Both of India's public sector telecom operators have now launched 3G services, while private carriers still await the announcement of an auction date. According to some reports, yesterday, BSNL announced the launch of 3G Services in Chennai, and plans to roll out 3G services in 12 cities by 27th February. However, another report claimed that the commercial launch in Chennai will be April. All in all, BSNL will be spending around Rs. 27 billion on the first phase of the launch. 3G services will be available in three rate plans - Rs 350, Rs 650 and Rs 1350. Local video calls are charged at Rs 2 per minute while STD video call is Rs 3 per minute. However, it is the pricing of the data plans that is of interest to us: Data Priced At Rs. 3000 For Unlimited Usage Remarkably, the data services are reasonably priced, in comparison with MTNLs pricing of Rs. 5/MB. Those who don't subscribe to a data plan have to pay Rs. 3/MB. Via Chakravyu, we learn that customers can subscribe to 3G data services for Rs. 1000 per month for 5GB, and unlimited usage at Rs. 3000 per month for post-paid users. Pricing for Pre-paid users is almost on par - Rs. 3001 for unlimited usage: Apart from this, users can also opt for night usage plans - for Rs. 28 per month, they'll have to pay Rs. 1/MB between 11pm and 7am. Users who use data services on roaming will have to pay Rs. 3 per MB.…
