Bsnl 249 plan jio effect

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BSNL offer will provide unlimited voice calls, 1GB data/day for 28 daysOnly prepaid users of the operator can avail the offerIt also launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs 429

Reliance Jio's disruptive entry in to the Indian telecom industry has triggered a pricing war among operators. Established telecom players are launching new plans every other day to retain customers and halt Reliance Jio’s aggressive attempts to grab market share. Even state-owned telecom players are not keeping themselves away from this competition. In its latest bid to match up with Reliance Jio's offering, state-owned telecom giant Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs. 249, which will provide unlimited voice and 1 GB data per day for 28 days for prepaid mobile customers.

BSNL's Rs. 249 plan gives free voice (local and STD) on BSNL to BSNL calls and 1 GB of data per day for 28 days on pan-India basis a tweet by the company said.

The state-run telecom operator has also launched a voice and data centric plan for Rs. 429, which will provide unlimited voice and 1 GB data per day for 90 days for prepaid mobile customers.

BSNL's Rs. 429 plan gives free voice (local and STD) on any network and 90 GB data (1 GB per day) for 90 days on pan-India basis (except Kerala Circle).

However BSNL’s Rs 249 offer has been undercut by Airtel and Jio. Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator, has offered a Rs. 149 plan which includes unlimited Airtel to Airtel calls plus 2GB data at 4G speed with 28 days validity.

Meanwhile Jio's Rs. 149 plan offers unlimited local and STD calls to any mobile or landline across India plus 2 GB data for 28 days.

Airtel also announced that it has launched Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) services in Mumbai to improve call quality for its users, becoming the second Indian telecom operator after Jio to offer this service.

With the launch of a revised "Dhan Dhana Dhan" offer last month, Reliance Jio customers now have more options to recharge their Jio numbers. In good news for Jio customers,
Under the revised Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, Jio Prime members who had availed the Summer Surprise offer can now recharge their numbers for Rs. 309 to get 1 GB of 4G data daily for 56 days, as against 28 days earlier. The Rs. 309 recharge pack was one of the most popular recharge plans offered by Jio.

Meanwhile, Jio has launched a new recharge plan at Rs. 349, which offers 20 GB of 4G data with a validity of 56 days without any daily limit. You can use the entire 20 GBs of data even in one day or spend it over 56 days. After you consume the 56 GBs of high speed data, the internet speed will be reduced to 128 kbps, Jio said.