Free roaming on Airtel Mobile for Rs. 5 per day

[Sushubh]

Not sure if new.
https://goo.gl/MsOag

 

[rak007]

One does, other does. Cartel.
I want to see reduction in 3G charges but guess what i am 100% sure that will never happen. Even when LTE becomes more mainstream (5-10 years i guess), they will actually increase 3G charges like they have increased 2G charges now.

 

[rsatbf]

Title needs correction, its per day not per month...

 

[Navjot Singh]

Just found this article According to it Airtel is violating TRAI norms by charging Re 1/incoming SMS on roaming.
Check this pic from the article. Airtel has clearly specified that incoming sms will be charged.

And now check the present image.

How cleverly they have modified the table by hiding the info. Now they can continue charging for incoming SMS which you obviously will miss here. And that is how you violate a TRAI mandate folks.

 

[ghpk]

Two things worth Noting.
1). where is the limit of minutes allowed as FREE INCOMING, I am sure they won't allow you to have long long conversation on roaming incoming
like Aircel did initially then reduced the pack to limited minutes as users were too talkative on Roaming.
2). Regarding charging one for Incoming SMS should be considered illegal.
as it can be exploited by anyone.
if you have a free SMS sending options, you can bombard your friend with SMS while he's on roaming, or your ex BF/GF is on roaming Airtel seems to helping
you make them bankrupt, if one pack allows you send 100SMS a day, and the recipient gets it, how would he DENY getting more of them, before either his
pre-paid balance is ZERO, or his Post-paid security deposit is EXHAUSTED.
What fault was his, what choice he had from saving himself from charges without his consent.
I am sure the TRAI would wake up one day when people start suing Airtel for such a ridiculous thing for charging incoming SMS.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Aircel does that even now? Because according to TRAI if you are offering free incoming via a rental plan, you can't charge the call then. I am sure they can't reduce the incoming minutes if its under a plan.

 

[ghpk]

Aircel does that even now? Because according to TRAI if you are offering free incoming via a rental plan, you can't charge the call then. I am sure they can't reduce the incoming minutes if its under a plan.

I think first they had unlimited Incoming on Rs.19/21 not sure then they put a minutes cap on it,
A friend from my city was on roaming and scratched his head when this changed, later he was able to get a Local SIM in Delhi and saved himself.
Also all these free roaming is based on OWN network, so if you are Auto mode and got connected to partner network, you would be charged for the call.

 

[Duane]

Just found this article According to it Airtel is violating TRAI norms by charging Re 1/incoming SMS on roaming.
Check this pic from the article. Airtel has clearly specified that incoming sms will be charged.

And now check the present image.

How cleverly they have modified the table by hiding the info. Now they can continue charging for incoming SMS which you obviously will miss here. And that is how you violate a TRAI mandate folks.

This is all shit - its only a typo as they probably copy pasted the previous table (which had an INCOMING line).
No operator (in India) can charge for INCOMING SMS - as long as they are unable to stop junk/promo/UCC sms

 

[Sushubh]

More like... TRAI forced us to change the way we charge you for talking on roaming... Once again.

 

[Duane]

Does anyone know if BLACKOUT days (5 days a year when TRAI allows operators to f**k us all with non-disounted tariffs) will apply on ROAMING PACKS
- will operators charge for INCOMING CALLS on BLACKOUT Days ?