The tariff war between telecom operators has been growing ever since Reliance Jio entered the scene back in September. BSNL have been pushing out a number of plans to counter Jio’s offers, the most recent being Jio Summer Surprise and Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan that offer Jio Prime users 4G data at ultra-low cost rates till June-end. Given the new data offers that are being launched almost every other week, we take a look at the best bundled data plans launched by Reliance Jio and BSNL.
Reliance Jio plans
The Reliance Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer provides Jio Prime customers with 1GB data per day till June-end with a recharge of Rs. 309. Along with this, Jio Prime subscribers get free calls, free roaming, and bundled Jio apps subscription, and 100 SMSes per day. This works out to roughly Rs. 3.6 per GB on the Rs. 309 pack.
Similarly, Jio Prime users who buy the Rs. 509 recharge pack get 2GB data per day for 84 days (Rs. 3 per GB) under the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer. And like the Rs. 309 plan, they will get free calls, free roaming, and bundled Jio apps subscription, and 100 SMSes per day.
BSNL plans
Under the Rs. 333 BSNL Triple Ace Plan, user get up to 3GB data per day for 90 days. This comes to a total of 270GB for the whole validity period, at Rs. 1.23 per GB of data. In comparison, Jio users will get only 84GB, or 168GB, data depending on the recharge pack they purchased. However, BSNL users will get 3G speeds, unlike 4G speeds offered by Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea.
Customers who opt for this will get 2GB data per day, and unlimited local and STD calls for 28 days with the Rs. 349 ‘Dil Khol Ke Bol’ plan (working out to Rs. 6.23 per GB). As is the case with the Rs. 333 BSNL pack, this plan also has provides 3G speeds, not 4G, and once the 2GB data per day is exhausted, the speed will go down to 80kbps.
The Rs. 395 BSNL ‘Nehle Pe Dehla’ plan provides 2GB of data per day for 71 days (at Rs. 2.78 per GB of data), along with bundled local and STD calls. The bundled calls to BSNL numbers are capped at 3,000 minutes and calls to other networks are restricted to 1,800 minutes in the validity period, and charges will be levied after the bundled minutes are exhausted. The speeds remain 3G.
Reliance Jio plans
The Reliance Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer provides Jio Prime customers with 1GB data per day till June-end with a recharge of Rs. 309. Along with this, Jio Prime subscribers get free calls, free roaming, and bundled Jio apps subscription, and 100 SMSes per day. This works out to roughly Rs. 3.6 per GB on the Rs. 309 pack.
Similarly, Jio Prime users who buy the Rs. 509 recharge pack get 2GB data per day for 84 days (Rs. 3 per GB) under the Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer. And like the Rs. 309 plan, they will get free calls, free roaming, and bundled Jio apps subscription, and 100 SMSes per day.
BSNL plans
Under the Rs. 333 BSNL Triple Ace Plan, user get up to 3GB data per day for 90 days. This comes to a total of 270GB for the whole validity period, at Rs. 1.23 per GB of data. In comparison, Jio users will get only 84GB, or 168GB, data depending on the recharge pack they purchased. However, BSNL users will get 3G speeds, unlike 4G speeds offered by Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea.
Customers who opt for this will get 2GB data per day, and unlimited local and STD calls for 28 days with the Rs. 349 ‘Dil Khol Ke Bol’ plan (working out to Rs. 6.23 per GB). As is the case with the Rs. 333 BSNL pack, this plan also has provides 3G speeds, not 4G, and once the 2GB data per day is exhausted, the speed will go down to 80kbps.
The Rs. 395 BSNL ‘Nehle Pe Dehla’ plan provides 2GB of data per day for 71 days (at Rs. 2.78 per GB of data), along with bundled local and STD calls. The bundled calls to BSNL numbers are capped at 3,000 minutes and calls to other networks are restricted to 1,800 minutes in the validity period, and charges will be levied after the bundled minutes are exhausted. The speeds remain 3G.
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