With a major share of users in the prepaid zone, Telecom operators in India are finding ways to push more customers into the postpaid services. The last one was Airtel, who have increased their postpaid data plans by more than 1000% at the same price. BSNL is the latest one
Now, BSNL has joined the ‘push-postpaid’ bandwagon and has announced an update to all their existing postpaid plans. All their existing postpaid plans will now offer more than 500% data than before, effective from November 1, 2017.
All BSNL Postpaid Plans Upgraded
BSNL has upgraded all their existing postpaid plans to pull more customers from the Prepaid zone. BSNL has postpaid plans starting from Rs. 99/-, which go all the way up to Rs. 1525/-.
| Plans | Existing Data Cap | New Data Cap |
| Rs. 99/- | 250MB | 500MB |
| Rs. 149/- | Nil | 500MB |
| Rs. 225/- | 1GB | 3GB |
| Rs. 325/- | 2GB | 7GB |
| Rs. 525/- | 3GB | 15GB |
| Rs. 725/- | 5GB | 30GB |
| Rs. 799/- | 10GB | 60GB |
| Rs. 1125/- | 20GB | 90GB |
| Rs. 1525/- | 30GB | Unlimited |
Rs. 99/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 99 plan which currently offers 250MB of data, now will offer 500MB from November 1, doubling the previous data cap.
| Plan | Rs. 99/- |
| Old Data Cap | 250MB |
| New Data Cap | 500MB |
Rs. 149/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 149/- postpaid plan earlier had no data offering, but now the same plan will offer 500MB data every month, effective from November 1.
| Plan | Rs. 149/- |
| Old Data Cap | Nil |
| New Data Cap | 500MB |
Rs. 225/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 225/- plan has been updated to offer 3GB of data, which used to be 1GB earlier.
| Plan | Rs. 225/- |
| Old Data Cap | 1GB |
| New Data Cap | 3GB |
Rs. 325/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 325/- plan will now offer 7GB of data, three and a half times more than what BSNL earlier used to offer.
| Plan | Rs. 325/- |
| Old Data Cap | 2GB |
| New Data Cap | 7GB |
Rs. 525/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 525/- plan will now have five times more than existing data offering, 15GB of data against 3GB previously.
| Plan | Rs. 525/- |
| Old Data Cap | 3GB |
| New Data Cap | 15GB |
Rs. 725/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 725/- plan will now offer 30GB of data, against the earlier 5GB data cap.
| Plan | Rs. 725/- |
| Old Data Cap | 30GB |
| New Data Cap | 5GB |
Rs. 799/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 799/- plan, with the new update, will offer six times more data at 60GB, up from the previous cap of 10GB.
| Plan | Rs. 799/- |
| Old Data Cap | 10GB |
| New Data Cap | 60GB |
Rs. 1,199/- Postpaid Plan
The Rs. 1,199/- premium postpaid plan will now offer a mammoth 90GB of data, increased from the existing cap of 20GB.
| Plan | Rs. 1,199/- |
| Old Data Cap | 20GB |
| New Data Cap | 90GB |
Rs. 1,525/- Postpaid Plan
The last plan of Rs. 1,525/- will now offer unlimited data without any restriction on speed. The plan earlier used to offer 30GB of data.
| Plan | Rs. 1,525/- |
| Old Data Cap | 30GB |
| New Data Cap | Unlimited |
Best Postpaid Plans Offerings
With this latest update, BSNL currently has the best postpaid plans in the industry, which imminently beats rivals Airtel and Jio. With their current upgrade of existing network coverage and upcoming 4G VoLTE, BSNL is all ready to take the pricing war to the next level.
BSNL vs Airtel vs Jio (Postpaid Plan Comparison)
BSNL has two premium postpaid plans. The Rs. 1,199/- plan offers 90GB data and Rs. 1,525/- offers unlimited data without any cap or restrictions in speed. In contrast, Airtel is offering 100GB data with their Rs. 1,599 postpaid plan and Reliance Jio is offering 90GB of data with their Rs. 999 postpaid plan for a 28-day billing cycle.
| Operator | Plan | Data | Validity |
| BSNL | Rs. 1199 | 90GB | 28 days |
| BSNL | Rs. 1525 | Unlimited | 28 days |
| Airtel | Rs. 1599 | 100GB | 28 days |
| Jio | Rs. 999 | 90GB | 28 days |
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