Idea Cellular soon after launching their services in Kolkata under the prepaid segment has now launched their postpaid plans. As a special launch offer they have devised two plans under which customers will have the choice of choosing any plan from the two.
Customers will now have freedom from choosing prepaid as well as postpaid.
They postpaid plans are as follows:The first plan has been dubbed as “Retail 149”
Plan enrollment Fee is Rs 300 and Rental Rs 149
Tariffs
Local
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.50 / min
Idea 2 Other Mobile Rs 0.50 / min
Idea 2 Fixed Line Rs 0.50 / min
STD
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.75 / min
Idea 2 Other Mobile Rs 0.75 / min
Idea 2 Fixed Line Rs 0.75 / min
ISD
USA, Canada, Europe (Fixed), Singapore & Hongkong Rs 6.40 / min
Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand ( Fixed ) and UK( Mobile) Rs 10.00 / min
Gulf Rs 11.00 / min
Row 1* Rs 15.00 / min
Row 2** Rs 50.00 / min
Row 3*** Rs 100 / min
SMS
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.50 / SMS
Local Rs 0.50 / SMS
National Rs 0.50 / SMS
International Rs 5.00 / SMS
Free Units
Mobile( Local ) 0 Mins
WLL / Landline 0 Mins
STD 0 Mins
SMS ( Local) 149 SMS
The second plan has been dubbed as “Retail 349”
Retail 349
Plan enrollment Fee Rs 300
Rental Rs 349
Tariffs
Local
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.30 / min
Idea 2 Other Mobile Rs 0.40 / min
Idea 2 Fixed Line Rs 0.40 / min
STD
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.60 / min
Idea 2 Other Mobile Rs 0.60 / min
Idea 2 Fixed Line Rs 0.60 / min
ISD
USA, Canada, Europe (Fixed), Singapore &
Hongkong Rs 6.40 / min
Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand (Fixed ) and UK( Mobile) Rs 10.00 / min
Gulf Rs 11.00 / min
Row 1* Rs 15.00 / min
Row 2** Rs 50.00 / min
Row 3*** Rs 100 / min
SMS
Idea 2 Idea Rs 0.50 / SMS
Local Rs 0.50 / SMS
National Rs 0.50 / SMS
International Rs 5.00 / SMS
Free Units
Mobile( Local ) 500 Mins
WLL / Landline 0 Mins
STD 150 Mins
SMS ( Local & National ) 200 SMS
Aryan November 14, 2009 at 2:06 pm
+1
Agnivo November 14, 2009 at 1:23 pm
@Sweet
Thanks for letting me know about it… btw, is that your website linked from your name above?
Sweet November 7, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@Agnivo
I TRIED CALLING YOU BUT YOU HAVENT RESPONDED….HARSHU
Agnivo November 7, 2009 at 2:51 am
Will talk to him to know about the real deal…
Fahad November 7, 2009 at 2:06 am
howcum it z nt tht eaz to get a corporate connection man…
Agnivo November 7, 2009 at 1:09 am
Are you Airtel staff? Or can arrange this plan externally? Already have an Airtel postpaid connection, interested to know more about it and change plan if possible. You can mail me on gmail id: agnivo007
RDB November 6, 2009 at 11:11 pm
and airtel 30p/50kb over all circles!!! :p idea guys r mad or sumthng else ?
RDB November 6, 2009 at 11:09 pm
+1 +1
Anuj November 6, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Tell me honestly, have you ever used Airtel postpaid in your circle? And mind you its never a case related with backward or advanced states! You seems very good comedian!
ANIRBAN November 6, 2009 at 3:34 pm
@Debopratim Roy
R you mad yaar???
