Airtel to Offer Free Data to Its Postpaid Users Starting March 13th to Celebrate India’s Fastest Network Entitlement Says Airtel’s CEO

Bharti Airtel, the leading telecom operator in the country, has been named as the fastest mobile network by Ookla — one of the world’s most credible speed test organisation yesterday. To celebrate the achievement, Gopal Vittal, CEO, Bharti Airtel sent out an email to all the postpaid users teasing that a surprise is on its way.

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He added in the email that Airtel will be “sending some free data” to its postpaid customers starting this 13th as an “Airtel Surprise.” Airtel postpaid subscribers will be able to enjoy the surprise data by logging onto My Airtel app. However, as of now, there’s no information on the specifics as in, the amount of data that the telco will be offering to its users.

Bharti Airtel, earlier today, rolled out a couple of revamped plans to counter Jio’s Prime membership plan. Out of the two, the Rs. 345 plan offers 1GB of 4G data every day until 28 days along with free local + STD voice calls. On the other hand, the Rs. 145 plan offers unlimited voice calls (local and national) within the network along with 2GB of 4G data with 28 days validity. However, you’ll have to own a 4G handset to make use of these offers as Airtel’s revamped plans apply only to 4G devices.

Although Airtel is charging a bit higher than what Reliance Jio is asking for a similar plan (Rs. 303), the upside here is that you don’t have to pay an additional Rs. 99 one-time subscription charge, unlike Jio.