Having touched the four million customer mark across the country, AirTel on Friday announced a new post-paid plan, where the monthly rental is nil with a minimum usage of Rs 500, and the outgoing local call charge is pegged at Rs 2.40 per minute.
"Our new plan is a post-paid plan but with the benefits of a pre-paid plan. The Happy Plan has free incoming calls from anywhere anytime, while the outgoing calls to any phone would cost Rs 2.40 per minute," Manoj Kohli, president, mobility, Bharti Tele-ventures, said at a press conference in New Delhi.
The AirTel Happy Plan has zero monthly rental, zero processing fee, he said, adding, "When a subscriber uses the minimum usage commitment of Rs 500, he needs to pay only 500, which means he gets 100 per cent talk-time."
The customers would have to pay additional charges for caller line identification and SMS facility, he pointed out.
AirTel, which currently has a pan India market share of over 24.8 per cent, has planned an investment of Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) for the current financial year, mainly to be utilised towards the expansion and upgradation of its networks.
"We have notched up 4 million customers across the country in 15 circles where we operate," Kohli added.