BSNL offers Data services on CDMA 2000 1X technology. A customer can avail these services by using BSNL NIC (Network Interface Card) with internet surfing speed upto 144 kbps or by using EVDO Cards with surfing speed upto 2.4 Mbps.
Now, BSNL is also offering roaming facility on these cards. The charges of unlimited internet usage through these NIC and EVDO Cards are as under :
Sl. No. |
Particulars |
Tariff of NIC Card (Unlimited) in Rs. |
Tariff of EVDO Card (Unlimited) in Rs. |
1. |
Activation charges |
250 |
500 |
2. |
Charges for Cards |
|
i Sale Price of ICC Card in Rs.* |
1099^ |
1199 |
|
ii Alternate to purchase of ICC : |
|
ii (a) Fixed monthly charges for card |
150 |
200 |
|
ii (b) Security Deposit (refundable) |
1000 |
1000 |
* Inclusive of all taxes.
^ For Customers who purchase CDMA 1X DataCard(NIC) from BSNL will be offered One Month Unlimited free data usage with activation.
# As a promotion
discount/rebate @ 20% on usage and FMC is offered to serving Govt./PSU employees initially for a period of One Year from 01.11.2010.

Discount Structure for conversion from Rent Based Plan to Sale of NIC/EVDO Data Card :
Months (for which rent is paid) |
Discount Allowed on sale price |
NIC |
EVDO |
1 to 3 Months |
NIL |
NIL |
4 to 6 Months |
20% |
20% |
7 to 12 Months |
40% |
40% |
13 Months and above |
50% |
60% |
Data usage with NIC and EVDO card under CDMA postpaid services:
Sl. No. |
FMC in Rs. |
Monthly free usage in GB |
EVDO |
NIC |
1 |
199.00 |
0.5 |
|
2 |
250.00 |
NA |
Unlimited without roaming |
3 |
299.00 |
1 |
|
4 |
350.00 |
NA |
Unlimited with roaming |
5 |
449.00 |
2 |
|
6 |
649.00 |
5 |
|
7 |
750.00 |
Unlimited |
|
Note.:
- Service Tax as applicable will be charged extra.
- The above bundle free usage will also be available while roaming.
- The usage charges beyond bundled free usage will be @ Rs. 0.50/- per MB.
- The above volume-based tariff will be applicable wherever volume-based charging and billing is feasible.
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Discounted Annual payment option:-
Annual payment option for all Post paid EVDO Tariff Plans & Post Paid NIC tariff Plans will be available with two months FMC discount i.e., ten months FMC will be taken as annual charge, when payment is made at a time in advance.
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Static IP address for General EVDO Customers (Optional) : |
One Static IP is available for the fixed monthly charges of Rs. 150 per month. |
Customer opting for Advance Annual Payment, Rs. 1500 per annuam will be charged. |
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Data usage with NIC and EVDO card under CDMA prepaid services :
NIC :
Sl No. |
Particulars |
NIC |
1 |
Sales price of data card in Rs.(Inclu. of all Taxes) |
1099^ |
2 |
Activation charges in Rs. |
Free |
3 |
Activation charges in case customer brings his own data card in Rs. |
250 |
4 |
Initial usage value with card in Rs. |
299 |
5 |
Validity of initial talk value in days |
30 days |
6 |
Data usage charges (peak hour) |
Rs.0.10/100KB |
7 |
Data usage charges (Off-peak hour- 11.00 PM to 07.00 AM) |
Rs.0.05/100 KB |
8 |
Normal recharge top ups applicable to CDMA/WLL Voice Plans will be allowed under NIC & EVDO Card |
^ For Customers who purchase CDMA 1X DataCard(NIC) from BSNL will be offered One Month Unlimited free data usage with activation.
Unlimited Data Usage Plan with NIC Data Card:
i. The charges for unlimited data usage with NIC card under CDMA 1X will be Rs.350 with a validity of 30 days.
ii. The charges mentioned above will be automatically deducted from the account balance available in the customer's account.
iii. The unlimited free data usage is also applicable while in national roaming.
iv. All other terms and conditions will remain same.
# Annual Unlimited Plan - Now get Annual unlimited Data Usage for just ` 4200, which will be deducted from the prepaid account balance.
