T24 Mobile Network Tariffs and free talktime offers

T24 network is a GSM network launched by the Future Group in collaboration with the Tata Teleservices Ltd. With Tata, they are offering the GSM services and have their own plans but the network being used is the Tata network. The catch with this network is the free talktime being given with the shopping you do at the various branches of the Future bazaar group, i.e. the Pantaloons, Big Bazaar, Brand Factory etc.

Here are the different Future Bazaar shops where you can shop and get free talktime:

• Big Bazaar
• Food Bazaar
• Central – Hyderabad Central etc.
• Brand Factory
• Pantaloons
• ezone
• HomeTown

They call it the Unpaid mobile connection and that’s partially true too. When you shop at any shops above, a small amount of talktime is credit to your mobile number, and you can use that as the normal talktime. Shopping is common, but when it comes with some incentives, who would avoid it?

At Big Bazaar, here are the free talk time details, when you shop there –

• Shopping value Rs. 351 – Rs. 500 > Free Talk Time Rs. 10
• Shopping value Rs. 501 – Rs. 1000 > Free Talk Time Rs. 15
• Shopping value Rs. 1001 – Rs. 2000 > Free Talk Time Rs. 35
• Shopping value Rs. 2001 – Rs. 4000 > Free Talk Time Rs. 70
• Shopping value Rs. 4000 and above > Free Talk Time Rs. 150

Tariff plans of T24 network:
The plans vary according to the state, and it normally in most of the places, is as below –

Local Calls: It has 2 plans. The Pay per second plans has 1ps/1sec rate, while the Pay per minute plan charges 50 paise per minute.
STD Calls: It has 2 plans. The pay per second plan has 1ps/1sec rate for the first 10 minutes, and then charges 2ps/sec. Pay per minute plan charges 50 paise per minute.
SMS: Local SMS costs 60 paise per SMS, and National SMS costs Rs. 1.20 per SMS. International SMS charges are Rs. 5 per SMS.

• With SMS, there is an offer for the subscribers of few states. The first 2 SMS of the day would be charged Rs. 0.60 each, and then the next 100 messages of the day would be free. From the 103rd SMS, again the SMS would be Rs. 0.60 each.
• Initially the T24 customers SIMs are activated with the Pay Per Second plans, but you can choose to shift to Pay Per Minute plans later, by recharging your number with Rs. 11 e-recharge.
• To recharge your T24 Network mobile, you need to visit any E-recharge center and get the recharge done with the minimum of Rs. 10 to maximum of Rs. 10000. Some values like Rs. 210 etc. provide full talk time.
• There are several GPRS plans too available for the T24 network. A recharge of 49 gives 1GB of download for 1 month time, and a recharge of 96 gives 6GB of download for 1 month time. Post free usage cost is 1ps/1kb download.