In a stiff competition market with Jio and Airtel playing the bigger role to cover the Indian telecom market, state-owned operator BSNL has reportedly released a new prepaid pack that is only available in the state of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana circle. The offer price is Rs. 171 and the recharge is said to offer 2GB OF 2G/3G/4G data per day, unlimited voice calls and a total of 100 SMS messages per day with a validity of 30 days. This takes the reported total data benefits from the offer to 60GB and gives the pack a per GB cost of just Rs. 2.85.

The roaming call benefits available with this pack are also applicable in cities like Mumbai and Delhi telecom circles as per the Telecom Talk report. As for the other BSNL packs it is usually seen that coverage for free calls is not provided in these two circles specifically with the fact that the BSNL does not operate in them. In addition to that, the unlimited calling in this prepaid pack is said to come without any type of daily or weekly limit and there is no data offered after the daily limit gets over.

In the same range of price, Reliance Jio has got its Rs. 198 prepaid pack that avails similar benefits – 2GB of 4G data per day, unlimited voice calls, and 100 SMS messages per day – but the validity point is a bit lesser with 28 days compared to BSNL’s 30 days offering. Airtel too has got a similar offer that offers 1.4GB 3G/4G data per day, unlimited voice calling, and 100 SMS messages per day for 28 days at Rs. 199. BSNL’s offer beats both these packs by Airtel and Jio in terms of value for money. However, a recent development says that Vodafone’s Rs. 199 prepaid pack has been revised for select users to provide up to 2.8GB of 3G/4G data per day, for 28 days, with almost similar calling benefits and no free SMS messages.

Last month, BSNL introduced a very new special tariff voucher (STV) with a price of Rs. 19. This affordable pack offers users the ability to make on-net voice calls at the rate of 15 paise per minute and off-net calls at 35 paise per minute, with a validity period of 54 days. It is now currently available only in the Tamil Nadu and Chennai circles.

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