Airtel hikes base monthly recharge plan price to Rs 155, pan-India rollout expected

Bharti Airtel has increased the price of its minimum recharge for the 28-day mobile phone service plan by about 57 per cent to Rs 155 in Haryana and Odisha, according to the company’s website and analysts.

The company has stopped its minimum recharge plan of Rs 99, under which it offered 200 megabytes of data and calls at the rate of Rs 2.5 paise per second. In Haryana and Odisha, Airtel has now started offering the Rs 155-plan with unlimited calling, 1 GB of data and 300 SMSes.

According to sources closely engaged with the development, the company has started the trial of the new plan and is likely to roll out the same across India based on the result.