Airtel customers can now enjoy flat and affordable rates for its customers travelling across Airtel’s Africa countries, after the introduction of “One Airtel.”
“One Airtel” roaming offer enables inbound roamers or visiting subscribers from all Airtel Africa countries to be treated as local customers in the visited country in terms of pricing, including receiving calls free of charge while retaining their home SIM card.
Airtel Kenya customers can travel across sixteen Airtel Africa’s countries and can roam on any of the Airtel networks for only Ksh. 12 per minute for all local calls within the country, and Ksh 35 per minute for any call back to Kenya or for an international call. Receiving calls while roaming still remains free of charge for the first 100 minutes a month.
The countries where the new flat rate applies include, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, DRC, Gabon, Congo, Niger, Tchad, Burkina Faso and Madagascar.
In addition, Airtel Kenya SMS rates to and within Uganda and Rwanda have been reduced to Ksh. 6/-. Previously, customers used to pay from Ksh. 13/- while roaming and Ksh. 10/- for international SMS to the two countries. Voice calls to and within these countries will remain the same at the rate of Ksh. 10 per minute.
The changes in the tariffs within Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda is as a result of an agreement by the heads of state of three East African countries to reduce cross-border calling rates by 60 percent, as part of efforts to enhance regional integration.