Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Telecom operators are offering aggressive prepaid plans which in fact hurting the ARPU. To keep the ARPU in check, telcos have rolled out aggressive postpaid plans, and at the same time, they’re looking to take on Jio’s foray into the postpaid segment. In response to Jio’s Rs 199 postpaid plan, Vodafone has revised its entire postpaid portfolio, which was soon followed by Bharti Airtel. Vodafone’s RED range of postpaid plans now start at Rs 299 and goes all the way up to Rs 2,999. On the flip side, Airtel has its myPlan Infinity postpaid plans starting at Rs 399 and going up to Rs 2,999. Below we have compared the postpaid plans under Rs 1000 from both Airtel and Vodafone to see which one provides better benefits.

Vodafone RED Basic Rs 299 Plan
Vodafone has an advantage under Rs 1000 postpaid segment because the telco is offering a Rs 299 postpaid plan which Airtel is not providing. Under the Rs 299 RED Basic plan, Vodafone is giving 20GB of data every month with data rollover facility up to 50GB, unlimited voice calls without any FUP limit and 100 SMS for a month.
Rs 399 Postpaid Plan: Airtel vs Vodafone
Vodafone offers 40GB 4G data to its subscribers in this price point along with 200GB of data rollover facility. There are also unlimited calling benefits included in this plan. The plan also comes with complimentary Amazon Prime membership. The Airtel Rs 399 Infinity plan offers 20GB data to the subscriber along with data rollover of 500GB. Unlike the Vodafone plan, the Airtel plan doesn’t come with Amazon Prime membership, but it does offer free access to Wynk music. Airtel recently started offering additional 20GB data for a year with the Rs 399 plan.