Airtel Launches New Plan With 246GB Data; Revises Rs 149 Plan!
After launching and revising a couple of plans, Airtel has approached ASCI with a complaint against Jio for making false and misleading claims in its latest.advertisement.
Amidst the war to grab the market share, the tussle between India’s largest telecom operator, Airtel and fastest growing Reliance Jio, has gone up to the next level. After launching and revising a couple of plans, Airtel has approached ASCI (Advertising Standards Council of India) with a complaint against Jio for making false and misleading claims in its latest advertisement.
As per the complaint, the new Jio advertisements claim that its data network is the best and the largest, and Airtel has said that the ads are false and misleading.
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Airtel’s Rs 558 New Plan
Airtel has launched a Rs 558 plan which will now offer 3GB high-speed data per day. The new Airtel plan will offer a total data of 246GB data for a period of 82 days. The plan will also cover unlimited voice calls (Local, STD and National Roaming). The voice calls have no FUP limit on a daily basis on weekly basis. The plan will come with free 100 SMS per day as well.
| Price | Rs 558 |
| Daily Data Cap | 3 GB per day |
| Total Data | 246 GB |
| Calls | Unlimited Calls (Local + STD + National Roaming) |
| SMS | 100 per day |
| Validity | 82 days |
The Rs 558 Airtel prepaid plan offers a total of 246GB data at a cost of Rs 2.26 per GB.
Revised Rs 149 Airtel Plan
Airtel has revised its Rs 149 prepaid plan, and the plan will now offer 2GB high-speed data per day. The plan which earlier used to offer 1GB of data per day, and it will now offer twice the data. The 149 Airtel plan will come with the same validity of 28 days. It will include unlimited voice calls (local, STD and National Roaming) with 100 free 100 SMS per day as before.
| Price | Rs 149 |
| Old Data Cap | 1 GB per day |
| New Data Cap | 2 GB per day |
| Total Data | 56 GB |
| Calls | Unlimited Calls (Local + STD + National Roaming) |
| SMS | 100 per day |
| Validity | 28 days |
The new revised 149 plan with 2GB data per day is currently available for a few select circles only.
The Best 28-Day Plan – Jio 149 Plan Vs Airtel Rs 149 Plan Vs Vodafone 199 Plan
| Jio 149 Plan | Airtel 149 Plan | Vodafone 199 Plan | |
| Price | Rs 149 | Rs 149 | Rs 199 |
| Daily Data Cap | 1.5 GB per day | 2 GB per day | 1.4 GB per day |
| Calls | Unlimited Calls (Local + STD + National Roaming) | Unlimited Calls (Local + STD + National Roaming) | Unlimited Calls (Local + STD + National Roaming) |
| SMS | 100 per day | 100 per day | 100 per day |
| Validity | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days |
Coming to a basic 28-day plan, Airtel is currently offering the best data plan with 56 GB of total data including all other benefits (unlimited calling + SMS).
Airtel Accuses Jio Of Making False Claims
Airtel has moved to the fast-track complaints panel to complain against Reliance Jio. Bharti Airtel has alleged that Reliance Jio is making false claims via its latest ad starring actor Deepika Padukone. The latest advertisement falsely claims that Reliance Jio is best network in the world, and also the largest mobile data network on the planet.
Airtel has also challenged against the claims of Reliance Jio offering the “best entertainment” and “best postpaid offers” in the country. According to Airtel, the ads come with no clarification or any backing from any independent third-party data. Also, the claims in the ads are made without any evidence, which directly violates the ASCI guidelines.
Last year in March, Reliance Jio moved to the court against Bharti Airtel for airing ads with false claims on network data speed. After an investigation, Airtel was forced to withdraw all its advertisements.
