First it was Tata Docomo that brought up the fight for lower STD call rates with its 1 second pulse which is followed by Vodafone South STD pack, Aircel’s 1-2-3 STD plan, Virgin mobiles less than 1 paise per second STD plan and also Reliance Jaadu STD pack.
Clearly, one Big name that was missing in the list was Airtel. Although Airtel has brought up its Special 5 offer lately, its fruits were only available when calls are made to Airtel numbers only and are limited to only 5 such numbers.
Now its time for the Big boy to step in and take a piece of cake from the rest of the Group if not pull the entire cake.
Airtel has announced an ‘Airtel Advantage Plan’ with which an Airtel customer can call any networks number (unfortunately, this plan too is only applicable for Airtel to airtel calls) either Local or STD at only 50p/s.
This offer can be activated by purchasing the Airtel Advantage plan at Rs.51 from Airtel relationship centres or other retail stores. The validity of this plan is 30 days.
It looks like Airtel is seriously banking upon its 110 million mobile subscribers. It also came up with a research study that 90% of the calls made are from its subscribers are within its network, ie, Airtel – Airtel, so they hope that this offer will be as good as any other operators ‘any network STD’ offer.
I seriously doubt it.
Now it’s all up to you to decide which network you choose for our STD needs. As far as I’m concerned, I still prefer Docomo as my average call lasts for about 3-4 minutes and I make at least 30-40 STD calls a month. So on the long run, the Docomo’s 1 second pulse saves me enough rupees to beat the Airtel’s 50 ps/min offer and what’s more, you don’t have to recharge with 51 or 61 every month, its all there as default.
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any airtel std free offer pack airtel to airtel atleast low call rates
send me score 9951122718
i want to know about airtel to airtel unlimited free plan or 10 paisa per min.
Air tel network is good therefore i’m Using airtel connection but airtel call rate is very costly
Please tell me airtel to airtel std call best plain any one number my number is 9717960518
tell me if any airtel std free teriff urgent
Air tel sab network ka bada bhai hai magar ghoroor bhi bahut ziyada hai kabhi tu tata indicom jaise nahi tu min : Reliance Uni nor jaise offer tu diya karo
which is the best network in std call rates from mumbai to karnataka. is there any network which offers free calls to idea sim at karnataka from mumbai….plz reply me soon
recharge with 77 teriff ………. it will add the plan 50 ps all std/local calls for 1 yr……….. its valid in karnartaka (bangalore)
hey hii…
can u help with any recharge in airtel for existing customers to make std cals to all operators at 50 ps??? in mumbai circle
I am not understanding why airtel launches a new schemes with lot of restrictions. For example-you have to recharge for Rs 51 / 61 to get the benifit.2.Valid only for 30 days,3.benifit can be enjoyed only airtel to airtel etc.
But in this competitive market Tata Docomo , Reliance is giving much more advantages. And I hope airtel also knows these advantages which others are offering are much cost effective.So we are waiting for such competitive plans from Airtel
It’s very easy to say ‘reduce your rates’ seeing the tariff of other operators. But for an established player like Airtel, reducing charges will only mean drastic changes in their revenues, which will have a deep impact about the stock on its investors. So they have to deal with a lot of things before making any change, be it big or small.
There is nothing to loose for Tata Docomo and so it entered the market like a storm with extremely low rates compared to market rates, but once this fervor is over, people may start to realize how important is quality rather than rates.
But since, you said the signal isn’t that good in your area, why don’t you move to the best network?
I don’t know if RC 141 is applicable for Mumbai circle or not but its has validity of 1 year, with A-A calls at 40ps and A-Other calls at 60ps.
Give us best tariff rates for pre paid airtel sim cards compared to Tata Docomo,Reliance etc.
I am sorry to say that there is no much coverage of airtel at Mumbai. Though I am a airtel user,due to this competitive rates I am not much satisfied with airetel new schemes.
Hence being a old warrior in this network field,kindly provide the subscribers with competitive rates
Yes!! serious over confidence from Airtel. I has to offer STD calls to other networks too, it has no choice. I’m moving to Docomo and so will many others
I heard that this is only applicable for Andhra Pradesh AP circle? is this true?
Is it available in Mumbai circle also?
It should be available in all circles.
How much does this Airtel advantage pack cost?
This should be made a default for all new customers seeing the fight in the arena, and Videocon is still there waiting to enter the battle field
I love Airtel. Tata docomo sucks, no network coverage in my area at all