After Reliance Jio recently announced free calls on the other networks, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have said that voice calls on their network have always been free.
According to Vodafone Idea (Vi), voice calls have already been free on its network without any embargo. “Vi customers have always enjoyed truly unlimited services with Vi unlimited packs. Customers recharging with Vi Unlimited packs can continue to call their friends and family across all networks without any embargo even on calls made to other networks. Vi customers have never had to take any additional interconnect usage charge (IUC) pack. Hence, Vi UL packs remain truly unlimited. For all Vi Unlimited pack users, domestic calls to other networks anywhere in India, has always been free and will continue to be free January 1, 2021 onwards as well,” said Vi.
Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel said that it has never charged its customers separately for IUC and will continue unlimited calling benefits without any change. Commenting on this, Ajai Puri, COO, Bharti Airtel said in a statement, “At Airtel, we are obsessed with delivering the best-in-class experience to our customers. Airtel mobile customers already enjoy unlimited free calls to all networks with our prepaid bundles and postpaid plans that also offer large dollops of high speed data. In fact, Airtel has never charged its customers separately for IUC and the unlimited calling benefits will continue for our customers without any change.”
These announcements follow Jio’s recent move of making calls from Jio, to any network, anywhere in India free starting January 1, 2021.
