Telecom service provider BSNL offers the lowest data tariff in India in the third quarter of 2013, said ABI Research.

The state-run BSNL competes with telecoms such as with Bharti Airtel, India’s #1 telecom service provider, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Reliance Communications, Aircel, Uninor, MTS India, MTNL, Tata Teleservices, etc.

In the third quarter of 2012, Tata Teleservices was in the top list for lowest data tariffs in India.

Interestingly, India ranked fourth in the list for lowest data tariffs in the world. In Q3 2012, India’s position was third. At present, Indonesia offers the lowest data tariffs. In the third quarter of last year, Singapore had occupied this position. Please see the list below.

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Q3 2013				Q3 2012
Rank	Country	Service Provider		Rank	Country	Service Provider
1	Indonesia	Indosat		1	Singapore	M1
2	Philippines	Globe		2	Philippine	Globe
3	Italy	Tre		3	India	Tata Teleservices
4	India	BSNL		4	Ukraine	Mobile Telesystems
5	Russia	Yota		5	Indonesia	Indosat Tariffs
6	Ukraine	Price per MB (Exceed Quota):		6	Austria	Telekom Austria
7	Egypt	Mobinil		7	Italy	Telecom Italia
8	Singapore	Singtel		8	Norway	Netcom
9	Austria	Telekom Austria		9	Egypt	Vodafone Egypt
10	Japan	KDDI		10	Thailand	AIS
11	Hong Kong	3		11	Saudi Arabia	QUICKnet Data-SIM Package 5 GB
12	Malaysia	DiGi		12	South Korea	LG Telecom
13	Thailand	AIS		13	Netherlands	KPN
14	Norway	Netcom		14	Japan	KDDI
15	Saudi Arabia	STC		15	Sweden	Telia
16	South Korea	LG Telecom		16	China	China Mobile
17	Sweden	Telia		17	Canada	Rogers Wireless
18	China	China Unicom		18	South Africa	MTN
19	Canada	Bell Mobility		19	Hong Kong	one2free (CSL)
20	Turkey	Turkcell		20	Russia	MTS

 

“In order to compare across various plans and geographies, a base data consumption of 5GB was selected and the price of downloading this quantity was compared across geographies. Each country was represented by what was found to be the cheapest plan available in-country  for that particular data usage pattern,” said Marina Lu, research associate, ABI Research.

Baburajan K
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