Airtel to offer 1.5GB under Rs. 349 plan to compete with Jio
Posted on: 07/Nov/2017 1:05:08 PM
It has been more than a year since Jio stepped into the telecom market, and it seems to remain on toes still. On the other hand, Airtel keeps modifying its plans often to cater to the changing Jio plans! Airtel has now come up with Rs. 349 plan where it offers more data for the same rate. This move follows Airtel’s 100 percent cashback offer for recharge of Rs. 349 as announced for stipulated time period. To compete with Jio, Bharti Airtel has increased the data offered accordingly it provides 70GB of bundled data and free outgoing calls. This offer comes with 70 days validity and is applicable only for Airtel prepaid users.
1GB per day offer on Airtel and Jio
On MyAirtel App, Airtel users can avail Rs. 448 plan where they get daily 3G or 4G data of 1GB with unlimited local and STD calls, free outgoing calls while on roaming and free SMS of up to 3000. This directly competes with Jio’s Rs. 399 plan that has same benefits for its users that comes along with free Jio app access. Coming on to Jio’s Rs. 459 pack, it comes with similar benefits with validity of 84 days.
What’s with Vodafone and Idea?
Recently, Vodafone has also come up with a new 84-day plan priced Rs. 496 and with same benefits. Coming on to Idea network, the benefits availed are quite the same for Rs. 498. It is likely that Idea and Vodafone would join hands in a merger and acquire the position as biggest telecom in India, surpassing Airtel.
Rs. 349 plan on Airtel
Coming on to the Rs. 349 plan, users will get 1.5 GB of daily data with unlimited local and STD calls with 3,000 SMS, but the validity continues to be the same which is 28 days. Coming on to Airtel network with unlimited voice calls come with daily usage limit of 250 voice minutes per day or 1,000 minutes per week. For calls made beyond this, the price will be 10 paise per minute for calls within the network and the price is 30 paise per minute for calls made to the other networks.
