Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced a price hike for prepaid and postpaid plans. While the new tariff will be applicable from July 3, benefits offered by these plans will remain unchanged. The news comes as both telecom network operators are looking to increase their Average Revenue per User (ARPU). The cheapest prepaid plan from Airtel, which costs Rs 179 per month is now priced at Rs 199, whereas the popular Rs 479 plan, which offers unlimited voice calls and data and has a validity of Rs 479 will cost you Rs 579 from July 3 onwards. The telecom operator also increased the price of its annual plan from Rs 2999 to Rs 3,599. Prepaid plans MRP Validity (days) Benefit Revised MRP Unlimited voice plans 179 28 2GB data 199 455 84 6GB data 509 1799 365 24GB data 1999 Daily data plans 265 28 1GB/day 299 299 28 1.5GB/day 349 359 28 2.5GB/day 409 399 28 3GB/day 449 Data add-ons 19 1 day 1GB 22 29 1 day 2GB 33 65 Plan validity 4GB 77 Postpaid plans Monthly tariff Benefit Revised MRP 399 1 connection: 40GB data with roll-over, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, Xstream Premium subscription 449 499 1 connection: 75GB data with roll-over, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, Xstream Premium subscription, Disney+ Hotstar subscription 12 months, Amazon Prime subscription 6 months 599 Family of 2 connections: 105GB data with roll-over, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, Disney+ Hotstar subscription 12 months, Amazon Prime subscription 6 months, Wynk Premium 999 Family of 4 connections: 190GB data with roll-over, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day, Disney+ Hotstar subscription 12 months, Amazon Prime subscription 6 months, Wynk Premium Reliance Jio's most pocket-friendly prepaid plan, which is priced at Rs 155 per month and comes with 2GB data and 28 days validity will cost you Rs 189 once the new tariffs are applicable. The company also increased the price of its popular Rs 239 and Rs 666 plans, which have a validity of 28 days and 84 days to Rs 299 and Rs 799 respectively. While the new tariff is applicable for almost all prepaid and some postpaid plans from Airtel, Jio says it won't be making changes to JioBharat and JioPhone users. Prepaid MRP Validity (days) Benefits Revised MRP Monthly 155 28 2GB/day 189 209 28 1GB/day 249 239 28 1.5GB/day 299 299 28 2GB/day 349 349 28 2.5GB/day 399 399 28 3GB/day 449 2-month plans 479 56 1.5GB/day 579 533 56 2GB/day 629 3-month plans 395 84 6GB 479 666 84 1.5GB/day 799 719 84 2GB/day 859 999 84 3GB/day 1199 Annual 1559 336 24GB 1899 2999 365 2.5GB/day 3599 Data add-on 15 Base plan 1GB 19 25 Base plan 2GB 29 61 Base plan 6GB 69 Postpaid 299 Bill cycle 30GB 349 399 Bill cycle 75GB 449 Jio says unlimited 5G will be only available to Jio users who opt for prepaid plans with 2GB per day or more data. The company also introduced JioSafe - a new communication app for calling, and messaging file transfer that costs Rs 199 per month and an AI-powered multi-lingual app called Jio Translate that can help translate voice calls, messages, text and images, for which you will have to shell out Rs 99 per month.
