Airtel said that the Volume Based Charges (VBC) on its recharge vouchers for 2G data usage of three denominations have been reduced to 1 paisa per 10 KB from 10 paisa per 10 KB making internet usage affordable for its subscribers
Triggering competition, private sector telecom services provider Bharti Airtel slashed data usage charges by 90% for pre-paid subscribers in Punjab and Haryana, a day after Vodafone lowered data charges by 80% for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in three circles.
Airtel said that the Volume Based Charges (VBC) on its recharge vouchers for 2G data usage of three denominations have been reduced to 1 paisa per 10 KB from 10 paisa per 10 KB making internet usage affordable for its subscribers.
The recharge vouchers of Rs22, Rs25 and Rs125 carry a free download limit of 125 MB for five days, 150 MB for seven days and 1 GB for 28 days.
After the free download, the customers were presently charged at 10 paisa per 10 KB which have been reduced to 1 paisa per 10 KB with immediate effect, Airtel said in its release.
The release said that the validity of the Rs22 and Rs25 recharge vouchers has been increased to 30 days and that of Rs125 recharge vouchers increased to 90 days.
“Looking at the increasing number of mobile internet users in both urban and rural areas, the reduction in rates is further going to boost the usage of mobile internet,” the release said adding the benefit, however, would be available only to prepaid customers.
Vodafone on Tuesday reduced the price from 10 paisa per 10 KB to 2 paisa per 10KB for Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles for both pre-paid and post-paid customers using the 2G network.
“These rates are currently applicable in Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles and will be rolled out nationally in a phased manner,” Vodafone had said.
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data pack rates are like 100 rs/2GB or even better. this whole approach is just to lure the customers into the data-trap (looks very similar to emi-trap).
the whole 1re video promoted by airtel conveniently ignores the data charges for such a video, which would cost 5-10 rs everytime played...