(By Apurva Chaudhary & Vikas SN) Bharti Airtel has partnered with Microsoft to offer free Xbox games and Xbox LIVE gold memberships to new and existing Airtel Broadband customers in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, and Mumbai. While the financial details of the partnership were not disclosed, Airtel informed that it will be offering 10 free Xbox games worth Rs 7,200 and a free 12 month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership worth Rs 3,499 to new consumers who buy an Xbox 360 4GB Kinect console along with an Airtel broadband connection and existing Airtel Broadband customers who purchase a Xbox 360 4GB Kinect console. It will also be offering discounts of Rs 4,888 on the broadband connection, however its not clear if the company is offering this discount on a monthly or a yearly basis or as a one-off discount. Its also not clear which games will be made available through the offer. We have contacted Airtel and will update the post once we receive a response. In addition to this, Airtel is also offering a free three month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership to existing Xbox 360 customers who purchase an Airtel connection and will be providing similar discounts of Rs 4,888 on the broadband connection. Tariff Plans - When we checked, we noticed that Airtel is offering two broadband plans through this initiative - a Rs 8,500 for 2MBPS connection and Rs 9,500 for 4MBPS connection. These connections however come with a fair usage limit of 10GB, following which the speed drops to 256Kbps. We feel this limit is really low, especially considering that Airtel…
