Airtel 3G Tariffs slashed

Airtel launched its 3G services in India in January 2011  but it was`nt much success full due to their high 3G Tariffs compared to other networks
Here are the new 3G plans

The Pay as you go plan has Rs.1000 Bill Shield on post-paid plans For more details you can see the Airtel 3G Tariffs page for more details in your region

Book a broadband connection and win an iPad

Bharti Airtel has come up with an amazing offer to promote their broadband services .Customers who book a Airtel Broadband connection befor 31th May 2012 may get a chance to win an Apple iPad.

This offer is available only for for Non-business, retail customers excluding  Kerala and Tamil Nadu circles. The telecom giant is offering Rs. 500 Cash back on booking of Broadband connection online from the Airtel website
Airtel offers amazing Broadband plans at very competitive tariffs plans start from Rs.649 offering 3GB of data usage at higher download speed of 2Mbps (256kbps after usage cap) And Rs. 999 and 1599 plans offer 10GB and 75 GB data usage respectively Airtel Turbo 10GB broadband plan offers 10GB data transfer with 4Mbps high speed download.

Airtel launches Online store -Airtel Shop

Airtel has launched their Online store - shop.airtel.com where they sell mobile devices from different brands such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia Sony, LG, HTC and BlackBerry. They also offer 33% offer on mobile devices with exclusive airtel plans such as 500MB free 3G data for 1 month on select phones. They have partnered Infibeam to sell and deliver the Mobile phones.


They also sell digital TVs and offer broadband connections through their site. They offer some cash back offers such as Rs 500 cashback on new broadband connections and Rs 250 cashback on new digitalTV connections.


They offer Cash on delivery (COD), payment by cheque /cash/draft, net-banking, credit / debit card, cash card, mobile payments, EMI offers are also available. The offers are pretty good but the choice of mobile devices are less.

Airtel launches Unlimited 3G Plan for Blackberry Postpaid Users

 Airtel has launched a new 3G plan for BlackBerry postpaid customers that offers unlimited 3G internet browsing on the device. This plan also comes with 1GB of off-device (When BlackBerry device is used as a modem) 3G data free per month.

Airtel Slashes outgoing call tarifs for Local Calls in Sri Lanka & Bangladesh

Airtel has introduced new Airtel South Asia rates for its mobile customers in India traveling to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This new plan would let the Airtel users in India enjoy home call rates as low as Re.1/min to keep in touch with family and friends while visiting Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Airtel South Asia tariffs (for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka)

South Asia rates (Rs/min) Bangladesh Sri Lanka
Local outgoing                  1                      1
Call back to India                 10                 10
Incoming calls will be charged at Rs 10/min. This is applicable for both the pre-paid and post-paid Airtel customers.

Airtel 4G LTE Tarrif plans announced for Kolkatta

As the Airtel 4G website went live few hours ago , the tariffs have also appeared on the site. The plans start from Rs.999 for 6GB of data and the top-end plan is Rs.1999 for 18GB of data. There is also a plan for Rs.1399 which gives you 9GB of free usage.  Initially , these plans will be available only over USB modems and will be available on both Prepaid and Postpaid. After you cross the free data quota , your speed will be throttled to 128 Kbps as per Fair Usage Policy.

Here is the list of 4G LTE Plans from Airtel. The breakfree plan is the cheapest one offering 6GB of data at Rs.999. We feel it’s a great price point for offering 4G services.

Although 18GB is a lot of data offered on the Breakfree Ultra plan, at a speed of approximately 40 Mbps you can download 18GB of data in just one hour ! Let me tell you wireless data is not cheap across the world and these tariffs from Airtel has actually on par or cheaper with global operators offering 4G services. But the big question is will the speeds be consistent ??

Airtel to offer 4G Services in Kolkatta next Month

Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 4G services in India later this month in Kolkata. Bharti Airtel’s CEO Sanjay Kapoor confirmed it in GSMA event in New Delhi. It would also be the first operator in the country to launch 4G services. It is based on 4G LTE-TDD technology that would offer speeds up to 100 Mbps.


The company had won 20 Mhz TDD of Broadband Wireless Access spectrum (BWA) in the 2.3 GHz frequency band in 4 telecom circles including, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka in 2010.



Airtel has appointed China’s ZTE Corporation to plan, design, supply and deploy its 4G network in Kolkata. It appointed Nokia Siemens Networks for building and operating 4G services in the Maharashtra circle last month. It also plans to launch 4G services in Pune in Maharashtra, Chandigarh in Punjab and Bangalore in Karnataka soon.


Other telecom companies who won BWA spectrum in 2010 in the broadband auction are Qualcomm, Tikona, Aircel and Augere. Indian Government also plans to hold 4G spectrum auction for 700 Mhz spectrum later this year.