How to activate ISD on your Airtel number to make phone calls abroad

Do you want to activate ISD on your Airtel number? ISD is commonly known as International Subscriber Dialling. Through this, you can talk to someone sitting abroad. Telecom operators charge a specific fee for ISD calls. This fee is higher than regular and local STD calls. Airtel and other telecom operators have some prepaid and postpaid recharge plans through which you are given some discount or some free minutes for ISD calls.

How to activate ISD on your Airtel number

ISD service is pre-activated on all prepaid and postpaid connections of Airtel network. This means that you have to activate ISD on your Airtel number by following some steps to talk to someone abroad. For this, an FAQ page is also created by all operators in which it is mentioned that consumers cannot deactivate the ISD service on their own.

That is, the basic service is already activated on your number, all you have to do is to put a prefix of “+” in front of that number along with the country code before making a call. This process is the same for both prepaid and postpaid connections. If you want to call a country where the charge for a call is more than Rs 15, then for that you have to activate the advanced ISD service. For this you can use the customer care helpline number 121 or you can also visit the nearest Airtel store.

Airtel has prepaid and Postpaid ISD call tariffs are different for different areas. Its rates also vary according to the area code.
You can check the ISD call charges rates in prepaid and postpaid by visiting its website.

For prepaid customers on Airtel network, there is an Rs 18 plan. ISD Recharge Packs A plan is available which reduces the ISD call tariff for 28 days. In postpaid, there is a plan of Rs 1599 which gives 200 ISD minutes and 200 GB high speed data. The codes of different countries are also given in the special postpaid plan on the Airtel site.
There is also an “umbrella” add-on pack available for postpaid customers for Rs 50, which 33 destinations This plan offers a discount on frequently made ISD calls. This plan is valid for the entire billing cycle and works for countries like the US, UK, UAE, Afghanistan, Thailand, Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Nepal, Singapore and Sri Lanka as well as select area codes in Australia and New Zealand. However, it will not work if you call a country like Canada or Switzerland.
The umbrella pack can be easily activated through the Airtel Thanks app. It is added to the consumer’s monthly bill.