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


Bharti Airtel has launched a new five-day validity International Roaming (IR) pack at Rs 798 for prepaid users, which can be used across 189 countries. Just recently, the company announced India’s first unlimited IR plan that offers benefits which can be used in India as well as across 189 countries. Previously, TelecomTalk reported that Airtel has transformed its IR offerings, making them truly global. You can read more about these two developments from the story links below.
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Airtel Rs 798 New Prepaid IR Pack
Let’s now check what Airtel’s newly launched Rs 798 prepaid IR pack offers to customers. The Airtel Rs 798 Prepaid IR Pack comes bundled with 2GB data, 150 minutes (outgoing and incoming – local and India), free incoming SMS, and 20 outgoing SMS, with a pack validity of 5 days. International calls are charged at Rs 45 per minute while on International Roaming.
Also Read : Airtel Revamps International Roaming Pack Offering, Making It Truly Unified
Rates Post Pack Benefits
Post the pack benefits, calls will be charged at Rs 10 per minute, SMS at Rs 5 per SMS, while data gets blocked after quota usage. Customers can purchase a data pack to top up with additional data, which is valid till the end of the roaming pack validity.
For prepaid customers, IR pack validity starts only when the customer latches on to the international network of any country covered by the pack and makes any chargeable usage like outgoing SMS, incoming or outgoing call, or data consumption.