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Friday 18 May 2012

70 percent cut in Airtel's 3G plan; will Voda, Idea follow suit ?



Bharti Airtel, India’s top mobile phone operator, on Thursday cut prices of its third-generation (3G) mobile data services by about 70 percent under some plans, a company statement said, in a move to boost usage of the premium services in the country.

Even though India boasts of more than 900 million mobile phone users, just about 12 million of those use 3G services. However, with the prices coming down, the usage is likely to get an impetus.

This is  the first price reduction by an operator in three years. Even though the industry is already reeling from the savage price wars, Airtel’s move to reduce prices for data services could set off new battles in the 3G space. 
 A senior executive from Idea Cellular told the Business Standard, “We will have to look at the new tariffs, review them and take a decision based on the local competition, wherever we are in the same market. There are lots of markets where we offer services, along with Vodafone. The decision depends on how strong we are in a circle as well.”

Bharti’s move to slash prices are sure to increase volumes for the company. In spite of having 3G-enabled phones, users are choosing to stay away from the service because of its high cost. According to an Economic Times report, about 18 months after the launch of 3G services, Airtel has about 9 million customers who use this facility, but only 25 percent of these are active data subscribers.

Unlike the previous strategy of offering different data plans in different circles, Airtel is now offering identical 3G data tariff plans in all its circles in India. Airtel is offering its prepaid users 30 minutes of internet surfing for just Rs 10, with a validity of one day. The same pack used to cost Rs 49 in Delhi-NCR region. The company also reduced the volume-based browsing rate on 3G from 10 paisa per 10kb to 3 paisa per 10kb.

“With Airtel 3G Smartbytes, postpaid mobile customers will now be able to continue enjoying uninterrupted access to high speed browsing on their mobile devices even after exhausting their monthly data limits,” the company said in a statement.

The Smartbytes additional data usage packs are available in a range of predetermined price options that allow Airtel 3G customers to choose a plan that suits their needs, while avoiding any shocks in their bills.

Bharti and its rivals in the country started 3G services last year after spending a total more than $12 billion to buy airwaves in an auction.

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  1. Anonymous6 February 2013 at 22:40

    I have been a customer of airtel for around 6-7 years, but will be discontinuing the services because of the "smartbytes charges" they impose on the customers.Within 2 months, I have received additional bills of 1500 I.E. Total of 3000. This kind of service should be verified by the use of credit card or debit card only and not just based on clicking the offer.
    Infact this service is specifically designed so that some users who are not so educated about the computers and stuff, will accidently click on this and thus airtel will have the excuse that the customer demanded it and thus charge them heavily for that.
    Since my payment mode is ecs, ( I really regret the day I chose ecs) I cant really do anything except discontinuing the broadband connection. I have filed an complaint against them on their site as well as at Consumer Court site but so far no action has been taken on this case.

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