Bharti Airtel announced the launch of “AIRTEL WORLD SIM”, a unique pre-paid SIM card for International travelers that allows to receive incoming calls on India Airtel number and still save up to 85% on Incoming calls while International roaming.
With Airtel World SIM service users can also make outgoing calls across the world and in the country they are in at a fraction of international calling rates.
Airtel World SIM can be used across 150+ countries i.e. there is no need to change Airtel India SIM for every country that you visit. One can buy the Airtel World SIM while still in India and enjoy the comfort and security of staying connected 24×7 when abroad without spending a fortune.
Airtel India customers can activate the Airtel World SIM service just by an SMS as follows-:
- Just before leaving abroad, using your India Airtel SIM, send SMS “AWS A” to 58125 to activate your service. This would instantly activate your Airtel World SIM. However, please note that you would be unable to use your India Airtel SIM once your Airtel World SIM is activated, hence activation should be done just before departure.
- If you would like to activate the Airtel World SIM at a particular time then send the following SMS “AWS A hh:mm”. You would need to specify the time (IST) at which you want the service to be activated in hh:mm format. On successful activation, you would receive a confirmatory SMS.
- For example, if your international flight is at 10:20 pm , then prior to your departure send an sms “AWS A 22:20” to 58125. Note: Once the service is activated, you would be unable to receive any calls on your India Airtel SIM.
- For Traif Details just click here- Airtel World SIM Tariff
Note-: Presently the Airtel World SIM is available only in Delhi NCR and it will be available in other cities soon. For more details call 1800-102-9933 (from India).
G.baldev April 8, 2013 at 10:03 pm
I have a prepaid Airtel connection taken at Chennai, Tamilnadu & my mobile No: 8144279896. I have sufficient
balance. I have come to USA and will stay for 6 Months.
I have brought my handset with SIM. I am unable to make
outgoing calls as well not getting SMS / incoming calls.
Please activate to enable me to use in USA too. Thanks Baldev
vitas May 28, 2010 at 7:02 pm
@Max
you are right max. airtel to slow and offer’s also.
it’s time to scrap airtel.
even the voice clarity is worst compared to uninor.
Max April 25, 2010 at 8:19 am
Airtel’s GPRS/EDGE speed sucks even under EDGE enabled towers. it gives a maximum speed of 7kB/s(in HUBLI) tats it not more tan tat
Arjun.C April 25, 2010 at 6:04 am
@milind
2.75G IS A PART OF GSM NETWORK.WHICH CONTAINS FASTEST INTERNET SPEED THAN GPRS SPEED.AND BETTER VOICE CLARITY THAN 2G.THIS IS ONLY USED BY AIRCEL, TATA DOCOMO AND BSNL MOBILE NOWADAYS
rajiev April 24, 2010 at 9:50 pm
which telecom operator will b get 3g spectrum any idea
milind April 24, 2010 at 9:25 pm
@Arjun.C
AIRTEL VOICE CLARITY IS GOOD BUT ITS NETWORK NOT STABLE AS COMPARE TO OTHER
milind April 24, 2010 at 9:24 pm
@Arjun.C
WHY HE IS NOT USING 2.75G NETWORK AND WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2G, 2.75G, 3G AND 4G NETWORK
Arjun.C April 24, 2010 at 5:42 am
@vibes
STUPID ONE OF THE FACT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT AIRTEL IS USING 2G NETWORK BUT NOT 2.75G NETWORK.OTHER COMPETITOR GSM OPERATORS LIKE AIRCEL, IDEA, VODAFONE AND BSNL ARE USING 2.75G NETWORKS TO IMPROVE VOICE CLARITY.
Arjun.C April 23, 2010 at 9:10 pm
@Suvajit
YOU AIRTEL FREAK, AIRTEL IS MOST WORST NETWORK IN INDIA. IF IT CONTINUES IN THIS CASE EVERYONE WILL SWITCH TO VODAFONE, AIRCEL,IDEA AND BSNL
Manthan April 23, 2010 at 12:57 pm
That’s a really great scheme launched by Airtel. Airtel World SIM works in over 150 countries and has very attractive call rates. I would surely recommend this for those travelling for a short duration. Check about the pre-paid card at http://www.airtel.in/worldsim
zareef April 23, 2010 at 11:06 am
@rajiev
without any doubt CDMA have best voice quality
rajiev April 23, 2010 at 8:04 am
@zareef
@Max
cdma have best voice quality or gsm have
zareef April 23, 2010 at 2:34 am
speed is good but check ip address & data server
zareef April 23, 2010 at 2:33 am
@Max
speed is good but check ip & there server
zareef April 23, 2010 at 2:30 am
@Max
in my town UNINOR & RCOM share tower same qualits.. and check uninor GPRS speed on http://www.speedtest.net/ you going get one shock
zareef April 23, 2010 at 12:47 am
@rajiev
voice clarity depends on Network,signal&handset
3.0G & 2.7G network have good voice quallity
to get a better voice quality u have to get min 3 signal bar while on call..
