Airtel also offering free packages to its post paid and prepaid customers. It has announced a special offer of free data (worth Rs 9,000) for 12 months to Airtel 4G customers. The 12 months offer is available to any customer with a 4G mobile handset, and who is currently not on the Airtel network. Any customer, including existing Airtel customers, upgrading to a new 4G handset can also avail this offer.
The offer will be available to customers across India starting January 4 and will close on February 28, 2017. Under this offer, prepaid and postpaid connections will get free 3GB data every month till December 31, 2017, with the benefits over and above the pack/plan benefits. For prepaid users, 3GB of free data will be added to their monthly quota of 1GB on Rs 345 recharge, making for a total of 4GB of data a month. The pack will also offer free calls (Local + STD). The first time free 3GB data benefit can be availed through My Airtel app and data benefits on subsequent recharges will be instant. The pack benefits will be valid for 28 days and can be availed for a maximum of 13 recharges till December 31, 2017. Similarly, Airtel postpaid users get free 3 GB data per month on Rs 549 Infinity plan. The 3GB data is in addition to regular plan Infinity plan benefits, which already include free voice calling (Local + STD), free SMS and subscriptions to Wynk Music and Wynk Movies. Postpaid customers can claim this additional data through their MyAirtel App.