Hello guys, yesterday all Airtel customers got a beautiful new year surprise. A beautiful new year wish that will make most of us unhappy. Lets read whats that message. What? SMS are chargeable on 31st December and 1st Jan 2017. Seriously? What Airtel is trying to prove?. Ans see the wording of this message, Nav Varsh Ke Avsar Par, AApke Airtel Pack ka koi bhi benefit maanya nahi hoga. Why Airtel? I am paying you charges for SMS pack in advance and still you want to earn more from your regular customers? It would be a big new year gift if you say Calls and SMS are free for new year week but in that case your tag of money hungry operator will be removed which you don't want to lose i guess. This is a 4G era and everybody is now using internet calls and instant messengers. More than 70% mobile users are now using instant messengers like WhatsApp, Line, Wechat etc and only few percent are still using SMS for chatting with friends. Still when few peop