BSNL Is Now Offering Free Voice Calling And Rates Cheaper Even Than Reliance Jio!

Govt. sector company BSNL will be first to cut tariffs better then reliance Jio offers, a top official said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a price war in the country's crowded mobile telecom market.

This can be termed as the beginning of the tariff war. The public sector company BSNL is planning to follow Jio in offering free voice calling in its network and the plans will be cheaper than Jio. As we all know that Jio plan is only available for 4G customers but BSNL plan will also available for 2G and 3G users, which involves the majority of mobile customers.

BSNL has a very strong market presence a wide reach in terms of network coverage. It is also the most commonly used network and has significant shares in states such as Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Odisha and many more others. The company is reported to announce zero-voice-tariff plans from January 2017 which could be lower than the Rs 149 price tag of Reliance Jio. 

           The new plans will be also available for broadband customers to their houses. 

Let's see what BSNL says :-

We are closely observing the market as well as Jio's performance. We will also come up with lifetime free-voice plans from the new year as part of fresh offerings," BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava told that . "We plan to be even lower than the Jio plan, and this could be by Rs 2-4".

BSNL is reportedly launching lifetime free voice call plans from 2017, which is only a part of their renewed policies.

So it is going to be more interesting, Let's see what happens in this telecom war. But it is clear that after BSNL's new plans, there will be a lot of pressure on Airtel, Vodafone, idea etc. to cut down their tariff to compete in the market.