In the wake of rising competitions the government owned Telecom Company BSNl has come up with lucrative offers for the customers. The company has planned to expand its landline and broadband services competing with the private telecommunication players.
The service provider has waived off the installation charges for new landline, broadband and FTTH connections (voice/broadband/combo) for a promotional period of one year. The customers availing landline service will get additional benefit of Rs. 600 while Broadband and FTTH customers will get Rs.250 and Rs. 750 respectively as an added benefitted.
Similarly, the company has introduced a scheme of free Wi-Fi modem with five year warranty plan. Customers will get free broadband service who will subscribe under any broadband plan with FMC Rs. 675 and above. BSNl, GM (Ranchi), Arvind Prasad stated that under BSNl free Wi-Fi Modem scheme customers will be offered Rs. 50 cash back per month for maximum 30 months or till their broadband connection remain active, whichever is earlier. Kumar further added that scheme is valid for six months initiating from July 19.
A customer will get a benefit of Rs. 1,500 and five year warranty support on Wi-Fi modem free of cost. Expanding its landline plan further, BSNl has come up with a new landline plan ‘ASEEM’, a virtual landline connection.
“Under the ‘ASSEM’ scheme, customers may choose a landline number (fixed line indicator) as per his/her choice and all incoming calls to this landline number will be automatically forwarded to one number of any network of subscribers’ choice without any additional cost implication. No copper wire or fibre or jumper in MDF is involved for providing ‘virtual landline connection’. Rate per landline number is just Rs. 99 per year,” said, Prasad.
For availing ‘ASEEM’ service, an individual need to pay Rs. 500 as a security deposit and will be refunded to the customers. Moreover, a customer can avail a new broadband plan at Rs. 599 with 2 Mbps speed. The company is likely to continue its offer for landline customers of free night calling (9 PM to 7 AM) to any network besides the 24 hour free calling on Sunday.