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Airtel Rs. 99 Pack Revised to Counter Jio With 2GB Data, 2,800 SMS for 28 Days

Airtel Rs. 99 Pack Revised to Counter Jio With 2GB Data, 2,800 SMS for 28 Days 4lr60

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 15 June 2018 17:01 IST

Highlights

Airtel has revised its Rs. 99 prepaid pack
It now brings 2GB data for 28 days
The pack counters Jio's Rs. 98 pack

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With a view to counter arch-rival offering as much as 1.5GB data per day along with a validity of 26 days under its 'Data Tsunami' offer. 4g1y4u

The revised Rs. 99 pack is live for select Airtel subscribers, reports Telecom Talk. The pack also includes unlimited local, STD, and roaming voice call benefits as well as 100 SMS messages per day for the entire validity period, alongside the upgraded 2GB data limit. The Rs. 98 pack by Jio, on the other hand, offers unlimited voice calls and 300 SMS messages limit. This means that Airtel subscribers will get as much as 2,500 more SMS messages over what Jio subscribers have been offered. Notably, neither Airtel nor Jio has an FUP for voice calling.

Apart from Airtel, at Rs. 109. That Idea pack debuted in a few circles, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Bihar and Jharkhand, Gujarat, Haryana, and Karnataka.

As we mentioned, BSNL has rivalled Airtel and Jio by launching its Rs. 98 pack that brings 39GB of total data by offering 1.5GB data for 26 days. That pack brought down the data cost to Rs. 2.51 per GB, while the Rs. 149 pack of Jio with a validity of 28 days is offering data at a cost of Rs. 5.3 per GB. Airtel, on the other hand, is offering data at Rs. 5.3 per GB through its Rs. 149 pack.

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