State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has rationalized the FRC- 108 plan validity from 28 days to 60 days with effect from February 11, 2020. FRC 108 with 60-day validity is available to the new customers of BSNL Karnataka and Tamil Nadu circle.
Tariff details of BSNL FRC- 108
FRC- 108 offers 250 minutes per day local, national, and roaming voice calls, including Mumbai and Delhi. After 250 minutes, calls charges as per base tariff for the rest of the day till midnight. 1 GB per day data, after that unlimited data at the reduced speed of 80 Kbps for the rest of the day till midnight. Customers will also get free 500 SMS.
Free Usage is applicable only to the New or MNP customers, and the freebies are valid only for 28 days. However, the plan is valid for 60 days. Migration to other plans is possible through any available working Plan Voucher.
After freebies, local voice calls cost Rs. 0.02 per second and national voice calls cost Rs. 0.024 per second to any network. Local and national video calls cost Rs. 0.04 per second to any network. Local and national SMS cost Rs. 0.08 per SMS and Rs. 1.2 per SMS, respectively. Volume-based data usage cost 25 paise per MB.
National roaming local and STD voice calls cost Rs. 0.8 per second and Rs. 1.15 per second to any network. Local and national SMS cost Rs. 0.25 per SMS and Rs. 0.38 per SMS, respectively.
State-run BSNL Calcutta has recently launched FRC 106 and FRC 107. The telecom service provider has also launched prepaid tariff 153 and has withdrawn the plan 1097 along with STV 164.