Broadband plan aims to boost speed, wireless

U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.

Internet Tariff for BSNL CDMA Data Services on CDMA 2000 1X

BSNL offers Data services on CDMA 2000 1X technology. A customer can avail these services by using BSNL NIC (Network Interface Card) with internet surfing speed upto 144 kbps or by using EVDO Cards with surfing speed upto 2.4 Mbps.

Now, BSNL is also offering roaming facility on these cards. The charges of unlimited internet usage through these NIC and EVDO Cards are as under :

Sl. No.	Particulars	Tariff of NIC Card (Unlimited) in Rs.	Tariff of EVDO Card (Unlimited) in Rs.
1.	Activation charges	250	500
2.	Charges for Cards
	i Sale Price of ICC Card in Rs.	2500*	3500*
	ii Alternate to purchase of ICC :
	ii (a) Fixed monthly charges for card	150	200
	ii (b) Security Deposit (refundable)	1000	1000
3.	Fixed Monthly charges for Unlimited Internet Usage in Rs.	**350	650
4.	Free internet usage	Unlimited	Unlimited
5.	Addl usage charges	Not applicable	Not applicable
6.	Roaming facility (Intra & Inter Circle)	As per technical feasibility

* Sale Taxes, as applicable, will be extra.

** Monthly charges without roaming facility is Rs 250 per month w.e.f. 01-12-2009

All other terms and conditions will remain the same.

• Promotional Offer – BSNL has reduced the sale price of PCMCIA type of NIC and EVDO cards to Rs. 1680/- and Rs 2100/- respectively. Offer valid till stock lasts or upto 30-9-09 whichever is earlier.

Data usage with NIC and EVDO card under CDMA prepaid services :

Sl No.	Particulars	NIC	EVDO
1	Sales price of data card in Rs.*	2500	3500
2	Activation charges in Rs.	Free	Free
3	Activation charges in case customer brings his own data card in Rs.	250	350
4	Initial talk value with card in Rs.	299	399
5	Validity of initial talk value in days	30 days	50 days
6	Data usage charges (peak hour)	Rs.0.05/100KB	Rs.0.05/100KB
7	Data usage charges (Off-peak hour- 11.00 PM to 07.00 AM)	Rs.0.025/100 KB	Rs.0.025/100 KB

*Sales tax as applicable will be charged extra.

Unlimited Internet on CDMA 2000 1X using FWT/IFWT/HHT

BSNL also offers unlimited Internet access and downloading facility on CDMA 2000 1X technology by using FWT/IFWT/HHT with internet surfing speed up to 144 kbps @ Rs. 250/- per month wherein a customer can avail the facility of Local/STD/ISD calls at normal telephone call charges.

* This offer is valid upto 30-09-2009.

Tariff for SMS and MMS services

Item	SMS charges to GSM/CDMA (in Rs.)	MMS charges to GSM/CDMA (in Rs.)
P2P
Within Service Area ( Intra Circle )	0.60	3.00
Outside Service Area (Inter Circle)	1.00	5.00
International	5.00	8.00
Delivery Report	0.40	-
Plain non P2P	1.00	5.00
M2P	As per the rates of the Content Provider

Tariffs for Unified Messaging Service(UMS)/Voice Mail Services(VMS)

Item	Voicemail facility		Faxmail, Email facility
	Postpaid	Prepaid	Postpaid
1. Monthly Access Charges in Rs.	Free	Free	Rs.100
2. Recording	Free	Free	Free
3. Retrieval
A. From within the same circle:
(i) From CDMA Mobile/GSM	Applicable O/G Airtime charges only
(ii) From CDMA Fixed/Landline	Applicable CDMA Fixed/PSTN charges upto the National Level-I TAX.
B. From outside the home circle:
From CDMA (Mobile/Fixed) / GSM / Landline	Applicable tariff upto National Level-I TAX

Tariff for voice calls: - There is no change in existing tariff for voice calls.

Source - bsnl.co.in

BSNL launches 3G in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh | Bsnl Broadband

The 3G spectrum has gradually started to spread in India. After the metros and other Tier 2 cities, it was the turn of Hyderabad to go 3G. BSNL launched 3G in the state with the announcement of exceptionally good tariff rates.

