Airtel vs. BSNL: Comparing Recharge Plans, Postpaid and Price

Airtel has almost 334 million subscribers and stands in the 2^nd position. At the same time, BSNL has a subscriber base of 122 million users and stalls at 4^th position in the Indian telecommunication market.

Since 2019, Airtel has had a full 4G spectrum, whereas BSNL has not yet succeeded in providing 4G services across all the states in India. Nevertheless, Airtel cannot compete with the widespread coverage that the BSNL offers, especially in the rural and hilly areas.

Let’s compare Airtel and BSNL and all the services one by one in this article.

Airtel vs. BSNL prepaid plans

For talk-time recharges, both have the same plans, but both the company offers excellent benefits when it comes to monthly rental packs.

Let’s compare Airtel vs. BSNL prepaid plans now.

Let’s look into the two months Airtel vs. BSNL prepaid plans comparison now:

Airtel vs. BSNL prepaid plans of three months rental pack:

Airtel vs. BSNL annual prepaid plans:

Airtel vs. BSNL postpaid plans

Airtel and BSNL both have excellent postpaid plans and offer additional benefits along with the value of the basic plan.

BSNL recently removed its few postpaid plans and launched three new postpaid plans, whereas Airtel offers five recharge packs.

In the list below, we have discussed and compared Airtel vs. BSNL postpaid plans in depth.

Airtel vs. BSNL Speed comparison

In terms of mobile speed, if we go for prepaid and the post-paid comparison between Airtel and BSNL mobile network, there is a clear winner, Airtel. Due to its 4G services, Airtel comes out as a better internet speed provider in India as compared to BSNL mobile service.

BSNL has started its 5 MHz 4G spectrum with 60% existing networks across India. In contrast, Airtel is almost ready to launch its new 5G network. However, BSNL is the largest broadband and wireless ISP network provider in India. BSNL has more than 300 networks in all 22 circles in India.

Pricing and billing comparison

Airtel and BSNL are available on every online platform, UPI apps, and their own official websites. This helps you to pay your postpaid or broadband bills and recharge your prepaid packs.

If you look at the above list very closely, you can easily judge that BSNL offers cheaper and affordable plans than Airtel.

But, it is also true that BSNL only has 2G and 3G mobile networks, whereas Airtel gives you 4G service benefits with high-speed internet. If you are fine with average speed internet, then we recommend you to choose BSNL over Airtel.

Because at a lower price, BSNL offers you a considerable quantity of internet data, unlimited calls, 100 SMS per day, and higher validity. But If you want high-speed internet and additional benefits with a premium membership, then choose Airtel 4G. The company provides overhead aids like prime videos, Disney plus, and Hotstar VIP for free to its premium customers.

Customer Care Comparison

Both the network provides its customers with a 24/7 helpline number and customer care executives who can solve all issues and queries.

But according to our survey, we have found that BSNL has more issues than Airtel. BSNL users face internet speed-related problems where Airtel users are pretty happy with their network.

On the other hand, BSNL gives you the facility to call customer care from other networks. Just dial 8003451500 to reach BSNL customer executives. But, there is no option to contact Airtel customer care if your SIM network disappears.