Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Chennai-based IT solutions company Novatium  jointly launched a low-cost PC named Nova netPC on Friday (January 2). Addressing a press conferencing, chairman and managing director of BSNL, Kuldeep Goyal said that the introduction of Nova netPC on the BSNL’s network will enable the telecom company to attain substantial amount of broadband penetration especially in the rural areas in the next couple of years.

 

BSNL is expected to achieve a target of 9 million broadband connections across the country in the up-coming years. Kuldeep Goyal said that the important aspect of the new netPC is its adorability. Nova netPC is available in two packages: down payment of Rs.1,999 and a monthly charge of Rs.199, and an upfront fee of Rs.2,999 and monthly subscription of Rs.175.

 

The users of netPC will be provided with a set top box, keyboard and mouse while most hardware functions of a computer will be managed by a central server. The users will be offered with most widely used applications. The central server will facilitate access to the BSNL’s broadband conduit, for which the user will need to subscribe to any of the DataOne monthly plans. According to Novatium CEO Alok Singh, his company has tied up with BSNL to make computing simple and affordable and take broadband to each and every corner of the country.