BSNL Mobile, the state owned telecom service provider and India’s First Pan-India 3G Service Provider announced the launch of an attractive plan after the success of en nanban plan this new plan is named as ‘ Nesam ‘ plan and applicable to all 2G Prepaid Subscribers.
The Nesam Plan costs Rs.49 with SIM Cost of Rs.20 and FRC of Rs.29 is applicable. With this attractive offer the customers will get initial talk value of 50 minute to an network with a validity of 30 days.The customers with this plan will be benefited with lifetime validity and customers should do a recharge of Rs.200 every six months. With this Plan customers can register to 5 local numbers for friends and family both on-net and off-net . Another benefit of this plan is the customers will be getting 200 local/national sms every month for life time. The Call charges are calculated according to 1 second pulses . The Tariff Details are tabulated below .
| Sl.No | Item | Details |
| 1 | Basic SIM | Rs.20/- |
| 2 | MRP of the FRC | Rs.29/- |
| 2a | Initial Free Talk Value | 50Min. To Any NW (to be used within first 30days) |
| 3 | Validity | 1. Lifetime (Minimum Topup Rs200/- every 6months). 2.Topup of Rs20/- & above also extends validity proportionately (. i.e.TU MRP 20/Flexi TU MRP 20 to 50 for 18 days validity, TU MRP 55/Flexi TU MRP 60 to 100 for 45 days validity, TU MRP110/Flexi TU 120 to 200 for 90 days, TU MRP220 & above for 180 days validity.) |
| 4 | Call Charges | |
| 4a | Local / STD call charges | 1ps/sec to BSNL 1.2ps / sec to other networks |
| 4b | Roaming ( On-net and off-net) call charges | 1.2ps / sec |
| 4c | ISD call charges | As per General Plan |
| 5 | SMS Charges | |
| 5a | Free SMS(on-net and off-net) | 200 Local SMS per month. Beyond free limit local SMS is 50ps/ SMS |
| 5b | National /ISD SMS | National = 60ps (on-net and off-net) . ISD=Rs.5/- |
| 6 | Friends & Family Charges | |
| 6a | F & F Numbers | Any 5 no.s of Any Network (within Tamilnadu).* |
| 6b | F & F Charges (On-Net) | 10ps/min |
| 6b | F & F Charges (Off-Net) | 30ps/min |
| 6c | Change of F & F numbers | Allowed anytime with Rs.5/- per change per number** |
| 7 | All other charges | As per General prepaid plan |
| 8 | STV Applicability | All STVs are allowed except STV45 |
Note: The concessional tariff {at 5(a) Free SMS and at (6) the low tariff for 5 F&F} is not applicable on FIVE BLACK-OUT days —(31st dec,1st Jan, Valentine day 14th Feb, Diwali & Christmas 25th Dec ). On these Black-out days the tariff will be as per General 1ps/sec prepaid plan.
*The customer has to register all the 5 F & F numbers by sending SMS to 53733 as FFE<space><1st number><space>< 2ndnumber><space><3rdnumber><space>4th number><space><5th number> and ** For change of FFE numbers, SMS to 53733 as FFM <space><old number ><space>< New number>
FFE number can be Landline/ Fixed WLL/WLL with limited mobility / RUIM /GSM Mobile, all within TamilNadu LSA (incl CTD) of any Operator.
Except for the mobile numbers, for Landline/ Fixed WLL/ WLL with limited mobility, the STD code of the station may be prefixed pl.