anshu_s09 18 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 Airtel India’s largest telecom service provider, today launched the PAY PER SECOND PLAN dubbed as ‘Freedom Plan’ for its GSM Mobile customers across India. With the launch of this plan, Airtel customers will have the freedom of choosing from a variety of plans based on their usage and calling patterns. In the ‘Freedom Plan’, Airtel customers will be charged 1 PAISA PER SECOND for All Local and STD calls to Airtel Numbers anywhere in India and 1.20 PAISA PER SECOND for Local and STD calls all to other network across India. The Freedom Plan will be available across the country in all the 4.25 lakhs towns and villages covered by the Airtel distribution network. It will be an attractive proposition for customers who desire a one-second pulse. Other customers can subscribe to the ‘Airtel Advantage’ plan that offers 50 paise per minute tariff for all calls within Airtel Network and 60 paise per minute off net. Mr. Atul Bindal, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd said that “As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, we are committed to delighting our customers through superior network, great customer service and best value for money. Today, our network covers 110 million customers, has 100,000 sites and is available across 4.25 lakh towns and villages in 1.5 million outlets,”. “In keeping with our ethos of providing the best to our customers, we are delighted to offer a one second pulse to those customers who find value in this pulse. Customers now have a wide choice of plans based on their usage and calling patterns,” he added. With Aircel “Pay Per Second Plan” there is a limit on the STD usage – upto first 10,000 seconds per month will be charged at 1 paisa, after which STD calls will be charged at 2 paisa per second. All Local calls – 1p/second (any network-any time) All STD calls – 1p/second (any network-any time) – upto first 10,000 seconds per Month after that 2p/second SMS, ISD Calls and Roaming charge as per normal prepaid tariff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 comes to 72p per minute. costly!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvinayakpai 26 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Interesting tariff!!!!!!!! If Airtel can calculate 1.2ps/sec then it also means that 1ps/sec is not the cheapest tariff at all. it can go below 1ps also. As of now all telcos are holding on to 1ps/sec keeping in mind profitability and also calculation easiness. If any operator, especially any new operator like Uninor and Etisilat wishes, it can break this monotony and push telecom tariffs further southwards...... Edited October 30, 2009 by vvinayakpai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Himanshu Singh 19 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 GOOD for Airtel customers only. I dont think it will lead to people migrating to Airtel. It may help Airtel retain its own subscribers though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 GOOD for Airtel customers only. I dont think it will lead to people migrating to Airtel. It may help Airtel retain its own subscribers though. I don't think its enough to retain customers. Simple arithmetic, currently Airtel has about 25% of the total mobile subscribers. It practically means an Airtel subscriber's 75% of the calls is outside the n/w. So the key for retention is reducing charge for offnet calls which still Airtel has not achieved. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 Exactly airtel wants to retain its old customers rather than get new from other networks , anyway DOCOMO pressure has made them do it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUDYEcaZ 67 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Exactly airtel wants to retain its old customers rather than get new from other networks , anyway DOCOMO pressure has made them do it DOCOMO pressure?? Really i dont think so... They are not a big player to make such an impact... TATA are stil in losses of over 2000Cr in Mobile service.... N i think they are very near to sell it off to some other player... Pay per call and per second might be just there last try Its all because of Reliance simple... Just look at Stock market(Telecom stocks)after the launch of this plan almost all stocks are down to there year lows... Airtel India’s largest telecom service provider, today launched the PAY PER SECOND PLAN dubbed as ‘Freedom Plan’ for its GSM Mobile customers across India. With the launch of this plan, Airtel customers will have the freedom of choosing from a variety of plans based on their usage and calling patterns. In the ‘Freedom Plan’, Airtel customers will be charged 1 PAISA PER SECOND for All Local and STD calls to Airtel Numbers anywhere in India and 1.20 PAISA PER SECOND for Local and STD calls all to other network across India. The Freedom Plan will be available across the country in all the 4.25 lakhs towns and villages covered by the Airtel distribution network. It will be an attractive proposition for customers who desire a one-second pulse. Other customers can subscribe to the ‘Airtel Advantage’ plan that offers 50 paise per minute tariff for all calls within Airtel Network and 60 paise per minute off net. Mr. Atul Bindal, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd said that “As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, we are committed to delighting our customers through superior network, great customer service and best value for money. Today, our network covers 110 million customers, has 100,000 sites and is available across 4.25 lakh towns and villages in 1.5 million outlets,”. “In keeping with our ethos of providing the best to our customers, we are delighted to offer a one second pulse to those customers who find value in this pulse. Customers now have a wide choice of plans based on their usage and calling patterns,” he added. What are the plan details? Recharge option? validity? *Conditions???? Edited October 30, 2009 by SUDYEcaZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramtech 47 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance NOt so great tarriff.Even their network coverage is not so superior as claimed by airtel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUDYEcaZ 67 Report post Posted October 30, 2009 Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance What is this "LAPU" What is the validity of tariff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted October 31, 2009 validity is one yr ,, in delhi 94 rs recharge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitbt22 2 Report post Posted October 31, 2009 What is this "LAPU" Very funny name but it is commonly used name for Erecharge sim provided to retailers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted October 31, 2009 Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance NOt so great tarriff.Even their network coverage is not so superior as claimed by airtel. true, airtel cc is the best. network, just like any other gsm operator - poor to poorer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted October 31, 2009 Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance All information about this plan is available in the below link http://www.airtel.in/freedomplan/ For each circle the recharge amount is different. You can have a look in the above link(Plan Details) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amit.shippie 135 Report post Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) today i got msg from airtel regarding pay per second plan.... you have to recharge with Rs. 64 n it gives : validity- 1 year airtel calls (local & std) - 1ps/sec others (local/std) - 1.2ps/sec Edited October 31, 2009 by Arun << Topic Merged >> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pasumark 51 Report post Posted November 1, 2009 Any 1 sec plans for post-paid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted November 1, 2009 No 1 sec plan in postpaid ... Rather disappointing plan from airtel if one compare with aircel , idea , reliance and docomo even MTS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vishalmcp 8 Report post Posted November 1, 2009 I agree with u friend, also its costly if u compare with reliance or even other providers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pasumark 51 Report post Posted November 2, 2009 Airtel has launched 1 sec pulse plan in post-paid also Airtel Freedom 249 Airtel - 1p/s Others - 1.2p/s Local SMS - 50p National SMS - 60p 10500 local seconds free 200 local sms free Airtel has introduced one of the costliest plan. Will Airtel ever change? Maybe after they lose their no.1 position. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
s207 1 Report post Posted November 2, 2009 You are 100% right. Airtel has got this habit of singing good network tune whenever there is talk of tariff. As other Companies they too have more than 94% pre paid users. Let still better tariffs and they will see the logic. Existing customers recharge with Rs.75(LAPU) New customers recharge with Rs.77(LAPU) The service will be available from tomorrow. Costly as compared to Aircel and Reliance NOt so great tarriff.Even their network coverage is not so superior as claimed by airtel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
