Idea, Airtel, Vodafone launch new plans to take on Reliance Jio

On the last day of enrolling for Jio Prime membership, small telecom operator Idea Cellular along with other telecom operators announced the launch of new postpaid plans similar to the new entrant.

Idea Cellular launched 1GB per day pack for its postpaid customers for Rs 300 to compete with Jio’s Rs 303.

Media reports have said that 4G handset users will get 1GB per day while non-4G users will be given 3GB for the month.

The company said that this offer has been discounted for the first three months of subscription wherein subscribers will get to avail of the offer for Rs 50 on base rental plans of Rs 349 to Rs 498.

This discount the company said will be available till April 30 itself.

A report by Gadgets 360 said that the monthly rental plan will be valid till March 31, 2018.

Much like RJio whose Prime membership subscription will end today will continue to offer its subscribers the benefits of its ‘Happy New Year’ offer till March 2018.

Vodafone also announced the launch of its 24 GB ‘gift’ data pack to its post-paid subscribers and the users will get the data in a monthly instalment of 8GB over the period of three months.

India’s telecom major Airtel too announced that it would provide 30GB free 4G data for three months.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Friday started offering 10GB data per day packs for Rs 249.