Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Varun Kashyap & Sridevi Reddy
Co-Founders, Zithara.ai
Transforming Indian Offline Retail and Customer Engagement Using AI


Ever since the pandemic has hit the world, the demand for internet connectivity has gone up manifold. On the other hand, the number of new local businesses or new start-ups has been rising constantly in the country. Most of these businesses require workspaces in order to hash out the work process. Since most of the world has gone online, these businesses also need seamless connectivity across multiple devices in order to ease out the workflow. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country provide a lot of plans that are suitable just for this situation. The plans are available up to 1 Gbps, however, it might not be economically ideal for local businesses. Most of these businesses look for plans that are affordable as well as offers adequate internet speed. Mentioned below are the 100 Mbps broadband plans offered by some of the major ISPs in the country that are apt for new or existing local businesses.
The ‘Standard’ Pack from Airtel
Airtel Xstream Fiber can provide high-speed internet up to 1 Gbps, however, the telco offers some comparatively affordable plans yet provides effective internet speed. Local businesses or new start-ups can rely on the brand as using Fibre Optic internet connection Airtel allows one of the fastest broadband connections. users can get access to the ‘Standard’ pack which provides 100 Mbps of internet speed at a monthly cost of Rs 799 exclusive of taxes. Users get 3.3TB or 3300GB of monthly fair-usage-policy (FUP) data with this plan.
Excitel – 100 Mbps Plan
One of the growing brands in India, Excitel uses European technology to offer seamless and consistent performance. The 100 Mbps plan from Excitel comes at different price tags and durations to cater to user convenience. The Fiber First from Excitel provides users with a 100 Mbps plan for a month at Rs 699. Users can also get the plan for 3 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months for Rs 565, Rs 508, Rs 490, Rs 424 and Rs 399 respectively. However, the 9-month plan is available for only new subscribers to the service. Moreover, the plans from Excitel are truly unlimited and no FUP data limit is levied upon.