Airtel launches free voice calling packs

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched two new bundled packs for its prepaid customers with free voice calling and substantial data benefits, the company said. "Priced at Rs 145, the pack offers 300 MB data to customers with 4G ready mobile phones along with free local and STD Airtel-to-Airtel calls," a company statement said. The pack will offer 50 MB data (in addition to free Airtel-to-Airtel calls across India) to customers with basic mobile phones, which are ideally suited for web surfing and accessing light social media applications. Another pack, priced at Rs 345, will offer 1 GB data to customers with 4G ready mobile phones along with free calls - local and STD - to any network in India. "The pack will offer 50 MB data (in addition to free calls to any network across India) to customers with basic mobile phones, which are ideally suited for web surfing and accessing light social media applications," the statement said. Both packs have a validity for 28 days and are available across India. The pack prices are for Delhi circle and it will vary from circle to circle. "This is another initiative from us to bring innovative bundle offers to our customers in line with our endeavour to provide the great value backed by a superior network experience," said Ajai Puri, Director of Market Operations (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel.