Bharti Airtel introduces lifetime prepaid scheme for Rs 495

Mumbai, May 17 (UNI) One of the country's leading telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel today introduced a lifetime prepaid scheme at a price point of Rs 495, which offers an user full talk time on all future recharges, using a minimum of Rs 200 every 180 days to continue enjoying lifetime validity benefits.

The prepaid plan will be available to all existing as well as new Airtel mobile users from tomorrow.

''Our Rs 495 lifetime product marks our strategic intent to drive affordability and consumption in the prepaid category further. Going forward, we will continue to explore innovative products such as these that will enhance our customer's value and significantly contribute towards increasing Airtel's market and revenue share in the future,'' the President (Mobile Services) of Bharti Airtel, Mr Sanjay Kapoor said.

Bharti Airtel has a subscriber base of 40.80 million at the end of April '07, consisting of 38.89 million mobile customers, a company statement disclosed.

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