Talk:India/@comment-220.227.198.41-20180421105127

If you are an I-phone user and intend to go with Airtel be aware that you will run into an issue with iMessaging. This issue is documented by several users under the link appended below and I just experienced it. In short, after you successfully start using the phone, including iMessage, Airtel will repeatedly keep charging an activation fee for iMessage until your balance goes to zero. For me, the INR 250 balance was zero'ed out in 2-3 days from the moment of recharging.

Note that Facetime appears also affected: once the balance is fully eaten up by Airtel, you will see in Settings/Facetime either a message "Waiting for activation..." or then "Activation unsuccessful. Turn on FaceTime to try again". However, despite these messages, I can still keep calling through FaceTime and also be called back. So the issue is really with iMessaging.

This issue should be added to the main Wikia page. If I knew this, I would have stayed away from Airtel and would have taken a different provider.

http://www.grahakseva.com/complaints/248855/continuous-balance-deductions-by-airtel-in-the-name-of-imessage