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BSNL Releases

BSNL released the details of the 'India Golden 50' plan. Customers can talk to mobile phones on any network anywhere in India for Re. 0.50 a minute. Each SMS would also be charged at Re. 0.50 to a mobile anywhere in India. Calls to two BSNL numbers in the cellular/fixed/WLL networks would be charged at Re. 0.20 per minute, while STD calls to one BSNL fixed/WLL number would be Re. 0.30 per minute. The charges were Rs. 375 (excluding taxes) with a free talk value of Rs. 50.

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