Bharti Airtel on Monday announced revisions to its domestic and international roaming charges. With the new announcement, Airtel will stop charging for incoming calls while roaming across India. Additionally, the company says that it will stop asking for premium charges on outgoing calls while roaming. For international roaming starting April 1 2017, the company says it will offer customers protection from bill shocks.
Airtel said that call charges have been reduced by up to 90 percent to as low as Rs. 3 per minute on international roaming while data charges by up to 99 percent to Rs. 3 per MB across popular roaming destinations.
Our customers can now reach every corner of the world without having to worry while travelling abroad. #NORoamingCharges @Airtel_Presence pic.twitter.com/iDgyX9j5Hm
— Bharti Airtel (@airtelnews) February 27, 2017
The company in a press statement announcing new roaming revisions calls it “Death of National Roaming” where it will offer free incoming calls and SMS. Airtel also claims no bill shocks while roaming overseas where the company will start automatically adjusting daily billing to the price of basic one day pack even for customers who don’t buy a roaming pack.
Commenting on the announcement, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Airtel said, “At Airtel, we are changing the international roaming paradigm, which will allow our customers to take their number to every corner of the world. As an industry, operators across the world must collaborate to remove the cost barrier to roaming and offer customers the convenience of staying connected without the fear of exorbitant bill charges.”
- NDTV