Airtel launched International roaming packs for postpaid customers with data, free India calling minutes, free incoming calls and free texts to India in September with 1 day and 30 days validity last month. Today it has launched packs with 10 days validity that will be useful for customers who go for a short trip to popular destinations such as Singapore, Thailand, US/Canada, UK, and UAE.
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.
| Benefits/Country | Singapore | Thailand | US-Canada | UK | UAE |
| Pack Rental | 1199 | 1199 | 2999 | 2999 | 2999 |
| Incoming calls | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 250 |
| Data | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB | 2GB |
| Free mins. to India | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| SMS – India | 100/ day | 100/ day | 100/ day | 100/ day | 100/day |
| Data – post pack benefits(Rs/MB) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Outgoing – India (Rs/min) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Outgoing – Local (Rs/min) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
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:
We are delighted to introduce the new 10-day validity pack for International Roaming and provide added flexibility to customers. These affordable packs will enable users to now stay connected 24×7 without having to worry about the high call and data charges while roaming on international networks.