Airtel joins tariff war; introduces pay-per-second plan

NEWDELHI: Joining the tariff war, India's largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel onFriday introduced a "pay per second" plan across the country. (Watch)��

Inthis plan, called Freedom Plan, Airtel customers will be charged one paise persecond for all Local and STD calls to Airtel numbers and 1.20 paise per secondfor local and STD calls to other networks.

Some of the newoperators, however, are offering pay per second tariff plan across networks.

The plan will be available initially only to pre-paid subscribers ofAirtel, an Airtel statement said.

This will be one of the tariffplans besides others already existing.



"As the undisputed leader in the Indiantelecom industry, we are committed to delighting our customers through superiornetwork, great customer service and best value for money.

Today, ournetwork covers 110 million customers, has 100,000 sites and is available across4.25 lakh towns and villages in 1.5 million outlets," Atul Bindal, President,Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel, said.