A Bird’s-eye view of Idea Cellular’s Combo Plans available to Consumers across India as on Date

Combos are the new packs available to consumers. Thanks to the new entrant for spurring a revolution in the Combo segment. For now, our incumbent operators already lost control on the pricing strategy in the market and all they just do is to follow a benchmark price point set by the competitor, fair or unfair in the market; a situation and fact that cannot be ignored.

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Fair things aside, let us now have an overview of combo plans/ offerings made available to idea consumers across various circles and price points. These combos considered, all have a data benefit along with voice benefit as a minimum guarantee. Some combos considered also have roaming/SMS/TT benefits as well.

Idea Combo Plans Overview September 2017

Starting from a minimum MRP segment value of 150 till a maximum MRP segment value of 1195, you can see Combos in almost 14 different price segments, offered and applicable across different circles with their benefits tabulated against them.

Plan Notes:
1. T&C may apply to any of the plans as provided by the cellular operator.
2. Unlimited SMS equals 100 Free L+N /Day as per TRAI Capping.
3. The same price tag may offer same or different benefits in different circles, the benefit differences if varied are considered while the same benefits are ignored.
4. Data benefit means overall ‘DATA’ benefit provided to a consumer irrespective of 2G/3G/4G differences. Based on the circle, the operator may provide DATA in any combination 2G/3G, 3G/4G or 4G/2G or 4G only benefit. Purposefully, the circle & Data Technology details are not presented in the article as it is out of the scope of this analysis.
5. Idea Cellular is also offering 5% of MRP as TT if the recharge is done on MyIdea App or Website for some or most of the packs.
6. MRP/Validity/Data Benefit are the three main parameters taken into consideration for any difference across circles to be used in the analysis.
7. Roaming benefit includes incoming as well outgoing, termed as per the T&C of the cellular operator.
8. Price segment is considered as per the nearest MRP of the pack and the MRP is rounded to the nearest value to segregate them into a price segment, this has nothing to do with the offering of the current operator.
9.The above pack information may also contain segmented, customized or specially for you offers as well along with open market offers.