Roaming by airtel

Bharti Airtel Outshines All Other Telecom Companies of India

Bharti airtel ...

,once again outshined all other telecom giants of the country by unveiling free roaming services for its Delhi based customers. However, Minister of Telecom and Information Technology had earlier promised that the government is looking forward to initiate a free roaming plan for the whole country by March 2013. But they failed to meet their commitment and delayed the plan for October this year.

Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel couldn't upset their customers and took a stand forward to delight their users in Delhi. Only BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has a plan which is similar to the latest one. They owns a 'One India Plan' which avails their users to use their services by paying only Rs 1 for each incoming or outgoing call. But Airtel has moved a step ahead by providing a Rs. 21 tariff to avail free roaming services. After recharging with the tariff, the users will not have to pay any charges while being in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand.

The customers will be able to use the facility of receiving free incoming calls in above mentioned five states after recharging their number with a Rs. 21 tariff. Till now, the company has been charging Rs. 1 each for incoming and outgoing calls while for STD calls they charge Rs. 1.5 when the user is in roaming.

"With this pack, Airtel prepaid mobile subscribers can now get up to 30 days of free incoming calls while travelling to Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and West Bengal (except Kolkata) by paying a tariff of Rs 21," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

However, the government had earlier promised to remove roaming charges across the country by March 2013. But they failed to do so and the plan was postponed for October. Airtel has given a huge relief to the Airtel users who dwell on the border areas of Delhi.

According to a study on income of telecom companies, with the implementation of free roaming scheme, the telecom companies are going to bear a huge loss as about 10 per cent of their total income comes from roaming charges.
Once again, Airtel has initiated the revolution in the telecom market by availing such facility to its Delhi based users.