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

Idea Cellular has now come up with two new prepaid unlimited packs of Rs 998 and Rs 1298 offering unlimited voice, limited amount of data and SMS benefits. However, these new plans don’t match with the other prepaid tariff plans available from Idea Cellular and other telcos. The Rs 998 prepaid unlimited pack offers benefits for 28 days, whereas the Rs 1,298 plan provides benefits for 35 days. Both these plans are valid in some circles.

The Rs 998 prepaid plan gives unlimited voice calls, 5GB of 4G/2G data and 100 SMS per day for 28 days. The Rs 1,298 prepaid plan also gives the same benefits of unlimited calls, 100 SMS per day, but the data benefit is 7GB, and the plan is valid for 35 days. Also, Idea Cellular is limiting the voice calls to 100 unique numbers per week, 1000 minutes per week and 250 minutes per day. Post these limitations, voice calls will be charged at the standard rates.
As stated, these plans are doesn’t match with tariff plans of other operators, and in fact, Idea Cellular has plans such as Rs 897, Rs 1,197, Rs 697 offering daily data ranging from 1.5GB per day to 2.5GB day per day. These three plans offer benefits for 70 days.
There’s no reason for the company to launch these plans, however, they’re now official, and interested customers can recharge with these plans. Also, both the plans are valid for Idea Magic cashback offer, under which the telco is giving back up to Rs 3,300 worth benefits for all the customers.