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It’s offers time for Airtel users in India.Few days back we have blogged about Airtel launching unlimited national & local SMS offer.Now Airtel is also offering unlimited internet via GPRS for its mobile users.

Launch of many of these unlimited plans can be attributed to the on-going Indian Premier League (IPL) 2010.Airtel thought this would be the big opportunity introduce some offers and get the attention of the users, for that matter targeting mainly youth section of the users.We need to recall that Airtel once used to offer unlimited (virtually) GPRS internet in the forms daily pack and monthly pack.And now as Aircel and Tata Docomo are offering similar plans which are attracting the younger generation, Airtel had no option left but to come out with such unlimited offers.

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We can see Airtel promoting unlimited SMS offer, Unlimited GPRS internet offer and reduced night calling rates offer through Sharman Joshi of “3 Idiots” Bollywood movie fame.

Unlimited Internet Plan Tariff:

Prepaid:

May vary depending on your circle.For most circles you have to do a recharge for MRP Rs. 98 /- (RC 98) in order to activate this offer which is valid for one month from the date of activation.You can also dail #567 from your Airtel mobile if you have balance more than Rs. 110+ and opt not to go for a separate recharge.

Postpaid:

Postpaid users can avail this offer for a monthly rental of Rs. 98.SMS “INTERNET” to 121 to activate this pack.

For more information, visit Airtel mobile internet offers page.

Note:

This unlimited plan is not truly ‘unlimited’, as it has a limit for data usage up to 2 GB, beyond this limit, the data usage will be charged 30paise/50KB.

The free usage includes data browsed only through Mobile Office (MO) settings.Be careful here, of you activate this pack but still use browsing using Airtel Live settings, you’ll be charged for that.

To get Mobile Office internet settings, SMS “MO” to 543210 (Toll Free)

You can use this pack even while roaming in India, however it doesn’t apply to international roaming.

Update: You may also want checkout Uninor’s unlimited mobile internet plan Rs.90

BSNL EVDO 3.1 Mbps Unlimited plan only @ 750 Rs, Hurry up (Till March 31, 2010 only):

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.) has taken a very big step forward towards offering high speed internet at an affordable rate to the internet users in India.BSNL today has announced 3.1 Mbps unlimited plan under its EVDO card at rupees 999 INR 750 INR.

This comes as a real good news for all those who are eagerly waiting for such an unlimited plan at affordable price (Rs. 750).BSNL EVDO is the best option if you want to get high speed wireless broadband in India, though there are private firms operating in this arena, their services level do not match up to the state owned BSNL.But the twist here is that this is a promotional offer and valid for post-paid activations till March 31, 2010.Existing prepaid would get the unlimited data usage plan at Rs 650.

BSNL has also launched another plan but this time in Pre-paid, data usage priced at 5 Paise per 100 KB i.e Rs. 1 for 1 MB of usage.

BSNL EVDO Post-Paid TARIFF [As seen in BSNL website]

Sl.No	FMC* (in Rs.)	Monthly free usage (in GB)
1	199	0.5
2	299	1
3	449	2
4	649	5
5	999	Unlimited

[*] FMC – Fixed Monthly Charge

Summary (Rs 750 unlimited EVDO card plan)

Plan Type: Postpaid

Price : Rs. 750

Data usage : Unlimited

Pros:

Affordable (at Rs. 750)

Free all India roaming

Cons:

High price if the EVDO router (Rs. 21,000, no rental option)

Unlimited plan only in Postpaid connection

Being a promotional offer [It’ll be Rs. 999 again after March 31, 2010]

BSNL EVDO Ad:[Click to see larger size image]

Airtel Offering Unlimited Mobile Internet (Via GPRS) With RC 98

BSNL EVDO Card 3.1 Mbps Unlimited @ Rs 750 !! (Up To March 31)