Airtel Mobile: SMS is not free anymore

[amish]

i pay 40p/sms local and 80p/sms national.. Free Calls/SMS to MTNL - Garuda rocks!

 

[ItsMe]

In chennai, SMS is not free for Airtel Prepaid... 5 paise is charged inspite of taking 1 rupee as rent daily... not only airtel, but also hutch and aircel....

i d like to know whether other states follow this or free SMS is still available...

Wait till reliance and tata is into GSM business and number portability is active. Existing players are trying hard to loot maximum before real democracy is in force. Hope the new GSM playesr will not join the looters club.

 

[t0x1c]

i pay 40p/sms local and 80p/sms national..

Free Calls/SMS to MTNL - Garuda rocks!

i forgot to mention that i pay 25p/sms for any sms all over india

 

[frmneo999]

1 Re/local sms
2 Re/national sms

For Airtel Postpaid in Trivandrum .


a lil trick for chennai/tn airtel prepaid users. Try to easycharge for Rs20 from Kerala circle(by ur friends here ) and get free sms for a month. I used that for last 2 months wn i was in Nagercoil(Tamilnade)

 

[max]

It is because of people all over this dumb country who enjoy SMS @ 1p / 5p that we are penalized. In the end the costs must be recovered somewhere so why not loot Mumbai or Delhi? Abhi mera mu mat khulwao!

 

[nitrox]

I am a chennai Airtel Customer and i e-recharge Rs.60 and i get 750sms free daily for a period of 30days and then i need to recharge another 60 to continue.

Check the link below to know more
:: Airtel :: Prepaid Mobile - Tariffs.

 

[sudhakar35]

This applies for CHENNAI and TAMILNADU home network prepaid plans only :


In Chennai and Tamilnadu, they are charging Rs.0.05 per sms at daily rental of Rs.1 deducted on maonthly basis.

It applies for (ordinary) student plan all budget (except Budget 25) plans.

Now if you can recharge with Rs.60 and get 750 local sms free
(now you can get 22000 local sms free per month for limited period (but it comes to 733 sms per day)). You can check the 22000 limit dy dialling *123*3#. They will add Rs.5500 into seperate SMS account and they will deduct Rs.0.25 (not from main account) for each sms sent.


Rs.60 recharge can be done only if your previous booster pack has expired and you can't do any booster recharge in Student 15 plan, Student 49 plan, Budget 25 plan and Talkmore 49 plan.

You can't do Rs.60 and Rs.149 booster pack (not together) in all new lifetime plans.

To see your booster pack's validity, dial *124# (toll free).

 

[mshiva]

For me its 10p/SMS,no rental,full talktimeI got that old 999 lifetime plan from airtel, the day it was announced, and recently, in january, a limited time offer was given, under which i had to recharge for Rs. 30, and till now local SMS is 10p only!.But, still international SMS is Rs.5! I send quiet a lot of international SMSes, and 5 rupees is too much, but I never found a good plan for that.

 

[sudhakar35]

If you recharge with Rs.149 booster pack, you get :

>> Local Airtel to Airtel calls at : Rs.0.10 per min from 8 am to 10 pm and Rs.0.05 from 10 pm to 8 am for a total of 60 minutes per day. After which Rs.0.20 per min will be charged.

>> Local mobile calls at Rs.0.49 per min

>> Local landline calls at Rs.1.00 per min

>> Local sms at Rs.0.05 per message (no limit)

>> All STD calls at Rs.0.99 per min

All these above tariffs are valid for 30 days including the date of recharge.

 

[bansi2k]

in delhi also..........nothing free is even heard offf