New subscribers have some very good offers. STD calls and local calls are priced 50 paisa and 30 paisa. Local SMS will be charges 40 paisa and the users will have to pay 60 paisa for national SMS. Data transfer will be charged 1 paisa per 10 KB. Thus it will be Rs 1 for 1 MB and Rs 1000 for each GB. This should be fair with the users. The subscription charges are also very low at Rs 59. There is also a joining offer that will give users free talk time of 50 minutes and 25 MB of free data transfer.



The tariff for existing subscribers has been so pitched that they may have to migrate to 3G. A non 3G STD will cost them 70 paisa and 3G will cost 50 paisa. This should act as some motivation to change over to 3G. The service will be available in 29 cities and 23 District Headquarters in Andhra Pradesh.

BSNL Aims 250,000 WiMax Subscribers By Year-end

A senior BSNL official has revealed that the company plans to have a user base of at least 250,000 WiMax customers by the end of 2010.

The intentions were revealed in an interview with Telecom Yatra where the unnamed official also added that currently, BSNL's WiMax subscriber base has only 3,000 users. The state-owned telecom service provider recently launched WiMax services in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh and has 210 base stations spread across North and East India. BSNL has plans to launch its WiMax services in the urban centres of Kerala and Punjab by next month.



This is apart from the 1,000 base stations in rural areas that are also set to be commissioned next month. Looks like BSNL has big plans for the wireless broadband segment. The growth in this sector, however, will be directly proportional to the impetus that BSNL puts into creating a robust WiMax network. Then, there is the tariff factor as well which will decide if BSNL will be really able to achieve its target subscriber base of 250,000 subscribers by year-end.

BSNL Broadband – Unlimited Home Plans

BSNL Broadband offers Unlimited Home Plans apart from the various BSNL Broadband General Home Plans.Here you will find all BSNL Broadband Unlimited Home Plans, their monthly tariffs and other usage charges.



Find below the list of BSNL Broadband Unlimited Home Plans and their monthly tariffs in Indian Rupees.

BSNL Broadband – Unlimited Home Plans

Particulars	Home Flexi 350	Home UL 750	Home UL 750 Plus	Home UL 1350	Home UL 1350 Plus
Bandwidth (wherever technically feasible)	256 kbps	256 kbps	256 kbps	512 Kbps	512 Kbps
Monthly Charges (Rs)	350	750	750	1350	1350
Annual Charges (Rs)	NA	7500	7500	13500	13500
Free Download/Upload Limit (GB) per month	1.8 GB	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Additional Usage Charges/MB beyond free download/upload limit (Rs)	0.8	NA	NA	NA	NA
Free E-mail IDs/Space (Per E-mail ID)	NA	2/5 MB	2/5 MB	2/5 MB	2/5 MB
Night Unlimited (0200-0800 Hrs)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Fixed Monthly Charges for Telephone (Rs)	As per Existing Plan	As per Existing Plan	NIL	As per Existing Plan	NIL
Free Calls	As per Existing Plan	As per Existing Plan	NIL	As per Existing Plan	NIL
Charges Beyond Free Calls Limits (Rs)			1		0.8
Maximim Usages Charges for BB inclusive of FMC	Rs.1500	NA	NA	NA	NA

source - http://indiafascinates.com/bsnl/bsnl-broadband-plans/

One second pulse | Bsnl Broadband

* 1 paisa / second for Local and STD on own Network
* 1.2 paisa / second for Local and STD on other Network
* Validity for 1 year
* Applicable to all 2G prepaid plans excluding old Anant Plan
* Tariff applicable from home LSA only



The above tariff is available with STV of Rs 45/- (including Service Tax) [Except in West Zone]

In West Zone (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) all calls (Own Network and Other Network) are available @ 1 paisa / sec with STV of Rs 69/- (including Service Tax).

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Bsnl Broadband Promotional 3G Offer

# Single Plan to all Prepaid Customers

# Attractive Data Plans

# Lowest Voice Call Rates (30 paise per minute)

# Video calls in same rates as Voice calls Local and STD

# Very low data usage prices 1 paisa or less per 10Kb

# Additional Free benefits

* 50 Video Calls
* 25 MB free data usage

# No seperate Voucher

# No Monthly commitmen