Karnataka - Bangalore

BSNL greets customers with New Year packages

Bangalore: There is good news in store for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) customers. On Wednesday, the utility announced many offers for its customers for the New Year. It will be organising a BSNL mela on January 2 and 3 at all its telephone exchanges and customer care centres.

Addressing presspersons here, Shubhendu Ghosh, Principal General Manager, BSNL, Bangalore Telecom District, said that during the two-day mela, for landline connections the installation charges of Rs. 250 would be waived and one Power Pack SIM of sale value Rs. 249 would be provided free of cost.

“We will also provide one CLIP instrument as part of the connection without any additional charges, which will be recoverable if the connection is closed,” he said.

Last year, BSNL provided over 1.66 lakh landline connections. BSNL broadband bookings have also seen an increase.

“We currently hold around 68 per cent of the market share in broadband sector. For the New Year, on broadband services, we will be giving a rebate of Rs. 140 on landline call charges every month for six months,” he said.

BSNL will also provide “Games on demand” package free for 15 days, along with the broadband connection. “After 15 days, the service will be disabled, following which customers can register and avail it at a nominal cost,” he said.

BSNL will be providing 20 per cent discount on broadband bills for Government/ employees of Public Sector Undertakings during the two-day mela.

A special package for fixed line phone used for swiping credit/ debit card authorisation will be effective from January 1. Under the package, the installation charges will be Rs. 500 while the fixed monthly charges will be Rs. 450.

During the mela, BSNL will offer a rebate for customers who clear their outstanding bills.

For an outstanding of one to two years, a rebate of 10 per cent will be provided, 15 per cent on two to three years, 25 per cent on three to 10 years and 50 per cent on outstanding more than 10 years.

R. Mani, General Manager, BSNL Mobile Services, said: “We have been able to cross the two million (20 lakh) mark in the State. Owing to the success of Sumo Power Pack scheme, we have launched another scheme — New Power Pack. Another scheme called Sakkath Majaa 499 pack has also been introduced. While the New Power Pack will be valid for two years, the Sakkath Majaa pack will be valid for a year,” he said.

A scheme has also been introduced exclusively for the speech and hearing impaired. Under the scheme, the monthly fixed charges will be Rs. 50 with 2,000 free SMS a month and voice calls are barred.

An AC Neilson report gave BSNL a 7.2 out of 10 rating, which is the highest compared with other mobile service providers in the country so far.

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