Highlights
- Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two leading telecom operators in India.
- Due to rising data prices, the government of India asked the telecom operators to come out with plans which come with only voice calling and some basic SMS benefits.
- The idea was to give customers an option to keep their SIM active without paying for data.
Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two leading telecom operators in India. Due to rising data prices, the government of India asked the telecom operators to come out with plans which come with only voice calling and some basic SMS benefits. The idea was to give customers an option to keep their SIM active without paying for data. The telecom operators initially objected to this rule, but then eventually had to bring such plans after the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) enforcement. For the long term, Jio offers a Rs 1748 plan and Airtel offers a Rs 1849 plan to the consumers here.
Reliance Jio Rs 1748 Prepaid Plan
Reliance Jio Rs 1748 prepaid plan comes with 336 days of service validity. With Rs 1748 prepaid plan, users get unlimited voice calling, 3600 SMSes, and zero data. This is one of the select plans in the industry which does not come with any data. The average daily cost of using this plan is Rs 5.2. The add-on benefits with this plan is just JioTV and JioAICloud. Let us now look at the benefits of the Rs 1849 prepaid plan.
Bharti Airtel Rs 1849 Prepaid Plan
Bharti Airtel Rs 1849 prepaid plan comes with unlimited voice calling, and 3600 SMS. The service validity of this plan is 365 days. The plan costs Rs 5.07 per day on average. It does not bundle anything else for the consumers. There is absolutely no data bundled with this plan either.










