AMG
Herald
State-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will offer its subscribers free incoming calls on national roaming from June 15, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday, even as it looks to compete more aggressively with private telecom operators.
"BSNL will start offering free national roaming from June 15. It's already on the recovery path," Prasad said at a press meet marking one year of the Narendra Modi-led government.
The announcement comes ahead of full mobile number portability (MNP), which will be effective July this year.
BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore at the end of March.
"Although there could be slight reduction in revenue on account of free incoming calls during roaming, we expect to gain first-mover advantage and anticipate offsetting this amount by arresting churn-out/ porting out and acquiring new customers," BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said at the press meet.
However, free incoming calls will be offered for one year.
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"BSNL will start offering free national roaming from June 15. It's already on the recovery path," Prasad said at a press meet marking one year of the Narendra Modi-led government.
The announcement comes ahead of full mobile number portability (MNP), which will be effective July this year.
BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore at the end of March.
"Although there could be slight reduction in revenue on account of free incoming calls during roaming, we expect to gain first-mover advantage and anticipate offsetting this amount by arresting churn-out/ porting out and acquiring new customers," BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said at the press meet.
However, free incoming calls will be offered for one year.
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/bsnl-to-offer-free-national-roaming-from-june-15-698979