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1Select plan and confirm port-in request
2Our executive will visit you, take your details and deliver your SIM
3 Insert the activated SIM to enjoy Airtel 4G
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You can visit https://www.airtel.in/ and then click on ‘Postpaid’ tab which then has to be followed by clicking on ‘Buy New Connection’. Now select the plan you want to buy and enter all the required details. You will have options to choose from switching your number or getting a new connection. Now click submit to complete the process. An Airtel representative will contact you to schedule a date and time as per your convenience to deliver your SIM at home.
You can visit https://www.airtel.in/ and go to Postpaid section. You will come across four plans, such as Rs 499 plan, Rs 599 plan, Rs 999 plan, Rs 1199 plan and Rs 1499 plan. All of these plans come with additional benefits.
Once you submit all the required details in the Airtel website for a new connection or a SIM card, you will be contacted by a representative of the company. He/she will schedule a date and time that suits you and will deliver the SIM to you at your mentioned address. The sim delivery is free for Postpaid SIM card.
Getting an Airtel SIM delivered to your doorstep is possible even during the Covid-19 crisis, however, only if you are in Green or Orange Zone. The rest of the process is same
Once you buy a new Airtel SIM, you have to type “SIM SPACE NEW_SIM_NUMBER” and send this SMS to 121 from your new mobile number. You will soon receive an SMS, and you have to reply with 1 to confirm it. Once you are done with these steps, your number will be activated within 5 minutes.
Porting your number from any of the operators to Airtel does not require any charges to be paid by you. It is completely free of charge. All you need is a valid unique porting code or UPC. You can get that code by sending an SMS ‘PORT
Apart from the unique porting code or UPC, you need to have any of these documents as a proof of identity (with the photograph) and proof of address: https://www.airtel.in/List-Of-Valid-Identity-Address-Proofs
Once you have submitted your form to switch to Airtel on airtel.in, along with your preferred date and time, it can be tracked through the Airtel Thanks App. You can also reschedule the free SIM delivery through the app itself.
It can be done in the following steps:
The SIM activation takes 48 hours after the KYC documents have been shared successfully. Till the SIM activation, you can continue using your earlier SIM.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) allows you to port any telecom operator number to Airtel without the hassle of changing existing sim number. When the porting of number is about to happen, you will get the new sim delivered at home and receive a heads up about porting status. Post which the current service operator will be de-activated and Airtel service will be activated after midnight. Airtel prepaid users can also avail this postpaid activation too. While the porting happens, balance will be carry forwarded to the new postpaid connection.
Other network postpaid users can also port number to Airtel prepaid online without any hassle. Airtel prepaid sim will be delivered free at doorstep. The same procedure will be followed for this activation as well.