Bharti airtel, India’s leading telecommunications company, today announced the commercial launch of its 3G services in the cities of Chennai and Coimbatore.Through 3G technology airtel would offer services like video call, live streaming of Video, high speed internet, mobile TV entertainment, go video on social networking etc in Chennai & Coimbatore . Users can avail the services through existing sim cards. For laptop users airtel has also come up with 3G dongles.
Airtel’s has introduced personalised and simple to understand 3G tariff plans:
1. PAYG VBC (Pay as you go): For all existing airtel 2G customers who want to experience the power of airtel internet on 3G for a short while, this tariff plan is the solution. The customer will pay the same prevailing data rates as on 2G service, but with the advantage of a faster mobile broadband.
2. Sachet Plans: The objective of these plans is to drive mass trial and adoption of 3G, and will serve as the natural upgrade path to higher rental plans. These plans will have validity of lesser than or equal to 10 days.
| Name of the plan | MRP | Free Data | Validity |
| Sachet Plan | Rs 8 | 10 MB | 1 day (Same day) |
| Sachet Plan (Time based) | Rs. 45 | 30 minutes | 3 days (1+2 Days) |
| Sachet Plan | Rs. 63 | 65 MB | 1 day (Same day) |
3. Standard Plans: These plans are best suited for the mid to high-end users of data and will have a validity of 30 days.
| Name of the plan | MRP – Prepaid | MRP – Postpaid | Free Data | Validity |
| Standard Plan | Rs. 101 | Rs. 100 | 100MB | 30 Days |
| Standard Plan | Rs. 201 | Rs. 200 | 250MB | 30 Days |
| Standard Plan | Rs. 451 | Rs. 450 | 600MB | 30 Days |
| Standard Plan | Rs. 751 | Rs. 750 | 2GB | 30 Days |
| Name of the plan | MRP -Prepaid | MRP – Postpaid | Free Data | Validity |
| FlexiShield Plan | Rs. 675 | Rs. 675 | 1.25GB | 30 Days |
To know more or join airtel 3G services, customers can call the Toll Free Helpline 12134 or SMS ‘3G HELP’ to 121