Initiating a price war in the broadband segment, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Monday announced a reduction in post-paid broadband tariffs by up to 75 per cent, a move that may force private players to follow suit.
BSNL offers tariff in two categories — home users and general users. Under both categories, tariffs are available in limited and unlimited downloads. To give a push to its broadband business, BSNL has reformulated its existing post-paid broadband tariff structure, it said in a statement.
It has reduced download charges from 50-60 paise per megabyte (MB) to 20 paise per MB for up to five gigabyte (GB) and 10 paise per MB thereafter. This nearly 75 per cent cut in tariff would be applicable for customers having plans of Rs 250-700. Additional download charges in limited broadband tariff plans have also been reduced to 10 paise per MB for all customers paying more than Rs 999 fixed monthly charges.
The company has announced new broadband tariff plan for business and corporate customers. This new plan launched in the name of ‘BBG COMBO ULD 850’ will provide unlimited download to business customers at a download speed of one megabyte per second (mbps) up to eight GB and 256 kilobyte per second (kbps) thereafter.
