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Airtel on Friday announced that it would revise the prices of its prepaid recharge plans and postpaid plans, raising the charges by as much as 20 percent. The telecom operator said the new prices are part of its efforts to increase mobile average revenue per user (ARPU). The tariffs for prepaid and postpaid data plans will be revised next week, the operator said. Airtel’s price hike comes hours after rival Reliance Jio on Thursday announced new tariffs, raising the prices of its plans in the country.
Airtel increases prices for prepaid plans
Once the new tariffs come into effect, Airtel prepaid customers will have to pay more to access the company’s data and voice plans. The telecom operator says it wants to increase ARPU above Rs. 300 to remain profitable while continuing to invest in spectrum and network technology.
You can refer to the table below to see the updated pricing for each plan. The annual Rs. 1,799 recharge plan and Rs. 2,999 plan will increase by Rs. 200 and Rs. 600 respectively. It is worth noting that all the prepaid recharge plans offer unlimited talking and up to 100 SMS per day, except the last three entries in the table as these are data add-on packs.
| Old price | New price | Data limit | Validity (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 199 | 2GB | 28 |
| 455 | 509 | 6GB | 84 |
| 1799 | 1999 | 24GB | 365 |
| 265 | 299 | 1 GB per day | 28 |
| 299 | 349 | 1.5 GB per day | 28 |
| 359 | 409 | 2.5 GB per day | 28 |
| 399 | 449 | 3 GB per day | 28 |
| 479 | 579 | 1.5 GB per day | 56 |
| 549 | 649 | 2 GB per day | 56 |
| 719 | 859 | 1.5 GB per day | 84 |
| 839 | 979 | 2 GB per day | 84 |
| 2999 | 3599 | 2 GB per day | 365 |
| 19 (Data add-on) | 22 | 1GB | 1 |
| 29 (Data add-on) | 33 | 2GB | 1 |
| 65 (Data add-on) | 77 | 4GB | Plan validity |
Airtel postpaid plan price increase
Airtel postpaid plans have also been hiked, meaning customers will have to shell out a higher monthly bill from July. The Rs. 399 plan that offers a single connection with 40GB of data and an Xstream Premium subscription will soon cost Rs. 449. Meanwhile, the Rs. 499 plan that offers 75GB of data, as well as Xstream Premium, Disney+ Hotstar and Amazon Prime subscriptions, will be hiked to Rs. 549.
Two other postpaid plans are also getting a hike, the telecom operator said. The Rs. 599 plan that offers two connections with 105GB data will cost Rs. 699, while the Rs. 999 plan that offers four connections and 190GB data will soon cost Rs. 1,199. Both the plans offer Xstream Premium, Disney+ Hotstar, Airtel Wynk and Amazon Prime subscriptions.
New Airtel tariffs to come into effect in July
Airtel says that the new tariffs for prepaid recharge plans and postpaid plans will be effective from July 3. From next week, the telecom operator will display the revised prices for prepaid recharge plans on its website. Similarly, postpaid customers will see an increase in the cost of their monthly bill under the new plans, the company said.
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