Airtel today launched new International roaming packs that offers bundles of data, free India calling minutes, free incoming calls and free texts to India. Charges for calls to India and local in-country calls have been reduced to as low as Rs. 3/min across popular destinations.
Post the exhaustion of pack data benefits, international roaming data will now be charged at just Rs. 3/MB, a reduction of 99% from Rs. 650/MB.
These are available for most popular global destinations such as US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and UAE and come with validity of one day and 30 day, depending on your preference. Airtel plans to launch a $45 medium duration pack with 10 days validity by middle of October 2016.
New Airtel International Roaming packs
| Benefits/Country | US ,Canada | UK | Singapore/Malaysia/Thailand | UAE | ||||
| Pack Rental (Rs.) | 4999 | 649 | 4999 | 649 | 2499 | 499 | 3999 | 649 |
| Incoming calls | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | 400 | 100 |
| Data | 3GB | 300 MB | 3GB | 300 MB | 3GB | 300 MB | 3GB | 300MB |
| Free mins. to India | 400 | 100 | 400 | 100 | 400 | 100 | 400 | 100 |
| SMS – India | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Outgoing – India/Local (Rs/min) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 |
| Validity (days) | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
These packs can be activated through the Airtel website, myAirtel app, USSD and Customer Contact Centers.
Commenting on the new plans, Ajai Puri, Director – Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said:
The new roaming packs are in line with our commitment to provide our customers a seamless international roaming experience and great value. The number of Indians traveling overseas for leisure and business is growing rapidly and our new IR packs ensure that customers get no bill shocks and have the convenience of always keeping their phones switched on, wherever they are.