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Bharti Airtel to Stop Jio from Grabbing 2G Subscribers by Launching Cheap 4G Phones

Posted: 13 Sep 2020 11:12 AM PDT

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Bharti Airtel will soon be partnering with smartphone companies in India so that it can stop Reliance Jio from grabbing 2G users in the country. A recent report highlighted that Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio would soon launch cheap 4G phones running Android operating system.

This move will help Jio gaining a lot of new users and extend its lead in the subscriber market share. However, Airtel seems to be not sitting idle as the telco is exploring partnerships with local brands and considering multiple options like locked and unlocked devices.

Airtel Exploring Both Locked and Unlocked Smartphone Options

In India, there’s no trend of locked smartphones. In the United States and several other Western markets, telecom operators partner with smartphone brands to launch devices bundled with tariff plans and monthly payment options. Now, Bharti Airtel is also exploring the same option in India. According to various source familiar with the matter, Airtel is currently exploring both locked and unlocked bundling of smartphones with various local Indian brands all though when we reached out to Airtel they did not respond to our queries.

As you might be aware of already, Reliance Jio is an LTE-only telco, whereas Airtel and Vodafone Idea are GSM operators. With the launch of affordable 4G phones in partnership with Google, Jio might take away the 2G and 3G users of Airtel and Vodafone Idea. Airtel is planning to tackle this move by partnering with local brands and providing affordable devices with bundled tariff plans to the subscribers. This will also help the telco convert its existing 2G userbase to 4G.

Airtel 5G Devices

Airtel is also planning to offer Fiber Plus Mesh plan which enables users to browse up to 300 Mbps speed till 500GB per month. Airtel is currently offering unlimited local and STD calls to any network across India. As per our sources, Airtel is also planning to bundle every service under one package rather than customers going for an independent plan including its future 5G offerings as well. Airtel is also having massive MIMO which is a key enabler for pre-5G technology that will make the network future ready for meeting the data demand.

Airtel Not Willing to Give Up on 2G Users Yet

In the past, we have seen Bharti Airtel partnering with local brand Celkon as part of ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone' initiative. Under the Mera Pehla Smartphone programme, Airtel offered 4G smartphones at an effective price. Customers had to make a down payment after which they will have to recharge monthly (specific amount) to keep the phone active. Our source did not reveal whether Airtel is planning to resume ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone' initiative or not. If Airtel’s partnership with local brands is anywhere close to what overseas telcos are providing, it will attract a lot of first-time smartphone buyers.

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Vodafone Idea Rs 351 New Prepaid Plan Offers 100GB Data for 56 Days

Posted: 12 Sep 2020 06:31 PM PDT

This post first appeared on TelecomTalk Read more at: https://telecomtalk.info/vodafone-idea-vi-rs351-new-plan-100gb/296916/, Vodafone Idea Rs 351 New Prepaid Plan Offers 100GB Data for 56 Days

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Vodafone Idea Limited has been rebranded as VI. The new website for the telco is already live now with updated offerings. After the rebranding, things will become simpler for the customers of both Vodafone and Idea. Everything right from the customer service to other services will become streamlined for VI. Work From Home prepaid plans are now offered different telcos. VI has also been offering one Work From Home plan until now. But now, the telco has added another Work From Home plan to its offerings. This plan has been introduced for Rs 351 and it offers 100GB data.

VI New Rs 351 Work From Home Prepaid Plan

The new Work From Home prepaid plan worth Rs 351 has been added to the offerings by VI. This prepaid plan offers 100GB 2G/3G/4G data to the customer but there is no voice calling included. It has a validity of 56 days only. The interesting thing about this plan is that even though it is not a prepaid plan which offers voice calling, you don't need an active voice calling plan so that you can recharge this add-on pack on top of your existing plan.

This plan has a stand-alone validity of 56 days. So it totally depends on the customer whether he/she wants to get a voice calling plan or not. The customer can also get a small talk-time plan activated on top of the Rs 351 Work From Home plan if he/she wishes to. This way, the customer can get both voice calling and data benefits with different plans.

There is one more Work From Home add-on prepaid plan offered by VI. It comes for Rs 251. This plan offers 50GB 2G/3G/4G data to the customer. There is no voice calling included in this pack as well. The validity of this pack is just 28 days.

Comparing both the plans, it is a no brainer that the newly introduced Rs 351 Work From Home pack from VI is more valuable than the Rs 251 Work From Home pack. This is because both the plans have a difference of just Rs 100, but the benefits which come with them differ a lot. With the Rs 351 Work From Home plan, the customer gets twice the benefits of Rs 251 pack by paying just Rs 100 extra.

The Rs 251 pack comes with a validity of 28 days whereas by paying just Rs 100 more, for Rs 351 the customer gets 56 days of validity. Even the data doubles from 50GB with the Rs 251 pack to 100GB with the Rs 351 pack. So the customer essentially can take the Rs 351 pack once instead of taking the Rs 251 pack twice for the same benefits. It saves the customer Rs 151.

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