In an apparent lack of desired response to its much hyped OneIndia tariff plan for fixed line services, state owned BSNL on Tuesday lowered its rental to Rs 225 a month from Rs 299 and also offered 25 free calls in a month.
BSNL director (Commercial) G S Grover announced the new tariffs on the sidelines of a meeting of the GSM Association in the presence of Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran.
According to sources, BSNL's OneIndia plan offering call charges at fixed Re 1 to anywhere in India at a monthly rental of Rs 299 has failed to bring in subscribers for the scheme.
The general rental scheme of BSNL is Rs 180 with 30 free calls in a month. The local call rates would continue to be Re 1 for a three-minute call.
BSNL said all other existing tariff plans would continue to be in operation including the lower rentals scheme in rural areas and OneIndia tariff plan would be optional.
Under the new tariff package for BSNL's landline users, the local call charges will be Re 1 for three minutes within BSNL network (earlier Rs 1.20 for three minutes) while calls to other networks both landline and mobile will be Re 1 per minute within a state (intra-circle). This was earlier Rs 1.20 a minute.
