A good news for all Bsnl Evdo & NIC card customers. BSNL has listened to you and have enabled national roaming on Evdo/NIC data cards. According to a announcement on BSNL’s website romaing is now available all customer without paying any extra charges by default; subject to network feasibility.
Now you can take your data card anywhere in India and browse internet, the only condition is that area should have a CDMA network nearby. earlier, bsnl data card(NIC/EvDO) only used to work in subscribers home state. this feature makes bsnl data a true Internet-on-Go Solution. till now anyone needing national roaming had to depend on upon their crawling GPRS connections or internet card from Tata & Reliance which costs a bomb compared to bsnl affordable data card. By enabling romaing is trying to compete with private telecom operators who provide nationwide wireless data service.
Now The Bad news is:
Bsnl has hiked monthly rentals by 15% for all customers. this hike is effective immediate for new customers. for existing customers, there is no change for now and would count getting billed at old price. but after six months; from January 2010. they would be burdened with increased prices.the revised rentals are as under :
| Sl. No. | Particulars | Tariff of NIC Card (Unlimited) in Rs. | Tariff of EVDO Card (Unlimited) in Rs. |
| 1. | Activation charges |
250 |
500 |
| 2. | Charges for Cards | ||
| i Sale Price of ICC Card in Rs. |
2500* |
3500* |
|
| ii Alternate to purchase of ICC : | |||
| ii (a) Fixed monthly charges for card |
150 |
200 |
|
| ii (b) Security Deposit (refundable) |
1000 |
1000 |
|
| 3. | Fixed Monthly charges for Unlimited Internet Usage in Rs. |
350 |
650 |
| 4. | Free internet usage | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 5. | Addl usage charges | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 6. | Roaming facility (Intra & Inter Circle) | As per technical feasibility | |
Even after price increase BSNL evdo is a value for money product. I would recommend it to all looking for internet-on-go solution.
Link: BSNL Data card Tariff & Other Details
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Does this mean that I can buy it from Gurgaon and use it in Delhi
dear gaurish, i would like you to confirm facts before publishing and interpreting some printed material on the bsnl website. the EV-DO national roaming written by you has never been activated for entire india. its possible within state and at the max in the south corridor ie. tamilnadu, kerala karnataka. I stay in karnataka and have confirmed it with the bsnl people after umpteen visits to their office and fighting with them on the basis of your website info. Kindly clarify and update your info…
I have been using this idiot card for 1 year . It has no any strong connectivity power. Downloading speed is very very very weak and slow. If it doesn’t work in its same purchasing area , how can you say that it works well in roaming service ? Its connectivity power completely depends on a device which is called “BTS” and this device is fixed where the BSNL tower is situated. But it is not necessary that all the BSNL tower has got BTS facility. If there is no BTS facility available in your BSNL tower which is in your local area, you won’t get the proper frequency and the EVDO is useless for you. So BTS is the most important thing if you are going to purchase the EVDO data card.
Please update your charges too…the recent rate is Rs 999/- excluding tax on bsnl website…I dnt knw how things are working out…telecommunications are decreasing their rate and all the ISPs are increasing their rate like God knows what…I am on the safer side for now as i am an older customer and still pay 650 plus tax…but these new charges are pathetic…
Yes,nic card I m using does not open in its own area it is difficult to apprehend it would work in roaming . As to increase of rental Bs nl has already raised the charges of old consumer like me from January 2010 from 250 to 350 instead of 6 months from january2010 i. e july 2010.
BSNL is famous for GSM and not CDMA
data card works on roaming r not
it works only where there is BSNL CDMA signal.
I have purchased BSNL EVDO Data card from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Now I am in kerela its also working here by just changing its username & Password
Hi Gaurish,
I am BSNL HP customer, offcially shifted to Jaipur for short time period..
Please tell me about EVDO reception quality in C-sheme, Rajasthan?