Wednesday, November 4, 2009

BSNL launches – Friends and Family Plan

BSNL launches – Friends and Family Plan

HYDERABAD: The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has launched the `Friends and Family Plan’ for landlines where BSNL landline customers can talk to five selected BSNL numbers at just 10 paisa per minute between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. The pulse rate will be only 20 paisa per minute to any BSNL customer between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m.

For the first time in the country, the novel scheme has been launched exclusively for about 5.4 existing BSNL landlineusers in Hyderabad Telecom Circle comprising Hyderabad and Rangareddy districts.

Under the scheme, customers can choose any BSNL landline number in the Hyderabad Telecom Circle or ay BSNL cellphone in the AP Telecom Circle. The scheme will not be available for customers under the Sulabh scheme and call charges to other numbers will be as per tariff plan.

“The project is being taken up on pilotbasis and will be valid for 90 days. Based on the response from customers, we will extend the validity period and provide the services to other districts,’’ said Chief General Manager TN Sudhindra Kumar of AP Telecom Circle, BSNL. He said that customers in Hyderabad Telecom Circle can avail the offer to call friends and family members in the State at cheaper pulse rates. Customers have to pay Rs 50 per each number every month. For registration and more details, customers can call 1500 or contact nearby customer service centre.

BSNL has also launched two new special tariff vouchers for its prepaid cellphone customers who will be charged just 49 paise per minute for local, STD calls and SMS to phones on any network. While the STV- 69 voucher is valid for 180 days, the STV-99 voucher is valid for 365 days. BSNL prepaid cellphone users can also avail the `One Second Pulse’ offer using STV-45 voucher (Vilakshan Card) where they will be charged one paise per second for local calls and two paise per second for STD calls. The voucher will be valid for 30 days.

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