Airtel Vs Jio Over Prepaid Recharge Plans Below Rs 500

Amid stiff competition in the telecom sector unleashed by newcomer Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel - India's largest telecom services company - is offering many recharge plans under Rs 500 to its prepaid customers. The telecom market is witnessing intense competition in mobile tariffs ever since Reliance Jio, part of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, flooded the market with free voice calls and aggressively priced high speed data. For example, both Airtel and Jio offer a prepaid recharge pack priced at Rs 399. While Airtel offers 1 GB or gigabytes of 4G data every day, among other benefits, for 35 days under its Rs 399 offer, Jio's Rs 399 plan comes with 1 GB of high-speed data per day for a validity period of 70 days, among other benefits.
 

Here are some of Airtel's prepaid recharge plans priced below Rs 500

 

Airtel Rs 349 recharge pack

Airtel's Rs 349 offer allows subscribers unlimited local, STD and roaming calls along with 1.5 GB data per day for a validity period of 28 days. Airtel's Rs 349 recharge also comes with 100 SMS per day for the validity period 28 days, according to Airtel's website - airtel.in.

Airtel Rs 399 Offer

In its special Rs 399 offer, Airtel offers 1 GB data per day at 4G speed as well as unlimited local and STD calls along with roaming outgoing calls, over a validity period of 35 days.

Airtel Rs 448 Recharge

Airtel's special recharge plan priced at Rs. 448 comes with 1 GB of 3G/4G speed data per day. The Rs. 448 pack also includes unlimited local and STD calls and free national roaming, besides 100 SMS per day. This plan is valid for 70 days.
 

Here are some of Jio's prepaid recharge plans priced below Rs 500

 

Reliance Jio Rs 399 plan

Jio's Rs. 399 recharge pack comes with a validity of 70 days. Among other benefits, Jio offers 70 GBs of high speed data with a daily limit of 1GB under the Rs. 399 plan, according to its website - jio.com. Like other prepaid packs offered by Jio, the data speed is reduced to 64 Kbps after a customer exhausts the daily limit, according to the Jio website. Local, STD and roaming calls are free and unlimited across all operators. One can make unlimited number of free SMSes, it noted.

Reliance Jio Rs. 459 plan

Under Jio's Rs 459 recharge, prepaid customers of the telecom company get high speed data of 84 GBs over a validity period of 84 days, with a daily usage limit of 1 GB. The data speed is reduced to 64 Kbps after the usage of daily limit. Local, STD and roaming calls are free and unlimited across all operators. This pack also includes unlimited SMSes free of cost.

Reliance Jio Rs. 499 plan

Under its Rs. 499 plan, Jio offers 1 GB data per day subject to a maximum limit of 91 GBs data for 91 days. After a customer exhaust the maximum data allowed daily under the pack, the internet speed is reduced to 64 Kbps. Local, STD and roaming calls are free and unlimited across all operators in Jio's Rs 499 pack as well. Jio customers also get unlimited free SMSes under the RS 499 recharge pack, according to its website.