Bharti Airtel to offer group-sharing plans for postpaid users

To increase the base of lucrative postpaid subscribers, Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile operator, plans to come out with a new plan that allows sharing call and data plans between a group of five members. Bharti Airtel expects a further push in the number of postpaid subscriber base. Of the nearly 210 million mobile customers of Airtel, around 5% are on postpaid. Meanwhile, Airtel's rival Vodafone also gives a similar offering to its postpaid customers under the 'Red' plan. Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.