides 18 GB free with validity of 12 months and of Rs.3299 provides 30 GB with validity of 12 months. These are the cheapest data tariff among all Telecom Operators. Contdp/2

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Complete range of Tariff plans & STVs (Special Tariff Vouchers) offered by BSNL can be seen by visiting Mobile section at BSNL website www.bsnl.co.in. New STVs for SMS: c) BSNL AP telecom Circle has also revised the tariff of SMS STVs and introduced two new SMS STVs under 2G & 3G prepaid GSM mobile services w.e.f.15-08-2013. The details are given below. Details of SMS STVs:Sl. No. MRP in Rs. (Incl. of S. Tax) Existing Validity in Days Revised Validity in Days Modified FeatureNumber of Free Local/National (Any Net) SMS*

Existing Feature

1 2 4

12 23 52

7 15 60

7 15 30

Local/National On-net SMS@ 1P/SMS* & Local/National Off-net-SMS @ 10p/SMS* Local/National On-net SMS@ 1p/SMS* & Local/National Off-net-SMS @ 7p/ SMS* NEW NEW

130 SMS 265 SMS 860 SMS 1650 SMS 385 SMS 3000 SMS

5 6 7

83 31 147

20 NEW NEW

30 30 60

* The SMS tariff is applicable up to 100 SMS per day only. All the SMS beyond 100SMS/day will be charged Rs.0.50/SMS or SMS charges as per Base Tariff whichever is higher.

For further details customers may contact BSNL Mobile Call Centre: 1503 or Visit our Customer Service Centre.

Asst.General Manager (S&PP) CM, O/o CGMT, AP Circle, Hyderabad.