Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India Govt owned telecom operator has launched the popular unlimited 3G data plans for pan India postpaid customers. Earlier when 3G started in India BSNL offered truly unlimited 3G plans which was affordable and provide blazing speed. But after the TRAI regulations most of the telecom operators including BSNL has to cap the data limit. Now the old days are coming back with BSNL again offering unlimited 3G with better data download limit.
The new 3G data plan is charged at Rs 700 per month for which customers get 6GB of data transfer at 3.6Mbps and beyond the limit the speed will be capped to 256Kbps. The plan will be made available from 16th July 2012.
| 3G Unlimited Data Plan | Charges |
| Fixed Monthly Charges | Rs.700 |
| Data usage upto 6 GB | Maximum speed upto 3.6 Mbps |
| Data usage beyond 6 GB | Unlimited Data transfer with maximum speed upto 256 Kbps |
BSNL also revised the Best Value Plan for 3G postpaid customer base. Under this plan the free data usage has been increased from 2GB to 6GB with data charges after free limit is Rs 100/GB and has a monthly rental of Rs 700.
| Best Value Plan Tariff | Existing | Revised |
| Fixed Monthly Charges | Rs.700 | Rs.700 |
| Free data usage | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Additional usage charges beyond free (10KB/ pulse) | Rs 100/GB | Rs 100/GB |
What do you think about this new unlimited 3G plans from BSNL, would it will help to bring the 3G data charges of private telecom operators, let us know.