In the Indian telecom industry, the “disruptive” entry of Reliance Jio is a great momentum behind the new age price war. If you don’t remember, Reliance Jio rolled out its services officially on 1 September 2016, and now it has already crossed over 100 million user base. Reliance Jio created a small wave in the telecom market by introducing its highly affordable voice and data centric combo plans. Reliance Jio has changed the entire telecom industry with its affordable tariff plans and forced the other telecom giants to reduce their data and calling rates. A couple of days ago, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio also announced their much-awaited 4G VoLTE-enabled feature phone, called the “JioPhone” in the Indian market with an “effective price” of Rs. 0 (Zero). Reliance Jio’s effectively free offering of low-cost 4G enabled VoLTE handset and its free unlimited high-speed 4G data and free voice call services have triggered a new form of pricing revolution in the Indian telecom sector.
In the month of July, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio revised its “Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan” offer with a new Rs. 399 recharge pack and Rs. 509 recharge pack. Under Reliance Jio’s new Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, Jio Prime members recharging with Rs. 399 can avail free unlimited voice calling (any network and any region in the country), SMSes, along with a FUP of 1GB 4G mobile data per day for a period of 84 days (total 84GB data). On the other hand, Rs. 509 recharge pack offers its Prime subscribers free unlimited voice calling (any network and any region in the country), SMSes, and 2GB 4G mobile data per day for a period of 56 days (total 56GB data), instead of 84 days under the earlier offer.
To counter Reliance Jio’s “Dhan Dhana Dhan” offer, other leading telecom operators including Vodafone, BSNL, Idea Cellular, Aircel have already updated their chart of unlimited data tariff plans. They have been trying really hard to come up with new aggressive plans and strategies to compete against the Reliance Jio, which has captured over 10 crore subscribers in a short period of time. And now, the India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has launched a slew of new recharge plans for its prepaid subscribers offering best data and voice calling facility at affordable rates, which start from a minimal amount of Rs. 5 and go up to Rs. 399.
Here we have all the news and details of Airtel’s new prepaid plans:
Airtel Rs. 5 plan: This plan is a data centric recharge plan. Under this recharge, the 4G prepaid customers recharging with Rs. 5 can avail 4GB of 3G/4G data (depending on the circle) for a validity period of 7 days. Note that, the offer is applicable for one-time recharge only and for those prepaid users who have a 4G SIM card or upgrade their SIMs to 4G.
Airtel Rs. 8 plan: This plan offers its prepaid subscribers local and STD mobile calls at 30 paisa per minute for a period of 56 days. There is no data bundled with this plan.
Airtel Rs. 15 plan: Under Rs. 15 plan, an Airtel prepaid subscriber can make a call to the home network at 10 paisa per minute for a period of 27 days with no extra charge.
Airtel Rs. 30, Rs. 40, Rs. 60 and Rs. 90 plan: These plans have been launched in the country to offer best talktime benefits. The Airtel Rs. 30 recharge plan is offering a talktime of Rs 27 with unlimited validity. Airtel prepaid customers recharging with Rs. 40 can avail a talktime of Rs. 35 with unlimited validity. Similarly, Rs. 60 plan offers its prepaid customers a talktime balance of Rs. 58 with unlimited validity. The Rs. 90 plan also offers a talktime balance of Rs. 88 with unlimited validity.
Airtel Rs. 149 plan: This plan offers free unlimited voice calling (same network Local + STD) and 2GB of 3G/4G data for 28 days. Under this “Rs. 149 plan” recharge plan, Airtel prepaid customers recharging with Rs. 149 can avail free unlimited voice calling to the same network and any region in the country, along with 2GB of 4G data for a period of 28 days.
Airtel Rs. 198 plan: In this plan, Airtel is offering unlimited local and STD calls along with 1GB of mobile internet data for a validity of 28 days. Customers can also avail 10 percent extra cashback on opening an Airtel Payments Bank account.
Airtel Rs. 199 plan: Airtel prepaid subscribers recharging with Rs. 199 can avail free unlimited local calls and 1GB of 2G or 3G or 4G (depending on the circle) mobile data per day for a period of 29 days.
Airtel Rs. 244 plan: 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. This plan is applicable for 4G-enabled handsets only.
Airtel Rs. 295 plan: Under this plan, customers recharging with Rs. 295 can avail free unlimited local and STD calls for a period of 84 days. Customers can also avail 10 percent extra cashback on opening an Airtel Payments Bank account.
Airtel Rs. 349 plan: This plan of Airtel offers unlimited local and STD calls to all networks along with 1GB of 3G/4G mobile internet data per day with a validity of 28 days, totalling 28GB 4G data for the period.
Airtel Rs. 399 Plan: 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 voice and data proposition in the said period.
