23.2.09

BSNL launches India Golden 50


Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, BSNL will launch the ‘India Golden 50’ scheme to take Indian mobile telephony into the sub-one rupee tariff structure. The scheme, for mobile phone users, would see STD or long distance call rates drop to 50 paise a minute. Launching BSNL’s 3G services through video-conferencing from his hospital bed, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi also rolled out the ‘India Golden 50’ scheme. The scheme will be launched for pre-paid mobile services on March 1. Charges for ‘India Golden 50’ will be Rs 375 plus applicable taxes with free talk value of Rs 50. In addition, customers can make local and STD calls to selected BSNL numbers at the rate of 20 paise and 30 paise per minute respectively. Each SMS will be charged at 50 paise. BSNL has also tweaked its landline plans. The hitherto 60-second pulse for a call has been doubled to 120 seconds. This effectively allows the caller to speak twice the time at the same tariff.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

STD calls to selected BSNL numbers.
is that number landline or cell??