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May 20, 2026: Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of Priority Postpaid, a new service that leverages 5G slicing technology to deliver superior and more consistent experience to customers on postpaid. This service is specially built for busy customers who depend on uninterrupted connectivity for work, entertainment, or online collaboration.
For this service, Airtel has upgraded its 5G network with advanced capabilities of slicing technology. This makes the network more efficient; creates more capacity; and provides the capability to use this capacity in a targeted manner for delivery of superior experience for Priority customers. By intelligently and dynamically segmenting network capacity, Airtel is offering stable and dependable experience for postpaid customers, even when traffic demand is high.
Over the past year, slicing based 5G services have been launched in many countries like USA, Singapore, United Kingdom and Malaysia. Airtel’s launch is the first such launch in India, reflecting Airtel’s continued investment in building a smarter, more resilient, and future-ready digital network and reinforces its commitment to combining advanced technology with customer-centric innovation.
Commenting on the launch, Shashwat Sharma, MD & CEO – Airtel India, said, “Our focus at Airtel is on delivering meaningful innovations that enhance our customers’ experience. Priority Postpaid is our latest innovation powered by the 5G slicing technology. It provides a superior, more reliable, and dependable experience to our customers — whether they are attending a client call in traffic, or streaming at a packed concert, or booking a cab in a crowded market.”
Airtel Priority service is available for customers on all our postpaid plans. Existing customers will start enjoying the benefit automatically. Prepaid customers or customers wanting to switch to Airtel Priority postpaid can do so easily through the Airtel App or by visiting any Airtel Store.
Airtel’s Priority Postpaid plans offer customers a faster and more reliable 5G network experience along with premium benefits. The ₹449 + GST individual plan includes unlimited data, calling, 3000 SMS, spam alerts, Airtel Xstream Play, Adobe Express Premium, and 100GB cloud storage. The ₹699 + GST Family plan for 2 members includes all these benefits along with Amazon Prime and Jio Hotstar. The ₹999 + GST Family plan for 3 members additionally offers Apple TV+ and Apple Music, while the ₹1749 + GST Family plan for 5 members also includes Netflix benefits.
Customers can enjoy our Priority service on any 5G SA enabled smartphone, with their latest software upgrades. Customers for whom an upgrade is pending, will see a pending action showing in the ‘Settings’ section of their phones. Customers can also check their phone readiness for Airtel Priority services by logging on to the Airtel App.