Bharti Airtel Ltd., braced up to take on competition from its latest competitor Reliance Jio, who recently launched yet another marketing scheme, providing free voice calls to new customers till April, 2017.
Airtel launched two new pre-paid bundled packs, including free voice calls anywhere in India. The packs, worth Rs 145 and 345 include internet data as well as voice calling facilities.
Airtel's Rs 145 Package
- Offers 300 MB data to customers with 4G ready mobile phones.
- Free Local and STD Airtel-to-Airtel calls.
- Will also offer 50 MB data with basic mobile phones
- Pack has a validity for 28 days and available all over India.
Airtel's Rs 345 Package
- Offers 1 GB data to customers with 4G ready mobile phones.
- Free Local and STD calls to any network in India.
- Will also offer 50 MB data with basic mobile phones
- Pack has a validity for 28 days and available all over India.
The management believes that the services are in-line with the company's endeavour to provide a superior network experience to the customers.
This is another initiative from us to bring innovative bundle offers to our customers in line with our endeavour to provide the great value backed by a superior network experience.Ajai Puri, Director – Market Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel
Shares of Bharti Airtel were trading higher by 1 percent at Rs 331.45 as of 12:30 p.m., on the National Stock Exchange. The stock has underperformed the S&P BSE Sensex in 2016, with negative returns of 2.5 percent while the Sensex has gained 2 percent during the same period.
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