MTNL, Idea, Reliance joins Airtel and Hutch in lifetime validity offerings
December 28th, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 73 times, 1 so far today
MTNL, Idea, Reliance joins Airtel and Hutch in lifetime validity offerings
Tata Indicom started it with an offer of 2-year long validity without requiring any topups for the prepaid connection. Airtel did a lot better by offering lifetime validity on their prepaid connections on topping up with Rs. 999. Hutch added a similar offer to their range of products. Now a total of five mobile operators have joined the bandwagon with similar schemes.
2005 has become one of the greatest years for prepaid mobile consumers as a result. No longer are you required to pay a premium for not taking up a postpaid connection and topups are all full value from now on. Idea have announced the ‘Idea life-long pre-paid’ package and MTNL joined it with a package called ‘Idea life-long pre-paid’. These two packages are worth ‘Idea life-long pre-paid’
Reliance Infocomm is also in the hunt with an offer of lifetime validity prepaid voucher of Rs 995, with flexible tariff rates. As a result, even if your balance is zero, you can use your mobile connection for incoming calls for life! This makes fixed line phones sound oh-so-useless! Players like Hutch and Idea are offering topups cards for as little as Rs. 10 denomination.
COAI director General TV Ramachandran said in a statement: “The new schemes will bring down the Arpu (average revenue per user) further down. But it will address a new segment which depends on more incoming than outgoing calls. It’s a welcome step.†This would benefit a whole range of consumers from marketing guys to older people whose requirement is primarily to receive calls on their mobile phones.
However, TRAI has a catch for counting these lifetime incoming free mobile consumers. As per their guidelines, an operator will not be able to count the customer as a subscriber if he fails to recharge within six months.
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December 30th, 2005 at 03:05 am
does reliance also started the lifetime free incoming scheme? please let me know that clearly. iam from chennai. thank you.
December 30th, 2005 at 02:35 pm
does reliance also started the lifetime free incoming scheme? please let me know that clearly. iam from chennai. thank you.
March 13th, 2006 at 11:01 pm
hai me also Hutch customer, hutch introducing life time validity, its nice but tarrif plan is at the rate of 2Rs so it is so much cost, plz tarrif plan make some changes as soon as possible.
thanking u
bhaskar
March 14th, 2006 at 10:31 am
hai me also Hutch customer, hutch introducing life time validity, its nice but tarrif plan is at the rate of 2Rs so it is so much cost, plz tarrif plan make some changes as soon as possible.
thanking u
bhaskar
May 22nd, 2006 at 02:42 am
mi bill
May 21st, 2006 at 04:12 pm
mi bill
November 5th, 2007 at 04:13 am
hi
i had a sms of diwali offer
1 year validity Rs.592 onnet.
my ? how will i recharge on net. pl. guide me.
thank you.
November 5th, 2007 at 03:43 pm
hi
i had a sms of diwali offer
1 year validity Rs.592 onnet.
my ? how will i recharge on net. pl. guide me.
thank you.
November 14th, 2007 at 03:05 am
bhaskar | March 14th, 2006 at 10:31 am
hai me also idea customer, idea introducing life time validity, its nice but tarrif plan is at the rate of 2Rs so it is so much cost, plz tarrif plan make some changes as soon as possible.
thanking u
rahul
November 14th, 2007 at 02:35 pm
bhaskar | March 14th, 2006 at 10:31 am
hai me also idea customer, idea introducing life time validity, its nice but tarrif plan is at the rate of 2Rs so it is so much cost, plz tarrif plan make some changes as soon as possible.
thanking u
rahul