Idea Cellular on Sunday announced free incoming calls, affordable outgoing calls, SMS and no additional charge on data usage during domestic roaming.
Earlier, Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, urged global telecom operators to slash roaming charges, during a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2017). Airtel also removed domestic roaming charges for its 270 million subscribers in India.
Idea Cellular, the third largest telecom operator, also announced special International roaming packs offering free outgoing calls, unlimited incoming calls and bundled data to International travellers, with potential of up to 85 percent savings against default International roaming tariffs.
Idea Cellular’s domestic roaming
Idea Cellular’s 200 million customers will get free incoming calls while roaming on company’s 2G, 3G and 4G network across 400,000 towns and villages in India.
Idea customers will Mobile Data tariffs and data pack benefits of home circle will be available while roaming anywhere in India, without any extra charge.
International Roaming rate from Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular offers free up to 400 outgoing minutes, 100 SMS per day, data volume and unlimited incoming calls during international roaming. International roaming packs come with free 1GB / 2GB / 3GB data and overage charges as low as Rs 3 per MB. Idea Cellular has 10 day pack for short travel or 30 day packs for long stay.
Idea’s new International Roaming Value packs start at Rs 1,199 for 10 days and go up to Rs 5,999 for 30 days, giving up to 85 percent savings on international roaming charges.
“While incoming calls will be free, customers will also be able to enjoy Outgoing calls, SMS and Data services at affordable rates, starting 1 April,” said Sashi Shankar, chief marketing officer of Idea Cellular.