Bharti Airtel is bringing particular provides on Apple TV+ and Apple Music for its subscribers in India, the corporate introduced on Tuesday. It has partnered with Apple to bundle the companies of the 2 apps with its choose pay as you go and postpaid plans. Affords can be accessible for each cellular and Wi-Fi subscribers of Airtel. In current weeks, the corporate has been increasing its 5G protection in India – a transfer that resulted within the launch of 5G booster packs and re-farming of the mid-band spectrum of its present bands in July.
Airtel and Apple Partnership
In a press launch, the corporate introduced that subscribers of Airtel Xstream – its Wi-Fi service – will be capable of watch Apple TV+ content material with choose WiFi plans. Though a number of Airtel Xtreme plans supply subscriptions to OTT apps like Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV, Disney+ Hotstar and even Netflix, Apple TV+ is just not a part of it. Nonetheless, Apple’s streaming service will now come bundled with premium Airtel WiFi and Postpaid plans, it’s confirmed.
Saying the partnership, Oliver Schusser, Apple’s Vice President of Apple Music, Apple TV+, Sports activities, and Beats mentioned, “We’re thrilled that Airtel clients in India will quickly be capable of take pleasure in all the unimaginable content material on Apple TV+ and Apple Music.”
Cell customers can even be capable of take pleasure in a subscription to Apple Music, which is the Cupertino-based tech big’s audio-streaming service. Unique provides for the audio platform are claimed to be bundled with Airtel’s personal Wynk Premium subscription. It can allow customers to entry Apple Music’s options like a large music library, offline availability of tracks, lossless audio streaming, and time-synced lyrics.
Notably, Apple TV+ subscription worth in India begins at Rs. 99 per thirty days. In the meantime, Apple Music prices Rs. 59 per thirty days for the Pupil plan, Rs. 99 per thirty days for the Particular person plan and Rs. 149 for the Household plan. Nonetheless, Airtel says each Apple companies can be accessible solely to Airtel clients in India, later this yr.