Airtel announces free incoming calls on international roaming

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its new International Roaming (IR) packs for customers traveling abroad.

With the new IR packs, customers will have the convenience of carrying their India mobile number wherever  they  go  and  stay  connected  24x7  without having  to  worry  about  high  call  and  data charges. The packs will be available to both postpaid and prepaid customer, the company said in a release.

"Airtel's new IR packs offer free incoming calls, free texts to India and data benefits along with free India calling minutes across all popular destinations. Charges for calls to India and local in-country calls have been reduced to as low as Rs 3/min across popular destinations," the press release added.

Commenting on the new plans, Ajai Puri, Director - Operations (India & South Asia), Bharti Airtel said, "The new roaming packs are in line with our commitment to provide our customers a seamless  international  roaming  experience  and  great  value.  The  number  of  Indians  traveling overseas for leisure and business is growing rapidly and our new IR packs ensure that customers get no bill shocks and have the convenience of always keeping their phones switched on, wherever they are."

Airtel also announced that post the exhaustion of pack data benefits, international roaming data will now be charged at just Rs 3/MB, a reduction of 99% from Rs 650/MB.