BSNL Raises Tariff For Broadband, Landline Users Across India: This Is What You Need To Pay Extra

On Wednesday, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced that the fixed monthly charges of its broadband plans will be revised from August 1, 2020. 

Revised BSNL Plans

Earlier in the week, BSNL had announced the revision of its various landline plans including the Super Value BSNL CUL, General FMC 180 Rural, 249 Urban, Value All CUL and Special FMC 495.

In the last week, most of the BSNL broadband users received a notification about the price hike.

But now, the BSNL Kerala circle has issued an official notification about the revised prices. 

Currently, BSNL offers 17 broadband plans across India, while the price hike is said to be applicable to seven broadband plans only. 

According to the operator, the hike would be in the range of Rs 20 to Rs 30 per month.

Further, the fixed monthly charges of its 2GB BSNL CUL plan will be revised to Rs 369 from Rs 349 per month. 

With 2GB BSNL CUL plan, the users get to browse at 8 Mbps till 2GB per day with the operator capping the speeds to 1 Mbps upon reaching the limit. 

Apart from that, this plan also offers unlimited calling within BSNL network and Rs 600 worth of calls to other networks. 

Additionally, the plan also offers unlimited calling between 10.30 pm to 6 am and unlimited calling on Sunday.

2BG CUL Plan Revised

The telecom has also hiked the 2GB CUL plan from Rs 399 per month to Rs 419 per month.

This plan offers unlimited calls to all networks on all days along with similar benefits as with the 2GB BSNL CUL plan. 

Further, the 3GB CUL plan which provides similar benefits as 2GB CUL plan with enhanced daily data limits of 3GB has been hiked to Rs 519 per month from Rs 499.

While 4GB CUL plan hiked from Rs 599 per month to Rs 629 which helps users to browse up to 10 Mbps speeds till 4GB per day and at 2 Mbps beyond 4GB limit. 

This plan also offers unlimited local and STD calls. 

In similar manners, the 5GB CUL plan with an enhanced daily data limit of 5GB per day has been revised to Rs 729 per month from Rs 699.

BSNL Superstar 300 Plan Monthly Revised

The Superstar 300 plan offers the browsing data at 10 Mbps till 300GB with the operator capping the speeds to 2Mbps upon reaching the limit. 

This plan has been revised from Rs 749 to 779. This plan also offers unlimited local and STD calls to the users subscribed to the Superstar 300 plan.

The 15 GB CUL plan is revised to Rs 1029 per month from Rs 999 per month and offers identical data benefits as with the 5GB CUL plan with a daily data limit of 15GB per day.

Apart from these updates, BSNL also announced that the Aseem 99 plan that offers a virtual landline number will be revised to Rs 99 for four months from the existing charges of Rs 99 for six months.

The BSNL Kerala circle on Wednesday announced that the Sulabh with Rs 120 plan will be revised to Rs 150 per month that enables users to receive only incoming calls.