Airtel 3G prices reduced !

[Sujeet]

Biggest News coming this evening

Bharti Airtel has slashed its 3G tariff plans, in some cases by up to 70%. The move stands to spark off a price war in the 3G segment, in an industry that is still recovering from the 2G price wars, and gradually increasing 2G voice rates from their all-time lows, with new TRAI proposals forcing matters.

Reports indicate that Vodafone and Idea will also be cutting their 3G rates in the near future, with different rates for each circle, depending on usage and presence. The Indian market of course, is very price sensitive, and reduced prices could really help bolster sales in lagging areas, and help it penetrate at a mass market level.

According to recently released figures, Airtel has roughly 9 million 3G customers, but apparently, only a quarter of that number can be counted as active data subscribers. Airtel has disclosed some of the new rates – its cheapest plan is now Rs. 10 for 30 minutes of high speed browsing. Other plans include Rs. 45 for 150MB, Rs. 100 for 300MB, Rs. 300 for 1GB, and Rs. 1,500 for 10GB. All previous plans will have a higher amount of downloadable data, for the same rates.

In volume-based browsing rates, prepaid and postpaid customers will now pay 3 paise per 10 KB, which counts as a 70% reduction from earlier prices (Rs. 10 for 10KB) . Airtel’s recently introduced Smartbytes mobile plans should also help users get the best value from their plans.

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LOL
Today itself when i went to recharge store for routine recharge The guy informed me that Airtel 3G Prices has dropped realising that i am one of the regular customer of 3G Coupons and I went freaky.

Bought 7 ,11rs Cards right away.(~80rs)

I am easily able to download around 600mb with one card(30min.)
So my 80Rs will easily allow around 4.2 GB of download .This is a dream come True

Till now i have been using 6GB Airtel 3G Plan(for my Phone) and now Prices has gone down.

Earlier I Used to get 10MB on 11 Rs Card now I can download Unlimited for 30min with same card

And Cherry on top is that my Airtel 3G Download Speed never falls below 500kb/s mark.
Cheers!!!

[Minion]

This is not any cheap If they can provide 3GB for 250/- I would call it is cheap I think this a temporary plan to attract customer but i will make full use of it
thanks sujeet for sharing.

[masterkd]

wow..now my monthly 3G usage will get doubled..thanks for the news!!

[Sujeet]

Ofcourse.

Doesnt matter if its a Trick or not by Airtel.

Read my endnotes.
This has proven damn effective for me so i am riding on it.

[reddead]

Aircel effect....they just aanounced new 3g plans a while ago,IMO they are much cheaper with unlimited download limit bundeled with Fup....

[theserpent]

Whatever..its a good move.Why not increase Broadband speeds to

[Sujeet]

^^
You mean Cable Line Broadband.?

Lets see if something happens for that

[gopi_vbboy]

I think they have reached break even point for investment made in 3g.So now new strategy to milk max out of 3g.

[theserpent]

Airtel has officially increased FUP for the 499 plan.The airtel CC told me.

[Sujeet]

Airtel has officially increased FUP for the 499 plan.The airtel CC told me.

So whats the new Plan(FUP).

[theserpent]

499- 1 mbps still 25 gigs-then 256 kbps

[CommanderShawnzer]

yay!!!

[Sujeet]

499- 1 mbps still 25 gigs-then 256 kbps

Thats a Steal i should say!!

BTW why all these generosity on one day.?!!
I wonder if Airtel is sharpening their Knife in Dark to butcher out the Sheeps.!!!

[theserpent]

Thats a Steal i should say!!

BTW why all these generosity on one day.?!!
I wonder if Airtel is sharpening their Knife in Dark to butcher out the Sheeps.!!!

Actually the 499 Plan was a plan that was avail 2-2.5 years ago.Then they stopped selling it.So only people who have it can benefit it.
In 499(100 calls free to airtel nos .
But airtels realy generosity will be shown when they increase the FUP-cap Speed from 256 kbps to 512 kbp

[suyash24seven]

on the airtel website, there's a recharge for Rs.9 which lets the user access 3G for 30 minutes. what is the speed like? i mean how much data can one download in 30 minutes? also, i can connect it to my laptop using nokia PC suite, right?

thanks

[pramudit]

aircel is still cheaper... 198 for 1gb 3g data and then 128kbps FUP... dont know why these company dont even give 256kbps after FUP...

[krishnandu.sarkar]

Nice. TFS

Let me check Kolkata Tariff

[dashing.sujay]

on the airtel website, there's a recharge for Rs.9 which lets the user access 3G for 30 minutes. what is the speed like? i mean how much data can one download in 30 minutes? also, i can connect it to my laptop using nokia PC suite, right?

thanks

4-5Mbps.

Yes, absolutely.

[reddead]

aircel is still cheaper... 198 for 1gb 3g data and then 128kbps FUP... dont know why these company dont even give 256kbps after FUP...

thats better...also airtel is gonna charge a lot if one goes beyond the time or data.......

[Sujeet]

on the airtel website, there's a recharge for Rs.9 which lets the user access 3G for 30 minutes. what is the speed like? i mean how much data can one download in 30 minutes? also, i can connect it to my laptop using nokia PC suite, right?

thanks

Read the End Notes of First Post.

[suyash24seven]

thanks @Sujeet and @dashing.sujay for the helpful replies!

something weird just happened. when i checked the 3G tariff for my city about a hour back, it said 30mins for Rs.9. now it's changed to 10mb while neighbouring places, cities much smaller than mine, have the 30mins thing.
any ideas what's going on?

[Sarath]

This nice. My pack just expired. As an early subscriber, Rs.200 for 200MB was painful to watch, which later increased to Rs. 202 for 500MB and now this. Looks good

I can do with just Rs.100 for 300MB this month. Finally.

But 121 is not working anymore. Nor are the updated prices reflecting on their website.

[Sujeet]

thanks @Sujeet and @dashing.sujay for the helpful replies!

something weird just happened. when i checked the 3G tariff for my city about a hour back, it said 30mins for Rs.9. now it's changed to 10mb while neighbouring places, cities much smaller than mine, have the 30mins thing.
any ideas what's going on?

For 9/10/11(the prices are for same plan IMO varying from one circle to other) rs you get 30min.(Cant say about your circle.)
Earlier it was 10mb.
as per NCR Tariff.

BTW those arent from Website.
I am using them so i can tell.

The site should be Updated ASAP.

[suyash24seven]

^^ yes, thanks, i guess i should stop being so and give it some time!
i don't think they'll have different pricing for places 30km apart in the same circle.

[sam]

time to carry mobile charger everywhere we go

[Gauravs90]

i recharged with Rs 10 from airtel website and on checking from *123*12# its showing 29.29 MB. but on connecting to internet it deducted money from main balance. I was connecting on airtelgprs.com APN

[Sujeet]

^^
Have you received The Confirmation message saying"thanx for recharging with 3g pack and blah blah".
.Happens with me.
The data balance gets credited instantly at the time of recharge but unless the message is received my Phone works at 2g even with 3g pack activated.

Else CC.

[pramudit]

mtnl also introduces new 3g plans...
MTNL NEW 3G PLANS FOR DELHI CIRCLE,1GB AT Rs.41 | WORLD OF GPRS

[a_k_s_h_a_y]

The 10 Rs for 30mins is very attractive.

[theserpent]

1gb for 41 Thats nice Oh 1 day.But anyways 41 for 1 gb is really attractive