kaushik November 6, 2009 at 2:24 pm
u mean himachal is upward and west bengal is backward
Sweet Spancos November 6, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Get Airtel Corporate plan Rent – 50 Rs only, tariffs are as follows Local All nos.30p/m, Landline(pstn) nos. 55p/m, Group calling corporate to corporate 10p/m, 200 local and national sms free and unlimited gprs mo @ rs 99 only…and one time fee of 400 rs is applicable which will be adjusted after 6 month in mobile bill….to get this corp plan only for kolkata contact 9831454950
S.J.B November 6, 2009 at 10:08 am
@ RDB here in maharashtra Idea GPRS is @ 4 paisa per Kb
Fahad November 6, 2009 at 10:00 am
Do or die situation in j&k guys lead by vodafone…wat will happen here God knws better but in present what is happening is vodafone changed the whole scenario here letting othr operators with no option…..tht day is nt far when airtel will come out with unlimited calng here coz vodafone has left no option 4 airtel…aircel has died here many mnths ago but it is last breath whch makes aircel to cntinue its services in market..rliance died on tht day wen it enterd the market…it is gvng unlimtd calng but without netwrk…tata cnt say abt it as it is betr thn airtel…vodafone is doing the bang bang here…continue ur job vodafone gr8 going
Turkee November 6, 2009 at 9:46 am
@Idrees Very rightly said, but pay per second tariff is common all India. Its just the extra nominal packages which is acting as a differentiator. There is no competition even neither any different markey scenario. Just the switch over from pre to post happening….
Idrees November 6, 2009 at 9:28 am
@Turkee ,man it is totaly different scenerio in j&k compared to the rest,to launch these ofrs depends on ur sorrounding market compt,these operators r left with no other option particularly when they r on a stake to lose their customers.
Turkee November 6, 2009 at 9:10 am
These Plan are Phuddu. Check out Post Plans plans of Vodafone in J & K launched yesterday. Its different from all India.
RDB November 6, 2009 at 6:31 am
haha ! airtel n Vodafone in kolkata same2same !
IDEA sucks here in a big way! though netwrk is more or less better, still as using 1800 Mhz spectrum, which has better data carriage but travels less , indoor signal is poor !
GPRS 2p/kB, compared to Airtel 30p/50kB, Vodafone 10p/10kB, TDoCoMo 1p/kB !!!
on prepaid, no SMS voucher no onnet weekend/night/lower calling STV !
I am moving to my MTS & Airtel !
Prasath J November 6, 2009 at 6:19 am
+1
Fahad November 6, 2009 at 1:55 am
Wat a crap plan….vodafone gvs much better plans than ths …
Debopratim Roy November 5, 2009 at 11:53 pm
@Anuj
In advanced states like Maharashtra,delhi,gujrat,andhra pradesh,himachal pradesh,mp & chattishgarh things are better even in telecom…An in absolutely backward states like westbengal,manipur,meghalaya the service of airtel is not above bench mark..Vodafone in calcutta circle is far superior compared to airtel whose tail is down during bad weather..Vodafone’s network is better than airtels with lots of kudos..Idea cellular’s post-paid plans are not very bad from this article…..Its the end of road for Airtel in calcutta as they are now legion of doom!!
AnujB November 5, 2009 at 11:47 pm
@Anuj
u r correct in saying this…my guess is that they are the best because of the sole reason that postpaid business require specific investments into billing, collection, dedicated call center, recovery, bad debt risks etc….not a good idea if you r in this business to make a quick buck and earn subscriber figures for more spectrum!!!
Anuj November 5, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Airtel(and vodafone also) always have edge over other operators in postpaid segment. I have used Idea postpaid but service wasn’t upto mark. Airtel postpaid is superb in terms of service support. Postpaid segment always need time to time support & users expect top notch service. Airtel’s billing/activation deactivation of add ons’/VAS is very quick with almost no errors. Postpaid customer care department is simply great. Any kind of help is always assured. Don’t know about other circles, haven’t used it outside rest of M&G & Mumbai circles. Vodafone postpaid is simply superb in Mumbai. I have used it there for 2 years.
Agnivo November 5, 2009 at 9:21 pm
BTW, plan 349 looks good, but airtel freedom 349 scores over it.
Agnivo November 5, 2009 at 9:20 pm
I was eagerly waiting for !dea Kolkata postpaid plans. But their introductory plans aren’t as I was expecting. Currently have an Airtel postpaid. Let’s hope they bring new ones soon.
Anuj November 5, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Same type of plans here in Maharashtra. As prepaid tariffs are going lower & lower, postpaid tariffs are still too much expensive & not at all good for common man. If you are being offered corporate portraid plans, then only go for it. Otherwise prepaid is way better.