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Here are some of the many advantages that New Airtel Prepaid brings you.

Total Cost Control

Pre activated STD/ISD without deposits or rentals

Strong Network coverage

Instant Balance and Validity Enquiry

Recharge your Airtel Prepaid

Prepaid Roaming

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Total Cost Control

You can control your Airtel Prepaid like never before. No more rentals or deposits – simply recharge as much as you

need to from as low as Rs. 10, to as high as Rs. 10,000/-.

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Pre activated STD/ISD without deposits or rentals

You can now enjoy a pre-activated STD/ISD on your Airtel Prepaid. No more paying deposits or having a minimum

balance in your account to make an STD/ISD call. Hassle-free calls are here to stay! Click here for more information

on STD/ISD rates in your circle.

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Strong Network Coverage

Enjoy complete clarity when calling with Airtel’s world-class technology and unbreakable network coverage that

spans over 23 circles across the country.

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Instant Balance and Validity Enquiry

Your account balance is updated on the screen of your handset at the end of each chargeable call. You can also call

123 from your mobile phone and listen to the voice announcement or simply dial *123#, press 'OK' or 'YES' button

and your account balance will be displayed on the screen of your handset.

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Recharge your Airtel Prepaid

Recharging is Easy. The calling value on your card keeps reducing as you make calls or use any other chargeable

service. Choose the Airtel Prepaid Recharge Coupon that’s right for you, from a variety of tailor– made recharge

coupons with different denominations, which are available at a number of outlets across your city. Simply follow the

procedure mentioned below, to recharge your phone.

Gently scratch the silver panel on the reverse of the recharge card for a 16-digit number.

Call '123' and choose your preferred language.

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Follow the voice announcement and enter the 16-digit recharge number, when requested.

Your prepaid account will be automatically recharged by the calling value amount and validity of your

coupon.

Click here to find the Airtel Recharge Coupon Options that suits your requirement.

More Recharge options:

Flexible recharge voucher

This unique recharge voucher gives you the option to choose between validity or talktime, as per your need.

Easy Recharge

Recharge your Airtel Prepaid Card electronically with value that suits your needs, starting from Rs. 10 till Rs. 10,000.

You can also recharge your Airtel Prepaid while roaming anywhere in the country. Click here for Airtel Easy Charge

options.

24-hour Recharge via ATM

Recharge your Airtel Prepaid round-the-clock at your nearest ATM. Just walk up to your nearest ATM, insert the ATM

card and enter your ATM PIN number. Select 'Mobile Recharge / Bill Pay' from the main menu and follow the

prompts to recharge your prepaid. This recharge option is available with all leading banks.

SMS Recharge

You may also register your mobile number at any of the member bank's ATM to avail the SMS recharge facility.

Upon registration you will receive a registration PIN number. To recharge your prepaid, type, RC <Recharge

Amount> <Registration PIN> and SMS it to the 3 digit SMS code of your bank. All future transaction will require this

PIN.

The code to which this SMS needs to be sent for various banks is as follows: Bank of Punjab: 550, Centurion Bank:

565, Citibank: 530, Corporation Bank: 545, DCB: 585, HDFC Bank: 540, ICICI Bank: 575, IDBI Bank: 520, ING

Vysya Bank: 552, SBI: 535, UTI Bank: 525.

Internet Recharge

You may log on to the Internet banking website of your bank and select the prepaid recharge option to recharge your

Airtel prepaid. Many leading banks provide Internet based recharging.

Validity Extension service

Trade your talk time to extend the validity of your prepaid. Dial *141*001# and then, press the call button. Your

validity would be extended by 1 day for a charge of Rs.15. You can similarly extend your validity for 5, 10, 15 or 30

days.

Transfer Talk time

Transfer talk time to another prepaid, just dial *143* number# and then press the calling button. You can transfer

Rs.50 per request for which Rs.55 would be deducted from your balance.

For details call 121.

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Prepaid Roaming

Airtel Prepaid comes preactivated with 'National Roaming', so you stay connected no matter wherever you are. You

can also send or receive MMS, check your email and access other GPRS services while roaming in India as you

would in your own city. While traveling abroad you can receive calls & send or receive SMS.

For coverage & charges while roaming, click here

In case you are not able to login to any network while roaming,

please follow these instructions:

Go to "menu” option of your mobile.

Select Network option (Can be a sub option in setting, depending on the handset you use).

Select "Manual" network.

Select desired network.

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More with Airtel Prepaid

Airtel brings you, a wide range of Services that will change the way you communicate. Try them and discover a whole

new world of fun and excitement.

