Airtel plan gives RJio tough fight

Gearing up for intense competition in the mobile services market, Bharti Airtel on Friday announced new postpaid plans, including one that offers unlimited mobile calls along with bundled 3G/4G data Rs 1,199.

“Under the new ‘Infinity’ plans, for Rs 1,199, customers will enjoy unlimited voice calling local, STD, and on national roaming along with 100 SMS per day, 1GB 3G/4G data and free subscription to Wynk Music and Wynk Movies,” an Airtel release said here.

Under another plan, it will offer unlimited voice calling along with 100 SMS per day, 5GB 3G/4G data and free subscription to Wynk Music and Wynk Movies for Rs 1,599. While the content subscription on Wynk Music & Wynk Movies is free, the data access charges will apply.

Mobile companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, have opened new frontiers in data services war as they gear up to take on Reliance Jio, which is all set to launch 4G services in coming months.

Jio has slashed price of 4G LYF handsets to Rs 2,999.