Airtel announces Xstream Fiber plan offering 1 Gbps speed for Rs 3,999 per month

Airtel Xstream Fiber will be rolling out in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai and more.

Tech2 News Staff|Sep 11, 2019, 14:48:31 IST

Airtel, which has been revising the prices of its V-Fiber FTTH services after the launch of JioFiber, has now announced a new 1 Gbps plan. This new FTTH plan is called Airtel Xstream Fiber and it is priced at Rs 3,999.[caption id="attachment_4196019" align="alignnone" width="1280"]

A Bharti Airtel office building is pictured in Gurugram. Reuters[/caption]As per Airtel, the connection will be bundled one year Amazon Prime membership, three months Netflix subscription, and access to ZEE5's premium content and Airtel Xstream app along with unlimited landline calls. Airtel hasn't mentioned how much data is bundled in the pack but users will be getting an additional 1,000 GB for at least 6 months.Airtel Xstream Fiber will be rolling out in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. More cities will soon be added to the Xstream Fiber network said Airtel. To get this new 1 Gbps plan you will have to additionally purchase the Airtel Xstream box or stickJioFiber also has a plan which offers 1 Gbps speed with a FUP of 2,500 GB while the most expensive plan is for Rs 8,499 also giving the user 1 Gbps speed but with a FUP of 5,000 GB and will throttle speeds to 1 Mbps post that.Disclaimer: Reliance Industries Ltd. is the sole beneficiary of Independent Media Trust which controls Network18 Media & Investments Ltd.

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