Airtel slashes 2G data rates by 90% in Punjab and Haryana.

Great news for mobile internet service users in Punjab and Haryana! Bharti Airtel has slashed 2G data rates by 90 per cent for pre-paid subscribers in these states, just a day after Vodafone lowered its data charges by 80 per cent for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in three circles.

Airtel said that the Volume Based Charges (VBC) on its recharge vouchers for 2G data usage of three denominations have been reduced to 1 paisa per 10 KB from 10 paisa per 10 KB making internet usage affordable for its subscribers.

After the free download limit on its various recharges, the customers were being presently charged at 10 paisa per 10 KB which have been reduced to 1 paisa per 10 KB with immediate effect.Moreover, the validity of the Rs 22 and Rs 25 recharge vouchers has been increased to 30 days and that of Rs 125 recharge vouchers increased to 90 days.

However, would be available only to prepaid customers.

Vodafone had recently reduced the 2G data rates from 10 paisa per 10 KB to 2 paisa per 10KB for Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles for both pre-paid and post-paid customers using the 2G network. Vodafone does plan to roll out the price changes over the rest of its coverage areas, But no such confirmation has come from Airtel.

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