Aircel Reduces National Roaming Rates by up to 75%

Aircel, one of the leading innovative mobile service providers in India, has slashed its National Roaming rates with effect from May 1, as per the guidelines issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The SMS charges on Roaming are now cheaper by up to 75% and the Call rates by 40% on the Aircel network. For a local text message while on roaming, Aircel customers will pay 25 paise as compared to the earlier charge of Re. 1; and for STD texts, 38 paise from Rs 1.50 earlier.

Similarly, for the incoming calls outside their home network, customers will enjoy a new rate of 45p/min instead of the earlier 75p/min, a reduction of 40 per cent. The outgoing local and STD calls will be charged at 80p/min and Rs 1.15 paise per minute as compared to earlier charged Re. 1 and Rs 1.50, respectively. The revised rates are applicable for all Aircel prepaid and postpaid customers across all circles.

The revised rates are:

About Aircel

Aircel is one of India’s leading innovative mobile service providers. The company has 3G spectrum in 13 circles and BWA spectrum in 8 circles and is credited with the fastest 3G roll out ever in the Indian telecom space. As a young data led telecom player, Aircel has constantly been at the helm of introducing innovative and value for money products and services for its customers, which are industry firsts, be it the Aircel Pocket Internet, taking the first step in making 3G affordable for the masses, being the first telecom player to introduce Facebook Voice Updates on Aircel, and many more. The Smart Pocket Internet data plans by Aircel truly changed the way mobile internet was perceived and consumed. The company has been the proud recipient of coveted awards such as Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards (AREA) 2012 South Asia by Enterprise Asia, ‘Excellence Award for Security in Telecom 2012’ by Data Security Council of India (DSCI) an institution setup by NASSCOM®, ‘Best in class Learning and Development Awards’ for ‘Innovation in Learning’ and ‘Best Training Venue’ by World HRD Congress in 2013 and CLO Learning in Practice Award 2014 in the Silver category. For more information, please log onto our website www.aircel.com