BSNL launches 4G LTE services in India starting from Kerala

State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has finally launched 4G services in India starting from Kerala. BSNL 4G services will be available at five locations - Udumbanchola, Udumbanchola Town, Kallupalam, Chemmannar and Senapathy in Kerala in the high range Idukki district and is expected to be roll out to other districts in Kerala later this year. BSNL has also launched international pre-paid roaming to USA and Nepal for its pre-paid mobile customers. Prepaid Subscribers will now be able to use their BSNL connection in these two countries. In the USA, the service is being launched in association with T-Mobile while in Nepal, the facility is being provided by N-Cell.   This will be beneficial to the large number of non-resident Indians and visitors to these countries. It also also  launched a new mobile prepaid 'Home' plan at Rs.67 with 180 days validity. This  offers unlimited local/STD/BSNL roaming calls to one BSNL landline number in Kerala, other calls to BSNL network will be charged at 1 paise per sec and other networks at 1.2 paise sec. New customers  get Rs.20 talk time and 500 MB data free for the first 30 days. At the launch in Thiruvananthapuram , Dr P T Mathew ITS, CGM, Kerala ...