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Airtel 3G Plans / Tariffs

on January 24, 2011 – 1:50 pm66 Comments

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Airtel launched 3G services in Bangalore today and we have some news about the plans and tariffs.

Activate 3G

First you have to send a SMS 3G to 121

You would get a reply from Airtel if your handset is compatible

We got back a message stating the tariff as Rs. 30p / 20kb and we were asked to confirm by sending 1 as a reply.

This is the pay as you go plan (3G PAYG VBC)

Any 2G pack will be de-activated once you activate 3G

We request you not to activate 3G as you might be charged heavily. Instead activate a data pack below by calling customer care !

Update tariffs chart added

Airtel 3G Data Plans

Sachet Plans

  • Rs. 9 for 10 MB, validity 1 day (will expire on sameday midnight)
  • Rs. 60 for 65 MB, validity 3 days

Sacher Plan Time Based

  • Rs. 45 for 30 minutes and then Rs.3 per minute (will expire on sameday midnight)

Standard Plans

  • Rs. 103 for 100 MB, validity 30 days
  • Rs. 200 for 250 MB, validity 30 days
  • Rs. 450 for 600 MB, validity 30 days
  • Rs. 750 for 2 GB, validity 30 days

Flexi Shield Plan

There is also another plan in which you pay Rs. 675 as a monthly rental and get 1.25 GB free usage on 3G

Post 1.25 GB you will be charged 1 paise per 100 kB or 10 paise /MB

After that you pay for extra usage and max bill is Rs.2000 after which your speeds will drop to 20 Kbps

Volume Based Charging Plans

Prepaid Rs.13 , validity 20 days , no free usage but billed at 15p / 20kb

Postpaid Rs.20, validity 30 days,no free usage but billed at 15p / 20kb

Video Calls

Video calls both on-net and off-net will be charged at 5 paise / second for both local and national roaming

We shall update this page once we have more info !

What do you think of the tariffs ? Are you happy ? disappointed ?

Thanks to Varun Roy our Bangalore Ninja !

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  • Thala veriyan

    No. It is toooooo cost

  • Suman

    Bad. Very bad plan. Too costly! and info for video calling

  • Krishnamurthy

    This is too high price, may be for initial rates.
    Later down the line price may drop, as per cost wise BSNL is best, 70p/min for video calling, but in Airtel it is 3Rs/min !!!

    AirTel’s 2G data service is pretty good, let’s enjoy the same until price comes down.

  • satvir

    veryy high plan for 3g

  • manickam

    Mm. I feel this plans r too costly, i’ll not use for youngers lyk coll students, they should announce some new plans for students because mostly students are using internet, then other peoples ;) i don think so. . So they should decrease it. . .

  • Jay

    Every service provider is hanging around these charges. I’d still wait for them to be low & continue to use computer for the internet except few one-day plans for something important. Nothing has this 3G fruited. :’(

  • Kunal Das

    Too much costly for indian general. We expect more flexibility from airtel’s side

  • Rajarshi

    Toooooooo costly. Every plan in Airtel is costly. Not only 3g,sms,broadband…..everything. Airtel needs to do something about it or they are gonna lose in this MNP world like anything.

  • sharan

    wht the hell???? already they’re charging fo callin customer care n other shit…. on top of tht this crap plan to drink our blood as money huh??????

  • Viral

    Hi! Suman kya ye plan acha nahi hai ?

  • qavi

    very very very disappointing plans

  • KP

    disappointed

  • nagaraj

    Tooo Costly.we need unlimited data plans.

  • Deepak kumar

    It’s too costly.plz renew plans and thought again about it’s plans.

  • harish

    this plan is failed

  • satheesh

    over cost for all scemes…………. no one select this 3g options………………………..

  • suresh

    its too cost and heavy rate it can damage airtel subscribe for using they might change the plan . in up coming days

  • Manas

    WTF…so costly…..all airtel users will change their card to some other network…..

  • yuvi

    can i knw in which places that 3G has been launched so far in tamilnadu……….

  • Sindhu

    Disgusting 3G service and customer service:

    1. I own a Samsung Galaxy and had a Customer service rep enable my 3G services.
    2. The next day following the advice of another Rep , I recharged by account with 103 RS that is supposed to give me 100 MB download free for 30 days.
    3. Following this , I check my account balance which is 280 RS , I use the internet service for less than 1 MB and then check my balance which is now 240 RS!!
    4.This was not the end of my woes , I have since then contacted about 10 Representatives , who have have no idea as to what my issue is , they try troubleshooting it and each one of them end up transferring my call to their supervisors and out of 10 calls that I made I could only connect to one transferred call and the Supervisor again was not helpful( The rest of the calls after a painfully long wait disconnect!!!!).
    5. Since then I have lost 64 Rupees , and I have absolutely no idea how and why my balance is deducting even after me disconnecting from all the internet applications from my phone!!
    6. Right now Im stuck with my balance flowing out like water , with Airtel representatives not acting for my request , and I do not even have an escalation number to directly contact on!
    6. Let me also tell this : Video calls do not work!!!! I have a 3G enabled phone , in a 3G network and I’m trying a BSNL 3G phone.

    I am seriously considering moving out of airtel and into BSNL. I am very very dissatisfied with the 3G service and the im sure am done with the attitude of Airtel’s Customer service representatives!!

    • Vvrao

      plz check your network is in 2g or 3g if it is in 2g amount will be charged…………..

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