BSNL introduces Maximum prepaid plan of Rs 999

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced a new prepaid plan ‘Maximum’ at Rs 999, offering benefits for one year from the date of recharge. 

The new Maximum plan, applicable across all the circles except North East, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir, offers voice calling, SMS and data benefits like every other tariff plan launched by other operators, said a telecomtalk report. 

The new BSNL plan is likely to compete against other long validity plans from Airtel and Reliance Jio.

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Acording to the BSNL's official statement, this plan provides unlimited data capped at 1GB per day, unlimited free voice calls including roaming calls excluding Mumbai and Delhi and 100 SMS per day. 

After completion of 1GB data per day, users will reportedly receive data speed of 40 Kbps which is not even enough to send and receive WhatsApp text messages. 

The voice calls to Mumbai and Delhi will be charged at 60 paise per minute. 

It may be noted that the benefits mentioned above are valid between 0 and 181 days and for the next 182 to 365 days, voice calls will be charged at 60 paise per minute for both on-net and off-net calls, said the report.

Airtel and Reliance Jio has similar prepaid plans with similar offers, but the state-owned telecommunications company's plan is slightly ahead in terms of validity. 

Airtel plan offers unlimited voice calls including national roaming calls, 100 local and STD SMS per day, 60GB of data on all handsets for 90 days.

While Reliance Jio offers unlimited roaming calls without any limit, 100 SMS per day and 60GB of data for 90 days. 

BSNL’s latest plan is ahead of its competitors as it offers 180GB data for first 180 days along with unlimited calls and SMS across the country, except the three circles, the report added.