Bharti Airtel extends pre-paid pack validity till 17 April for 8 crore users

NEW DELHI : Bharti Airtel on Monday announced that it will extend the validity of pre-paid packs for over 8 crore customers till 17 April to shield its low-income user base during the three-week nationwide lockdown to curb the novel Coronavirus epidemic.

The company will also provide these users unrestricted incoming services till 17 April and ₹10 talk time.

These 8 crore customers effectively cover all under-privileged households on the operator’s network, and the measures will particularly benefit migrant workers and daily wage earners hit by the nationwide lockdown, the company said in a release.