BSNL has recently launched Blackberry services under postpaid mobile services. We are providing you a detailed insight of all the plans intorduced by BSNL.The plans start from Rs.299 in Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) and Rs.425 in Blackberry Enterprise Service (BES). The Unlimited plans in BIS and BES are fixed at Rs.999 and Rs. 875 respectively. These plan charges are in addition to the voice plan charges. For voice plan, the customer can choose from the existing postpaid Plan-225, Plan-325, Plan-525 and Plan-725.
BSNL will support the following BlackBerry handsets: BlackBerry Curve 8310, BlackBerry Bold, and BlackBerry 8700g. Users will finally be able to explore 3G capabilities of the BlackBerry Bold as it would be the first BlackBerry to run on BSNL’s tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks.
The detailed tariff for Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) and Blackberry Enterprise Service (BES) are as follows–
Sl. No. | Particulars | BIS P-I | BIS P-II | BIS P-III | BES P-I | BES P-II | BES P-III |
1 | Fixed Monthly Charges for Blackberry in Rs. | 299 | 499 | 999 | 425 | 625 | 875 |
2 | Free data usage Kb/Month | Nil | 500 | Unlimited | Nil | 500 | Unlimited |
3 | Usage charges beyond free limit in Rs./Kb | 0.30 | 0.15 | NA | 0.40 | 0.20 | NA |
Note-
1.All software required exclusively for BES plans are to be procured by BSNL on behalf of Entrepreneurs based on their need and the cost of software will be extra as applicable.
2. Service Tax as applicable will be charged extra.
3.Annual advance payment option with two months FMC discount may be allowed to BIS plan III (Unlimited plan). It may be offered for 90 days from the date of launch of service as a promotional measure.
We Say : BSNL BlackBerry Plans are quite expensive and weird. For instance, Plan BIS P-II. It cost Rs. 499 and provide free 500 Kb data transfer ( only 500 Kb ). BSNL should work on its BlackBerry Schemes again.