BSNL launches new Bharat Fiber broadband plan: Check price, data benefits, and more

BSNL is taking on Airtel and Reliance Jio Fiber with a new premium plan. Here’s what you get with the latest Bharat Fiber plan.

The new ₹1,999 plan is available only on Chennai and Telangana circles. (REUTERS)

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched a new broadband plan for its Bharat Fiber Broadband customers in India. Priced at ₹1,999, the newly launched broadband plan offers users 1,500GB data a speed of 200Mbps.

Live on the BSNL website, the new plan takes on Reliance JioFiber's ₹2,499 broadband plan that offers 1.25TB data at a speed of 500Mbps speeds. However, Jio, as a part of its launch offer is also giving 250GB data to the users, who opt for ₹2,499 plan, free for first six months.

If you are a BSNL user, here are five things that you should know about its ₹1,999 Bharat Fiber Broadband plan:

-- The newly launched ₹1,999 plan is available in select circles. BSNL has introduced the phone in Chennai and Telangana circles only.

-- The ₹1,999 Bharat Broadband plan offers 200Mbps data speed up to 1,500GB. After users have exhausted 1,500GB of data, the speed will be reduced to 2Mbps.

-- Users also get unlimited voice calling to any network in India as a part of this plan.

-- BSNL says that its ₹1,999 Bharat Broadband plan will be available for a period of 90 days. The plan came into effect on January 8, 2020, and it will be available till April 6, 2020, following which users will have to switch to a different plan.

-- BSNL offers Amazon Prime subscription as a part of its Bharat Broadband plans. However, it remains uncertain if the same facility is available with this plan as well.