Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Saturday introduced a new affordable recharge plan, called “Rs. 399 Plan” for their prepaid subscribers. The new Airtel Rs. 399 Recharge plan offers its subscribers unlimited voice calling and 1GB data per day for 84 days on a recharge of just Rs. 399. Under this “Rs. 399 Plan” recharge scheme, Airtel prepaid subscribers recharging with Rs. 399 can avail free unlimited voice calling to any network and any region (Local + STD) in the country, along with 1GB of 3G or 4G (depending on the circle) mobile data per day for a period of 84 days, totalling 84GB 3G/4G data for the period. All Airtel prepaid subscribers having 4G-enabled handsets with 4G SIMs can avail this offer and enjoy the company’s best value voice and data proposition in the said period.
Apart from this, there is also a recharge plan called Rs. 244, where the company offers unlimited voice calling along with 1GB 3G/4G data per day for 70 days. Under this Rs. 244 plan, customers recharging with Rs. 244 can avail free unlimited voice calling (same network Local + STD), along with 1GB 3G or 4G (depending on the circle) mobile data for a period of 70 days.
With the launch of its new Rs. 399 Recharge Plan, Bharti Airtel is aggressively going to compete against the major telecom company like Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular, Vodafone India, and others. Needless to say, in the Indian telecom industry, the entry of Reliance Jio is a great momentum behind the new-age price war. The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has recently extended its “Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan” offer with a new Rs. 399 plan. Under Reliance Jio’s new Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, Jio Prime members can avail unlimited calls and SMSes, 1GB 4G mobile data per day (84GB data for 84days) at a recharge of Rs. 399. To counter Reliance Jio’s “Dhan Dhana Dhan” offer, Bharti Airtel on today launched the similar kind of recharge plan at Rs. 399.
State-run telecom operator BSNL has recently launched a new combo voucher, called “Rakhi pe Saugaat” plan for its prepaid subscribers. The new BSNL “Rakhi pe Saugaat” plan offers its prepaid subscribers unlimited voice calling (same network Local + STD) and 1GB 3G data per day for five days. Further, the plan offers a main talk time balance of Rs. 74, so that BSNL subscribers can make calls on the other networks.
Earlier in this month, BSNL also announced the launch of its three new recharge plans for Punjab and Gujarat BSNL subscribers as per a listing on the BSNL’s official website. These new recharge plans include one special tariff voucher (STV) plan (Rs. 258) and two combo vouchers (Rs. 378, and Rs. 548). The new Rs. 258, Rs. 378, and Rs. 548 plans offer its Punjab and Gujarat subscribers unlimited on-net voice calls and up to 5G data per day for 90 days.
Besides these plans, BSNL has a few more attractive “voice and data centric” plans such as the “BSNL Chaukka 444 plan”, “BSNL Sixer-666”, “Dil khol k Bol-349” and “Triple ACE-333” plan, which the company claims it got a ‘successful response’. BSNL Chaukka-444 plan offers unlimited data including 4GB 3G data per day for a period of 90 days on a recharge of just Rs 444. So, 1GB of 3G mobile data will cost less than a rupee, which is the lowest in the telecom sector. Under the Sixer-666 plan, customers recharging with Rs. 666 can avail free unlimited voice calling to any network and any region in the country, along with 2GB of 2G or 3G (depending on the circle) mobile data for a period of 60 days. Triple Ace 333 plan offers unlimited 3G data for two months (recently revised) with a FUP limit of 3GB per day, that means customers recharging with Rs. 333 can avail a total of 168GB 3G data for 56 days.
On the other hand, Idea Cellular recently unveiled a new plan, offering 1GB data per day along with unlimited calls (same network Local+STD) at a recharge of Rs. 396. Vodafone has recently launched a “Campus Survival Kit” for the new college students in Delhi-NCR region. Under this “Campus Survival Kit” scheme, students recharging with Rs. 445 can avail free unlimited voice calling to any network and any region in the country, free SMS, along with 1GB data per day for 84 days.
Last month, Vodafone also announced an affordable First Recharge Coupon (FRC) 244 for its new 4G pre-paid customers. Under this “FRC 244” special recharge, new subscribers recharging with Rs. 244 can avail free unlimited voice calling to the same network and any region in the country, along with 1GB of 3G/4G data per day for a period of 70 days, totalling 70GB 3G/4G data for the period.
