Well, the Vodafone plan of Rs.129 in Mumbai which offered unlimited BlackBerry Messaging to postpaid and prepaid customers was a short lived glory. The plan which was going to be made available in the rest of the circles from next week, just got upped by Bharti Airtel.

In a swift move, just before the day came to a close, Airtel launched a similar scheme for its postpaid customers. There’s no word right now on whether this is a pan-India scheme, but it seems like it is so. The scheme is applicable in all circles (India) where Bharti Airtel provides BlackBerry services.

We’re hoping this makes it to prepaid subscribers too.

Here’s the details -

Bharti Airtel, leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced that starting today, its postpaid mobile customers using BlackBerry smartphones can subscribe to the all new “BBM Plan” on Airtel. Now available @ Rs 129 per month, this plan will allow customers to enjoy unlimited use of *Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS in a month.

Airtel’s all new “BBM Plan” for postpaid customers

Airtel’s Plan Name	Monthly Rental	Benefit
BlackBerry BBM Plan	Rs 129/-	Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger + 300 National SMS

 

 

With this, Airtel aims to open up the BlackBerry services experience to a new segment of customers who are keen on leveraging a best-in-class messaging platform for real time social messaging.

To subscribe, existing and new postpaid Airtel mobile customers on BlackBerry can call 121 or walk-in to their nearest Airtel postpaid activation help-desk.

BBM or Blackberry Messenger is an Instant Messaging service which allows BlackBerry users to send and receive short messages and attachments instantly to another BlackBerry users, wherever they are – in the country or outside.