EVDO :
Sl No. |
Particulars |
EVDO |
1 |
Sales price of data card in Rs.(incllusive of all tax) |
1199 |
2 |
Activation charges in Rs. |
Free |
3 |
Activation charges in case customer brings his own data card in Rs. |
350 |
4 |
Initial usage value with card in Rs. |
399 |
5 |
Validity of initial talk value in days |
50 days |
6 |
Data usage charges (peak hour) |
Rs.0.10/100KB |
7 |
Data usage charges (Off-peak hour- 11.00 PM to 07.00 AM) |
Rs.0.05/100 KB |
8 |
Normal recharge top ups applicable to CDMA/WLL Voice Plans will be allowed under NIC & EVDO Card |
- Tariff of prepaid EVDO data plans:-
Sl. No. |
Charges |
Free usage limit |
Charges beyond free limit |
Validity |
1. |
Rs.150 |
500 MB |
Rs.1/MB |
30 days |
2. |
Rs.250 |
1 GB |
Rs.1/MB |
30 days |
3. |
Rs.500 |
2.5 GB |
Rs.0.80/MB |
30 days |
4. |
Rs.750 |
Unlimited |
NA |
30 days |
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The charges mentioned above will be automatically deducted from the account balance available in the customer’s account.
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The bundled free usage is also applicable while in national roaming.
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The data charges while in national roaming is the same as that of normal data charges.
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The bundled free usage is to be exhausted within the validity period of 30 days. No carry forward of unutilized free data usage will be allowed after the expiry of validity period.
RCV's specially for EVDO & NIC unlimited data users :-
MRP of RCV in Rs. |
Service Tax & Education Cess @10.30% in Rs |
Card value (Rs.) |
Validity (in days) |
Usage Value in Rs. |
390 |
36.42 |
353.58 |
40 |
353.58 |
830 |
77.51 |
752.49 |
40 |
752.49 |
3875 |
361.85 |
3513.15 |
400 |
4200.00 |
8275 |
772.73 |
7502.27 |
400 |
9000.00 |
# Annual Unlimited Plan - Now get Annual unlimited Data Usage for just ` 9000, which will be deducted from the prepaid account balance.
EVDO Data STV's Available through C-TopUp:
Sl No. |
MRP of STV in Rs. |
Service Tax & Education Cess @10.30% in Rs |
Card value (Rs.) |
Validity (in days) |
Free Data Usage |
1 |
55 |
5.14 |
49.86 |
1 |
Unlimited |
2 |
250 |
23.35 |
226.65 |
7 |
Unlimited |
3 |
440 |
41.09 |
398.91 |
15 |
Unlimited |
4 |
825 |
77.04 |
747.96 |
30 |
Unlimited |
Note: When the customer is not using above Data STVs, normal plan data charge of Rs.0.05/100KB (Peak Hours) and Rs.0.025/100KB (Off-peak Hours) will be applicable.
Tariff for SMS and MMS services
Item |
SMS charges to GSM/CDMA (in Rs.) |
MMS charges to GSM/CDMA (in Rs.) |
P2P |
Within Service Area ( Intra Circle ) |
0.60 |
3.00 |
Outside Service Area (Inter Circle) |
1.00 |
5.00 |
International |
5.00 |
8.00 |
Delivery Report |
0.40 |
- |
Plain non P2P |
1.00 |
5.00 |
M2P |
As per the rates of the Content Provider |
Tariffs for Unified Messaging Service(UMS)/Voice Mail Services(VMS)
SL. No. |
Particulars |
Voice Mail Service |
Voice Mail + Faxmail + E-mail service |
1 |
Monthly Access Charges |
Nil |
Rs.50 |
2 |
Per minute charges for accessing UMS on short code 17000 from CDMA phone |
|
Pulse Rate in Sec |
60 sec |
60 sec |
|
A. From within Home UMS Zone |
Rs.0.30/Min |
Rs.0.30/Min |
|
B. From Outside Home UMS Zone |
Normal call rate from visited LSA to home UMS Zone as per tariff plan selected |
Note: Under prepaid plans the monthly access charges mentioned above will be deducted from account balance and in case of postpaid plans Service Tax as applicable will be charged extra.
Unlimited internet on CDMA IX technology using FWT/IFWT/HHT:
For Post-Paid FWT/IFWT Connections:
Browse unlimited internet usage on FWT/IFWT/HHT post paid connection using CDMA IX technology for Fixed Monthly Charges of Rs. 250/- only
For Pre-Paid FWT/IFWT Connections:
Sl. No. |
Charges |
Free internet usage limit |
Charges beyond free limit |
Validity |
a) |
Rs.100 |
1 GB |
Rs.1/MB |
30 days |
b) |
Rs.250 |
Unlimited |
NA |
30 days |
The charges mentioned above will be automatically deducted from the account balance available in the customer’s account. The bundled free usage is to be exhausted within the validity period of 30 days. No carry forward of unutilized free usage will be allowed after the expiry of validity period.
SMS Tariffs for CDMA 1X and EVDO
Particulars |
Charges |
Local |
Rs. 0.60/SMS |
National |
Rs. 1.00/SMS |
International
|
Rs. 5.00/SMS |
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