BSNL Offers Detel D1 Feature Phone For Rs 499 

Hyderabad: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced its partnership with mobile handset maker Detel to offer tariff-bundled feature phones. As a first device from the collaboration, both the companies announced an affordable feature phone Detel D1 at R499. The price covers a BSNL plan of Rs153 for one year.

The Detel D1 is a proper feature phone, and BSNL’s tariff plan doesn’t offer any mobile data. Together with Detel D1’s price of Rs346 and BSNL tariff plan’s price of Rs 153, the Detel D1 along with BSNL offer would be made available at Rs 499.

The BSNL Rs153 tariff plan offers BSNL to BSNL voice calls at 15 paise/min and BSNL to other voice calls at 40 paise/min. These talk time and voice calling benefits are valid for 365 days. Besides these benefits, this plan offers Personal Ring Back Tone free for 28 days.

BSNL in a press release said that the Detel D1 would surely go a long way in providing mobile phone and mobile services to the remote rural population at a very economical rate and will help in increasing rural teledensity. BSNL is touting this initiative as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’.

The Detel D1 feature phone sports a 1.44-inch monochrome display and works on GSM 2G network. The device comes with single SIM support. It is backed by a 650mAh battery and comes with a torchlight. It comes with a Phone Book and loudspeaker as well.

In the past, BSNL partnered with Micromax and launched a Bharat 1 feature phone with a monthly rental pack of Rs97. With the Detel D1, BSNL is not going against the Reliance JioPhone, but it’s aimed at basic users looking for just a voice calling handset.