Airtel Provides 80 Million Low-Income Users With Extended Validity And Rs 10 Talk Time

Airtel has announced an extension in service validity for more than 80 million prepaid customers with low income until April 17. Thanks to this policy, those subscribers can keep using their Airtel mobile services even after the expiring date of their plans’ validity.

According to the telco, the criteria used for identifying low-income prepaid users is the average revenue per user, or ARPU. The company also said that it will provide Rs 10 talk time for prepaid accounts for these 80 million users so that they can get through the India lockdown.

The telecommunication firm stated that these measures will help migrant workers as well as daily wage workers that have been affected by the 21-day lockdown due to CO.VID-19. Meanwhile, the other Airtel users are recharging their plans via online platforms.

Low-income subscribers can use the Rs 10 talk time to make important calls or send critical messages during these days. The best thing about this move is that it aims at prepaid users with lower income, helping them getting by this tough time while they have a lot more things to care about amid the ongoing pandemic.

Over the past few weeks, SARS-CoV-2 has spread to almost every part of the world, infecting people in over 200 countries. As of now, the world is getting closer and closer to the 1-million mark of confirmed cases while the death toll has risen to over 40,000. As of India, there have been over 1,500 confirmed cases and nearly 50 deaths from the epidemic. To limit the spread of the virus, the Indian government has imposed a 21-day lockdown on the entire country, which has last for over a week now.

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