Airtel Silently Removes The Rs 189 Plan, Here's How Much The Cheapest Plan Costs Now

The spree of killing cheaper plans is going to continue for a long time, as it seems. In a recent development, Airtel has discontinued its Rs 189 voice-only recharge plan, which is a blow for budget-focused

customers. The plan offered unlimited calling on all networks, which made the life of people who don't need internet convenient. The dropping of this plan will increase the expenses of the people who were using it in their secondary SIM for calling purposes only. As of now, the entry-level plan being offered by Airtel is available for Rs 199 that, of course, brings more benefits related to data and other stuff. Moving forward, let's have a look at the plan followed by a discussion on the reason of this discontinuation.

Airtel Rs 199 Plan Validity, Benefits, Data, And More

The Airtel Rs 199 plan comes with features like 100 SMS per day, 2GB data, and unlimited voice calling, along with 28 days of validity. Once the users consume the 2GB data, they will be charged 50 paisa per MB for internet usage. Furthermore, Airtel is offering additional benefits like Perplexity AI Pro subscription and free Hello Tunes. However, the additional benefits don't serve a lot of purpose for the actual users of the Rs 189 plan.

Why Airtel Discontinued The Rs 189 Plan?

Most of the industry experts have suggested that the discontinuation of plans is happening to push people more towards data plans, which will ultimately result in them using them constantly. Things will become more aggressive when it comes to removing cheaper plans once these companies put a cap on the 5G data that the consumers are getting for almost free and unlimited as of now.Also Read: Jio Vs Vi Vs Airtel: Which One Offers The Best Prepaid Recharge Plan With 2GB Daily Data? All in all, we can expect Jio and other popular telecom brands to push their prices on a higher note super soon. Some rumours have also suggested that the telecom giants in India are planning to raise the price of the plans by up to 15 to 20 percent by the end of this year.