October 04th, 2023: Sri Lanka’s fastest growing telco, Airtel Lanka is bringing more value and savings to local subscribers travelling to the island’s closest neighbor, with the launch of Airtel’s New India Roaming packs.
“Across India and Sri Lanka, Airtel is focused on delivering a superior value to ensure that our customers enjoy unrestricted connectivity wherever they go. We have also noticed a significant number of our customers who make frequent trips to India, With the launch of our Airtel India Roaming packs, we are maintaining this value across borders.
“As a result, our customers can now stay connected with their loved ones and roam like home, without hurting their wallet. By combining the most affordable roaming rate in the market, with Airtel’s world-class network across India, we now guarantee our customers an unbeatable roaming experience, by simply activating the New India roaming plans- truly the best of both worlds,” Airtel Lanka MD/CEO, Ashish Chandra stated.
Airtel subscribers including frequent travellers to India, pilgrimage groups, trade and export communities as well as tour operators organizing Indian tour vacations among many others, can now avail themselves to the affordable and accessible India Roaming package, with benefits including ample data and voice, through India’s most expansive and superior network allowing them to ‘roam like home’.
| $3 Package | $5 Package | $15 Package |
| Duration – 24 Hours | Duration – 10 Days | Duration – 7 Days |
| 1 GB Data | 100MB Data | 5 GB Data |
| Incoming Calls – 30 Minutes | Incoming Calls – 30 Minutes | Incoming Calls – 120 Minutes |
| Calls to Sri Lanka – 5 Minutes | Calls to Sri Lanka – 15 Minutes | Calls to Sri Lanka – 20 Minutes |
| Calls within India – 30 Minutes | Calls within India – 30 Minutes | Calls within India – 120 Minutes |
| 10 SMS to Sri Lanka |
*Airtel Lanka’s new India Roaming Packs
The package can easily be activated through a variety of mediums including USSD activation after recharging, and also through Airtel’s Online Portal, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) retail, virtual wallets such as Recharge.lk, and the My Airtel App.
Airtel Lanka has been at the forefront of shifting the industry norms for telco offerings in Sri Lanka, with the introduction of its novel 4G Freedom Packs, which perfectly complemented its all-new 4G network and gave a new meaning to prepaid plans.
Headquartered in India, Airtel is the largest integrated communications solutions provider in India, with an industry-leading retail portfolio including high speed 4G/5G mobile broadband, Airtel Xstream Fiber that promises speeds up to 1 Gbps with convergence across linear and on-demand entertainment, streaming services spanning music and video, digital payments and financial services. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally with a network that covers over two billion people.
Bharti Airtel Lanka commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka in 2009 and was the fastest operator to reach 1 million customers. The Airtel Lanka offering of technology innovation and service excellence has seen rapid adoption rates among the Sri Lanka youth. Registered under the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka, Airtel Lanka provides digital mobile services which include voice, data and enterprise solutions and currently ranked the fastest 3G mobile network provider in Sri Lanka.