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Airtel Announces Free Incoming Calls on International Roaming

Airtel has launched today its new International Roaming (IR) packs for both postpaid and prepaid customers. Airtel’s new IR packs offer free incoming calls, free texts to India and ample data benefits along with free India calling minutes across all popular destinations. Charges for calls to India and local in-country calls have been reduced to as low as Rs. 3/min across popular destinations.

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Airtel also announced that post the exhaustion of pack data benefits, international roaming data will now be charged at just Rs. 3/MB, a reduction of 99% from Rs. 650/MB. The IR packs, which are available for all popular global destinations, come with validity of one day and 30 days.

One day IR pack: The one day pack is designed for short/quick international trips and for appx. $10 customers can stay connected through their travel. This pack is particularly useful for business travelers who may be traveling to multiple destinations for very short durations.

30 days IR pack: The 30 days pack offers connectivity through long duration trips for appx. $75 and is loaded with data and India calling benefits.

10 days IR pack: Airtel plans to launch a $45 medium duration pack with 10 days validity by middle of October 2016.

Airtel’s New IR Packs

Benefits/Country US ,Canada UK Singapore UAE
Pack Rental 4999 649 4999 649 2499 499 3999 649
Incoming calls Free   Free Free   Free   Free Free   400 100
Data 3GB 300 MB 3GB 300 MB 3GB 300 MB 3GB 300 MB
Free mins. to India 400 100 400 100 400 100 400 100
SMS – India Free   Free Free Free Free Free Free Free
Data – post pack benefits(Rs/MB) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Outgoing – India (Rs/min) 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10
Outgoing – Local (Rs/min) 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 10
Validity (days) 30 1 30 1 30 1 30 1

Commenting on the new plans, Mr. Ajai Puri, Director – Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said, “The new roaming packs are in line with our commitment to provide our customers a seamless international roaming experience and great value. The number of Indians traveling overseas for leisure and business is growing rapidly and our new IR packs ensure that customers get no bill shocks and have the convenience of always keeping their phones switched on, wherever they are.”

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