Airtel launches new pack for Rs. 349

After JIO introduced its Dhan Dhana Dhan Offer and other plans, many users started using 

JIO. Telecom operators were not able to price their packs as JIO so now Airtel has launched 

a few new plans to take on the newest telco on the block. Among the new data plans  has 

launched recently are the Rs. 349 and Rs. 5 prepaid recharge packs. Both are data-heavy 

plans and come with bundled calls, the market trend nowadays. Alternatively, Airtel users can

 also opt for the cashback offer the company is providing on recharges. With this new plan, 

Airtel would be aiming to stem the flow of consumers to JIO, which amassed 125 million consumers in less than a year of its launch on the back of its free calls and ultra low-cost 4G data. Airtel is the 

country’s biggest operator.

Airtel 349 pack

The Rs. 349 prepaid pack. This pack is similar to JIO's plan where it offers 28GB of bundled 

data, doled out in tranches of 1GB per day, along with unlimited local and STD calls. 

The validity of this pack is 28 days. Whereas JIO provides higher validity time.

While the company claims to provide unlimited calls, there’s actually a cap of 1,000 minutes

 per week; if you exhaust the limit, you will be charged at 10 paisa per minute for calls

 to Airtel numbers, and 30 paisa per minute for calls to other networks. Similarly, the free 

calls are limited to 250 minutes per day, after which the same 10 paisa per minute, and 30

 paisa per minute tariffs are levied for calls to Airtel and other networks, respectively. Similarly 

this is also different from JIO. JIO offers unlimited calling, 1GB data per day.

This plan takes on the Rs. 349 JIO pack that offers bundled data, unlimited calls to all

 networks, and free SMSes for 56 days. The consumers buying this pack get 10GB data

 for the first 28 days of the validity period, and another 10GB data for the remaining 28-day 

validity period. Vodafone also has a Rs. 392 pack with 1GB data per day for 28 days and 

unlimited calls.

Airtel Rs. 399 pack

The Rs. 399 plan with 84 days validity that Airtel launched last month. Airtel has made

 changes to this pack Instead of the original 84 days validity, users will only get 28-day validity with the plan now. The plan also comes with bundled calls with the same caps on free minutes as the

 Rs. 349 plan. This essentially makes the Rs. 399 pack the same as the Rs. 349 plan, except 

that the former has free roaming outgoing calls as well; there was no free roaming when the

 plan was launched in August.

Airtel Rs. 5 pack

In this Airtel offers its customer data for Rs 5 but this recharge can be done only once after upgrading to a 4G sim. There will be no free calls in this. It has a validity time of 7 days. It will be offering

 4GB of bundled data.

Airtel cashback offer 

Users who pay their bills through Airtel payments  for purchasing the recharge packs via the 

Airtel Payments Bank will be getting 5 percent cashback, up to Rs. 25 per transaction. Also, 

if you make an Airtel Payments Bank account and buy the Rs. 349 pack, you will get 10 percent cashback, 

Apart from these, Airtel has launched the Rs. 40 and Rs. 60 plans, offering talk time of

 Rs. 35 and Rs. 58, respectively.

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