Airtel Hikes Prepaid Tariff by up to 25 Percent

By Smartprix Staff • Updated On Aug 4, 2022

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Airtel prepaid users should prepare themselves to feel the tariff pinch as the telecom operator has announced a tariff hike up to 25 percent in the country. The new tariffs are applicable for pre-paid customers starting November 26. With this hike, Airtel aims to increase its profitability as it looks to bring new investors on board ahead of the 5G spectrum auction. Tariff for post-paid customers is also likely to be revised in the near future.

With this tariff hike, Airtel hopes to increase the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) to Rs 200. The aim is to increase it to Rs 300 to ensure reasonable returns to investors. The telecom operators usually use ARPU as a yardstick to measure profitability.

“We also believe that this level of ARPU will enable the substantial investments required in networks and spectrum. Even more important, this will give Airtel the elbow room to roll out 5G in India,” the company said in its press release.

Airtel Pre-paid Tariff Plan (Updated)

Current Price (Rs)	Validity	New Price (Rs)	Benefits
79	28 days	99	50% more talktime of Rs 99, 200MB data 1p/sec voice tariff
149	28 days	179	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB data
219	28 days	265	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1 GB/day data
249	28 days	299	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data
298	28 days	359	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data
399	56 days	479	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data
449	56 days	549	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data
379	84 days	455	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 6 GB data
598	84 days	719	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data
698	84 days	839	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data
1498	365 days	1799	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 24 GB data
2498	365 days	2999	Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data
48	Unlimited	58	3 GB data
98	Unlimited	118	12 GB data
251	Unlimited	301	50 GB data

Airtel has raised the minimum voice tariff plan from Rs 79 to Rs 99, while making changes to other pre-paid voice and data bundled plans. Data prices have also gone up.

This hike by Airtel has opened the gates for other telecom operators especially Vodafone-Idea which has been struggling to stay afloat due to crunch finances. Jio is also expected to increase its tariff for pre-paid and post-paid users in the coming weeks.

Smartprix Staff

The SM Staff team consists of tech-savvy writers and editors adept at simplifying complex tech into easily understandable information.

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