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


Telecom providers offer plenty of heavy data plans, especially those offering 3GB daily data. A distinguishing factor for choosing 3GB/day prepaid plans is the availability of streaming benefits. Another factor is the validity of the plan. There are plenty of options to highlight these two criteria. Here we look at the 3GB daily data plans of Airtel and Vi coming with short term validity, ranging from 28 days to 84 days, and see which provider offers the best benefits to the customers.
Airtel 3GB Daily Data Plans
Airtel has two 3GB/day data plans under its prepaid range, one at Rs 599 and another at Rs 699.
Airtel prepaid plan at Rs 699 comes with a validity of 56 days, offering 3GB data/day besides unlimited calls and 100 SMS/day. Post data limit, the speed will reduce to 64Kbps. Post SMS daily limit, text messages are chargeable at Rs 1 for local texts and Rs 1.50 for STD SMS.
A couple of additional benefits add up the spice, including 56 days access to Amazon Prime membership, 56 days access to any one of the selected Xstream channels on the Airtel Thanks app, and other Airtel Thanks app benefits, including three months access to Apollo 24/7 circle app, free courses on Shaw Academy, Rs 100 cashback on FASTag, free hello tunes and free Wynk Music.
Airtel prepaid plan at Rs 599 is for subscribers looking at monthly options, coming with a validity of 28 days. The plan provides unlimited calls, 100 SMS/day and 3GB/day for the subscribers. Besides other Airtel Thanks app benefits, a Disney+ Hotstar mobile subscription comes free with the plan. There is no additional streaming benefit other than a 30-day free mobile edition Prime video trial.