Bharti slashes pre-paid tariff to Re 1/minBS Reporter / Mumbai January 03, 2008GSM player Bharti Airtel has announced that it has reduced its local outgoing call tariffs to Re 1 per minute.Effective January 3, 2008, all Airtel pre-paid mobile customers whose existing local call rates are more than Rs 1 per minute will be migrated to the revised tariff of Rs 1 per minute without any conditions.According to a release issued by Bharti to the BSE today, the scheme will be extended to the post-paid customers next week. However, this tariff change is not applicable to 495 lifetime prepaid customers and other customers enjoying special benefits like happy recharge, the release added. Sanjay Kapoor, president, mobile services, Airtel said: "As an industry leader, Airtel has always been at the forefront of driving affordability and expanding the market. This initiative marks our strategic intent to simplify tariffs and differentiate ourselves in a market already cluttered with multiple tariff plans. Going forward, we will continue to explore innovative and affordable tariff options that are aimed to speed up growth, enhance customer value and significantly contribute towards increasing our market and revenue share in the future." Bharti Airtel recently crossed the 50 million customer mark to enter the league of the world
