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

Do you want to activate ISD on your Airtel number? In common parlance, ISD is called International Subscriber Dialing. Through this you are able to talk to someone sitting abroad. Telecom operators charge specific charges for ISD calls. This charge 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 even some free minutes for ISD calls.

How to activate ISD on your Airtel number

ISD service is already activated on all prepaid and postpaid connections on the Airtel network. This means that you have to activate ISD on your Airtel number through a few steps to call someone abroad. For this, a FAQ page is also created by all the operators in which it is mentioned that consumers cannot deactivate the ISD service on their own.

That means the basic service is already activated on your number, all you have to do is add a prefix of “+” along with the country code in front of that number before making a call. This process is the same for both prepaid and postpaid connections. If you want to call a country where the cost of a call is more than Rs 15, then you have to activate 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 vary. Its rate also varies according to the area code.
By visiting its website you can check ISD call charge rate in prepaid and postpaid.

A Rs 18 discount on Airtel network for prepaid customers ISD Recharge Pack Available which reduces ISD call tariffs for 28 days. Whereas in postpaid, there is a plan of Rs 1599 in which 200 ISD minutes and 200 GB high speed data is given. Codes for different countries are also given in the special postpaid plans on the Airtel site.
There is also a Rs 50 “umbrella” add-on pack available for postpaid customers which 33 destinations But gives discount on frequently made ISD calls. This plan is valid for the entire billing cycle and for countries like 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. Also works. However, this will not work if you call a country like Canada or Switzerland.
The Umbrella pack can be easily activated through the Airtel Thanks app. This is added to the consumer’s monthly bill.