Call management Services

Call waiting, call hold, call divert and Caller Line Identification Presentation – all with your Airtel prepaid connection.

Voice Mail

When your handset is switched off, or you’re too busy to answer the phone, Airtel Voicemail will answer your calls

and record a message. The best part is that there's no extra monthly cost for setting up Voicemail - you just pay for

the phone call when you use the service.


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SMS (Short Messaging Service)

Send messages quickly and easily using text, if it's too noisy to talk or you don't have much time. It's the way to

share those interesting one-liners, important reminders and rib-tickling jokes, with anyone, anytime, anywhere in the

world.

Subscription Alerts

Get regular alerts on news, jokes, business, health and films on your Airtel mobile phone with Subscription Services.

SMS to 3333 for News, for Jokes, for Business News, for

Sports Alerts & for Vaastu tips.

MMS (Multi-media Messaging Service):

Jazz up your messages with pictures, images and video clippings, with MMS from Airtel! To activate MMS on your

phone, SMS 'MMS' to 56465 and save service settings.

Airtel Live!

Make your mobile the most happening entertainment destination with Airtel Live! Airtel brings you the latest in

entertainment and information services, right on your phone!

Airtel Live! WAP Services: Download the latest ring tones, games, wallpapers, videos and much more. You can

also get news clips, watch live TV and download full songs on you phone. To get Airtel Live! settings on your phone,

SMS 'Live' to 56465 and save the settings that you receive as your preferred connection. Airtel Live! Portal can be

accessed from you GPRS enabled phone, by sending a SMS 'FUN' to 56465.

Airtel Live! Voice Services: Just Dial 56465, and name the service. For e.g. say ring tones to download your

favorite ring tones. You can also choose a variety of content options like Live Cricket Commentary, latest National /

International News, Movie Reviews or Stock Market Updates.

Airtel Live! SIM Services: Access loads of fun content and exciting services like cricket, stocks, on your phone at

the touch of a few buttons with Airtel Live! SIM based Services on your SIM card menu. To download new services

on your Airtel SIM, choose the "What's new" option under the "Airtel services" menu.

Airtel Live! SMS Services: You can enjoy a host of services by sending a keyword as an SMS to 56465! Choose

Astrology / Horoscope, Cricket, Bollywood / Hollywood / Indi Pop Ring tones. In case you need assistance SMS,

Help to 56465.

Hello Tunes

Tired of that boring old ‘tring tring’ on your phone? Well now when a friend calls, you can make them groove to the

hottest new tracks burning up the music charts with Hello Tunes from Airtel! You get a wide choice of songs in the

Popular & New Arrivals categories that are updated regularly. What's more you can directly call the number for your

kind of music, e.g. call 678005 for English New and 678001 for Hindi New. This would directly take you to your

favorite artist's Hello Tunes listing. Click here for more information on Hello Tunes.

Copy a Hello Tune

Get the tune you want, all you have to do is call 55055 and follow the simple voice instructions to copy your favorite

Hello Tunes. Once inside the copy feature, just key in the 10-digit Airtel mobile number you want to copy the Hello

Tune from and you get the same Hello Tune assigned to your number.

Gift a Hello Tune

Forget gifting chocolates, flowers and greeting cards. Say it with a song instead! Gift a Hello Tune to that special

someone. Just call 55055 and choose the song that you want to gift. Follow the simple voice instructions and key in

the 10-digit Airtel mobile number that you want to gift the Hello Tune to. You will get an SMS notification upon

successful receipt of that gift.

Buy Music - Airtel Music Shops

Buying your favorite Hello Tune or Ring tone is as simple as recharging your phone with talk time. Simply walk into

your nearest Airtel Shop and walk out with your favorite song. Choose from Bollywood Hits to Indipop Remixes, Hard

Rock to Gujrati Garba, Bhajans to Jazz, Bhangra Beats to foot tapping Tamil Hits from a list of more than 18000

songs.

It's as simple as:

Choose your favorite song from the music catalogue available with the retailer.

Retailer will just press a few keys on his phone and download a song (Hello Tune or Ring tone) to your

mobile phone. In the case of Hello Tunes you will be required to dial 674 (toll free) to confirm

acceptance of the song.

You will also get an SMS confirming the successful download of your song.

Finally you can pay the retailer for the song and walk out...as simple as that.

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Reach us Anytime Anywhere

In case you need assistance, dial '121' - our toll-free number, accessible from anywhere in the country, even while

roaming. You can also send us an SMS to 121 or mail us at [email protected].

*In case of email, mention your mobile no. like, 9810012345, in the subject of the mail for a quicker response.


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