BSNL and MTNL introduce "One India plan"

BSNL and MTNL have introduced "One India plan" for Cellular as well as Fixed/WLL services which will be effective from 1st March, 2006. In case of cellular services, the call charges for Intra circle call to BSNL mobile would be 40 paisa/min and 60 paisa/min for post-paid and pre-paid users respectively. All other calls including (intra / inter circle calls) would be charged only Re.1/- on both pre and post paid connections. However monthly fixed charges in case of post-paid card are Rs.299/- while the cost of pre-paid card is Rs.799/- where Rs.249/- are processing charges, Rs.550/- worth of Talk value available and validity period is 30 days. For Fixed/WLL services also the monthly fixed charges are Rs.299/- and rate per metered call unit is Re.1.
How other private service providers would react to this announcement would be of interest in the coming days but we hope customers will get the ultimate benefit. Mr. Vikram Mehmi, CEO, IDEA Cellular Ltd. quoted - "We have always supported the initiative of One India of the government from Day 1. We are happy that it has become a reality, however we await removal of floor rates of carriage charge to pass on the benefits to the customers".