<p>BSNL is also expecting to increase its subscriber base in this segment by 2.5 million by March 2011, Gopal Das, BSNL chairman and managing director, said on the sidelines of a telecom event here. <br /><br />BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) were awarded 3G license much before the private telcom operators by the government. <br /><br />In order to give a fillip to its mobile business, BSNL has launched a plan, "pyari jodi", under which a BSNL landline customer can take a free SIM card and make free local calls to his landline. <br /><br />In addition, the customer can also call two BSNL local numbers at a reduced rate of 20 paise per minute and one BSNL number anywhere in India at a reduced rate of 20 paise per minute without paying any additional monthly charges. <br /><br />On activation, the customers will also get a talk time of Rs.15, and a total of 1,000 national SMS and 1,000 MB data free. <br /><br />"The aim of this promotional scheme is not only to boost mobile business of BSNL, but also arrest steep decline in the landline business," said Pilot.</p>
<p>BSNL is also expecting to increase its subscriber base in this segment by 2.5 million by March 2011, Gopal Das, BSNL chairman and managing director, said on the sidelines of a telecom event here. <br /><br />BSNL and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) were awarded 3G license much before the private telcom operators by the government. <br /><br />In order to give a fillip to its mobile business, BSNL has launched a plan, "pyari jodi", under which a BSNL landline customer can take a free SIM card and make free local calls to his landline. <br /><br />In addition, the customer can also call two BSNL local numbers at a reduced rate of 20 paise per minute and one BSNL number anywhere in India at a reduced rate of 20 paise per minute without paying any additional monthly charges. <br /><br />On activation, the customers will also get a talk time of Rs.15, and a total of 1,000 national SMS and 1,000 MB data free. <br /><br />"The aim of this promotional scheme is not only to boost mobile business of BSNL, but also arrest steep decline in the landline business," said Pilot.</p>