Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has always maintained that the mobile Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) needs to be at Rs 200 and ultimately at Rs 300, so as to provide a reasonable return on capital that allows for a financially healthy business model.
The company has said in a statement that it also believes that this level of ARPU will enable the substantial investments required in networks and spectrum. Even more important, this will give Airtel the elbow room to roll out 5G in India.
“Therefore, as a first step, we are taking the lead in rebalancing our tariffs during the month of November. Accordingly our new tariffs as indicated below will come into effect from November 26, 2021,” the statement mentions.
Airtel’s New Prepaid Tariffs
| Current Price (Rs) | Validity | New Price (Rs) | Benefits |
| Tariffed Voice Plans | |||
| 79 | 28 days | 99 | 50% more talktime of Rs 99, 200MB data
1p/sec voice tariff |
| Unlimited Voice Bundles | |||
| 149 | 28 days | 179 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB data |
| 219 | 28 days | 265 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1 GB/day data |
| 249 | 28 days | 299 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data |
| 298 | 28 days | 359 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data |
| 399 | 56 days | 479 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data |
| 449 | 56 days | 549 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data |
| 379 | 84 days | 455 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 6 GB data |
| 598 | 84 days | 719 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 1.5 GB/day data |
| 698 | 84 days | 839 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data |
| 1498 | 365 days | 1799 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 24 GB data |
| 2498 | 365 days | 2999 | Unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, 2 GB/day data |
| Data Top-ups | |||
| 48 | Unlimited | 58 | 3 GB data |
| 98 | Unlimited | 118 | 12 GB data |
| 251 | Unlimited | 301 | 50 GB data |
The new tariffs for all prepaid packs will be available on www.airtel.in starting November 26, 2021.
