INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BSNL prepaid plan: The company's prepaid plan Abhinandan-151 comes with a validity period of 24 daysBSNL or Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
has announced a new prepaid plan, called "Abhinandan-151"
Priced at Rs 151, the Abhinandan-151 plan comes with a validity period of 24 days and offers benefits such as unlimited calls to any
network, unlimited data and 100 SMS per day to any network, the state-run telecom company said on Twitter
The addition into its prepaid portfolio by BSNL comes at a time the telecom sector in the country is characterised by high competition
Aggressive pricing of high speed data plans by private sector company Reliance Jio has led to intense competition in the sector.In its
Abhinandan-151 prepaid plan, BSNL offers unlimited data during the entire validity period of 24 days, the company said on Twitter
After the consumer uses the first 1 GB of data in a day, the speed is reduced to 40 Kbps in the Abhinandan-151 prepaid plan, according to
BSNL.The company however did not mention the speed at which it will provide the 1GB of data every day during the validity of the plan."#BSNL
launches an unbeatable plan, Abhinandan-151 #Plan
Get #Unlimited Calls, Unlimited Data and 100 SMS/day," BSNL said in a post on Twitter.In a statement on June 20, BSNL said the plan voucher
- Abhinandan-151 - was launched for a period of 90 days
is expected to post losses of Rs.14,202 crore for the financial year 2018-19, the government said this month.In June, Telecom Minister Ravi
Shankar Prasad blamed stiff competition, high employee cost and no 4G services for the poor financial state of state-run BSNL and MTNL.Get
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