Finally after a long wait, BSNL has started rolling out its EVDO services in prepaid. At the moment, they have introduced Prepaid service in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
This news will put a smile on people who were waiting to go for BSNL EVDO Prepaid service. Especially for students and those who need internet for doing less work tend to opt for prepaid since they can pay for what they use.
BSNL EVDO Prepaid pricing and tariff is also quite interesting. I believe that they framed this structure keeping flexibility in mind, since they even allow activation for existing data card (modem) the customer wishes to get activated. Having said that, it is still not clear whether one can buy a third-party device and get it activated. I will clarify it here sooner or later. And also the prepaid tariff has the Unlimited plan which is identical to that of postpaid.
And as far as pricing and tariff in Prepaid is concerned, please read the following stuff:
BSNL EVDO Prepaid Overview:
| Particulars | Pricing | |
| Sales price of data card in Rs (Inclu. of all Taxes) |
2500 | |
| Activation charges in Rs. | Free | |
| Activation charges in case customer brings his own data card | 350 | |
| Initial usage value in Rs | 399 | |
| Validity of initial talk value in days | 50 | |
| Data usage charges | Peak hour | Rs.0.05/100KB |
| (Off-peak hour- 11.00 PM to 07.00 AM) | Rs.0.025/100 KB | |
| Voice call Charges | As per CDMA WLL tariff | |
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BSNL EVDO Prepaid Tariff:
| Plan | Free usage limit in GB | Charges beyond Free limit | Validity in days |
| Rs.150 | 0.5 | Rs.1/MB | 30 |
| Rs. 250 | 1 | Rs.1/MB | 30 |
| Rs. 500 | 2.5 | Rs.0.80/MB | 30 |
| Rs. 750 | Unlimited | NA | 30 |
Source: JTO, BSNL EVDO Bangalore.
I would like to thank the JTO of BSNL, Bangalore for bringing this into my concern. He reported the availability of prepaid service in these two states and also informed me that prepaid service will soon be available in Karantaka as well. I will let you know here when it is out in Karnataka. Stay tuned!
BSNL is the first to roll out EVDO Internet in India. The EVDO was launched unofficially back in September 2007 by BSNL and now, after the establishing better EVDO network, BSNL has started to launch officially in most parts of the country. Since it is a very new service, the official information is very little. So we decided to set up a unofficial portal with user-based information and more. So we hope this site helps you to get information regarding BSNL's New EVDO service. Keep visiting the site and dont forget to register in the 
how to activate those prepaid plans????
Go to the concerned BSNL office and migrate to prepaid plans…
You should go to the nearest bsnl telephone exchange where you got the connection from and probably you will need to give them a letter requesting for change.
is there any way to activate it online or by phone call IVR or by sending sms????
But customer care is telling there is no pre paid plans at chennai. Can any one explain?
Still customer care is telling there is no pre paid plans at chennai. Can any one explain?
I just called the EVDO section in tirunelveli CSC. I was told in order to migrate i should ask for closure of my post paid connection and then a new account will be created in pre paid after settling all the post paid bills. I was told that the process of migration can take upto two days
Can we use the same instrument(I am using ZTE AC8700) which we have used for postpaid plan? Customer care in Madurai are not aware of this prepaid EVDO plans
is there any scheme the EVDO will be replaced by 3G in bsnl office..?
Hello I AM from Chennai, my evdo download speed is very slow i am getting only 2o to 25 KB, i Contact the CC they there was a problem n your area tower, but i got full HSIA signal….