Bharti Airtel hikes pre-paid tariff upto 25% ; Rs.79 plan raised to Rs.99, Here’re details

New Delhi: Telecom Operator Bharti Airtel has hiked its pre-paid mobile tariff upto 25 percent. The price hike has been announced across all plans including tarrifed voice plans, unlimited voice bundles as well as data top ups. The new packs will be available from November 26.

The Rs.79 pack with 28 days validity has been hiked by 25 percent to Rs.99 with 50% more talktime of Rs 99, 200MB data 1p/sec voice tariff. However, most of the other plans have been hiked on an average 20 percent.

In the unlimited voice bundles segment, the Rs. 149 plan has been hiked to Rs.179 which provides unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day and 2 GB data for a 28 days validity. Similarly, the Rs.219 plan has been hiked to Rs.265 Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1 GB/day data.

On the tarrif hike the company said “Bharti Airtel has always maintained that the mobile Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) needs to be at Rs 200 and ultimately at Rs 300, so as to provide a reasonable return on capital that allows for a financially healthy business model. We also believe that this level of ARPU will enable the substantial investments required in networks and spectrum. Even more important, this will give Airtel the elbow room to roll out 5G in India. Therefore, as a first step, we are taking the lead in rebalancing our tariffs during the month of November. Accordingly our new tariffs as indicated below will come into effect from November 26, 2021”