New Delhi: State-run telecom firm BSNL has started offering free roaming across the country, which will allow all its mobile customers to receive calls at no extra cost.
"From today no more roaming charges on #BSNL. a step towards realising dream of One Nation-One Number. A promise kept," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted on Monday.
Government under National Telecom Policy 2012 has set a goal to achieve free roaming gradually.
Among private telecom operators, Aircel has started offering free incoming calls to its customers in five South Indian states while on roaming in the region.
"Now BSNL mobile customers will not need to carry multiple SIMs and handsets during roaming," BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava said in a statement.
"They are free to talk as long as they want without worrying of any charges during incoming calls," he added.
BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore, as of March, 2015.
New Delhi: State-run telecom firm BSNL has started offering free roaming across the country, which will allow all its mobile customers to receive calls at no extra cost.
"From today no more roaming charges on #BSNL. a step towards realising dream of One Nation-One Number. A promise kept," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted on Monday.
Government under National Telecom Policy 2012 has set a goal to achieve free roaming gradually.
Among private telecom operators, Aircel has started offering free incoming calls to its customers in five South Indian states while on roaming in the region.
"Now BSNL mobile customers will not need to carry multiple SIMs and handsets during roaming," BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava said in a statement.
"They are free to talk as long as they want without worrying of any charges during incoming calls," he added.
BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore, as of March, 2015.
New Delhi: State-run telecom firm BSNL has started offering free roaming across the country, which will allow all its mobile customers to receive calls at no extra cost.
"From today no more roaming charges on #BSNL. a step towards realising dream of One Nation-One Number. A promise kept," Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted on Monday.
Government under National Telecom Policy 2012 has set a goal to achieve free roaming gradually.
Among private telecom operators, Aircel has started offering free incoming calls to its customers in five South Indian states while on roaming in the region.
"Now BSNL mobile customers will not need to carry multiple SIMs and handsets during roaming," BSNL chairman and managing director Anupam Shrivastava said in a statement.
"They are free to talk as long as they want without worrying of any charges during incoming calls," he added.
BSNL has a mobile subscriber base of 7.72 crore, as of March, 2015.
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