Max April 22, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Wat i have mentioned is abt karnataka telecom circle.yes Uninor has best clarity among all… it has got crystal clear network & u can check it if u want.
Idea sucks, Bsnl is better in terms of clarity compared to idea.
sudhan April 22, 2010 at 3:42 pm
@Max
What a comedy ?
Uninor number 1 in voice clarity and idea behind bsnl….
Max April 22, 2010 at 2:34 pm
@rajiev
1 UNINOR
2 AIRTEL
3 RELIANCE & VODAFONE(BOTH ARE ALMOST SAME)
4.DOCOMO
5.AIRCEL
6.BSNL
7.IDEA
its abt my circle (karnataka) it varies from circle-circle.
rajiev April 22, 2010 at 12:45 pm
which network provide good voice clarity ? any budy can clarify.
S.Gupta April 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm
what is use of such sim card where incoming is charged,
Reliance passort is offering free incoming..
Raj April 22, 2010 at 11:09 am
if network is not good then don’t use airtel switch to other network
@zareef
zareef April 22, 2010 at 8:55 am
i dont know about you guys but in my city Raichur Airtel have lots of network issue.. and airtel didnt upgraded its network from 8 year. still here they providing same 2.0 g network… voice quality is just like 60s Radio..
satendra rajput April 22, 2010 at 12:30 am
airtel is trying to international gsm operater . but airtel need to improve the network issue which hammpared customer convenience
satendra rajput April 22, 2010 at 12:28 am
airtel is trying to international gsm operater . but airtel need to improve the network issue whicj hammpared customer convenience.
zeeshan April 21, 2010 at 11:59 pm
BSNL@Suvajit
Suvajit April 21, 2010 at 8:47 pm
tell me whr AIRTEL has bad cvrg. I trvld many places in India. I saw & feel tht AIRTEL simply the best network while roaming. The billing problem of AIRTEL is less than other network. Yaa, thts true, the call rate & other is too expensive. Bt dnt forget tht, if u want to get the best service then u hv to pay. Pls tell me any other service provider who has the same service capability as AIRTEL.
Joby Xavier April 21, 2010 at 8:03 pm
@Max
We agree that all the operators having such kind of pblms.. If we raise an issue almost all the operators ( including Airtel ) will solve that if it is really a mistake from operators end ( I mean in case of billing VAS etc.. ).. Network issues they will solve only if it is worth for them…( Eg: they wont build a new tower for just 1 user or like that )
However GPRS and such kind of things , Airtel still have to move a lot.They have edge only in big cities, while idea have edge in almost all the towers.
Call rates of airtel is always higher than any other operators , even though they have the number one in customer count. if they come up with a new offer that will be a copy or that will have some drawback which a normal user cannot identify..
Agreeing Airtel have good network in many places but there are many places where airtel dont have gud coverage.. If airtel is continuing like this then i am sure that they will loose the number one position soon
vibes April 21, 2010 at 7:44 pm
airtel network is much better than reliance, aircel etc. tatadocomo is also quite nice in bangalore. airtel gprs @GB for Rs.98 is also a good plan. it already offers an international calling card to call from US to India, they are covering the remaining spots…
Max April 21, 2010 at 6:41 pm
@arjun.c
@Avi H
You tell me the name of one single operator who is best in everything?? for god sake don say Aircel again. if you want to know then visit mouthshut.com to see the reviews of Aircel. Every operator has billing problem,network issues & some or the other drawbacks.
Max April 21, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Its a good news for international travelers.it will save a lot
Avi H April 21, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Completely agree with you brother,…
arjun.c April 21, 2010 at 4:19 pm
Airtel is trying to become a International gsm operator
WHAT IS OF USE? If AIRTEL IS NOT ABLE TO SOLVE NETWORK ISSUES, BILLING ISSUES, GPRS ISSUES IN INDIA,WILL IT SOLVES THE ISSUES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES?