Having followed others in the one paisa per second billing tariff, market leader Bharti Airtel is now taking the battle further on to the roaming turf.

“Our first endeavour has always been to offer competitively superior, differentiated service to all Airtel customers. Recent research has shown that customers need benefits while travelling and are not satisfied with just local calling benefits. Airtel is uniquely poised to be able to meet this need because of its seamless, formidable network presence across India and On-Net strategy. We are delighted to bring Airtel Turbo to customers for them to be able to enjoy the Airtel service in a boundary less manner,” says Atul Bindal, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd.

The Airtel Turbo plan offers incoming calls while on roaming for 60 paise per minute. For local and STD calls on roaming to Airtel connections the charges will be 60 paise per minute. Call made to other networks while on roaming will be charged 80 paise per minute.

Airtel claims the new tariff results in 60% saving for its subscribers when compared to tariffs offered by rival operators and other plans on offer.

For Airtel prepaid subscribers, the plan is available for Rs 98 voucher which comes with a validity of one year. The plan is also offer on postpaid mode.