Vodafone Reduces National Roaming Tariffs For Its Customers
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, April 30, 2015: Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, has announced the revised roaming tariffs on National Roaming effective May 1, after the telecom regulator...
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Apr 30, 2015 12:30
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Chandigarh, April 30, 2015: Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, has announced the revised roaming tariffs on National Roaming effective May 1, after the telecom regulator has slashed ceiling rates.
Vodafone customers will now pay less for both local and STD calls on National Roaming. On roaming, for all outgoing local calls, a ceiling of 80 paise/minute has been fixed from the earlier Rs 1/min, and for STD calls it is Rs 1.15/min from earlier Rs 1.5/min. For incoming calls on roaming, a ceiling of 45 paise/minute has been fixed from the earlier 75 paise/minute.
Vodafone Customers will now pay up to 75% less for texts while on roaming. For a local text, it is 25 paise compared to Rs 1 before; and for STD texts, 38 paise from Rs 1.50 earlier, in accordance with the Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines.
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Existing till 30th Apr’15 |
Revised from 1st May’15 |
Percentage change (reduction) |
Incoming |
Rs 0.75/min |
Rs 0.45/min |
40% |
Outgoing Local |
Re 1.00/min |
Rs 0.80/min |
20% |
Outgoing STD |
Rs 1.50/min |
Rs 1.15/min |
23% |
SMS Local |
Re 1.00 |
Rs 0.25 |
75% |
SMS STD |
Rs 1.50 |
Rs 0.38 |
75% |
Also, Vodafone has introduced Special Roaming Tariff Plan (SRTP) its Prepaid and Postpaid customers. The details of which are as below:
Plan |
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PrepaidSRTP (180 days) |
Postpaid* (SRTP) |
MRP INR (range) |
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201 (195-205) |
Plan Rental: 149/month |
Current Tariffs |
Outgoing Home & Roam |
INR 0.9/min |
Local@ Re 1/minSTD @ Rs. 1.5/min |
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Roam Incoming |
FREE |
FREE |
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SMS (Local/STD) Home & Roam |
1/1.5 |
1/1.5 |
Revised Tariffs |
Outgoing Home & Roam |
Rs. 0.8/min |
Local @ Re. 0.8/minSTD @ Rs. 1.15/min |
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Roam Incoming |
FREE |
FREE |
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SMS (Local/STD) Home & Roam |
0.25/0.38 |
0.25/0.38 |
Currently, Vodafone has incoming free packs for Prepaid and Postpaid customers and the incoming voice calls while on national roaming would be free, on payment of fixed charge. Revised packs under the same include:
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Prepaid |
Postpaid |
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Validity |
30 day |
7 day |
1 day |
30 days |
MRP INR (range) |
75(70-80) |
35(30-40) |
5 |
75 |
Current Tariffs |
Incoming FreeOG Local & STD @ 1.5 p/sSMS Local @ Re 1SMS STD @ Rs. 1.5 |
Incoming FreeOG Local – Re. 1/minOG STD – Rs. 1.5/minSMS Local @ Re. 1SMS STD @ Rs 1.5 |
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Proposed tariffs |
Incoming FreeLocal Outgoing @ 1.3 p/sOutgoing STD @ 1.6 p/sSMS Local – Rs 0.25SMS STD – Rs. 0.38 |
Incoming FreeOutgoing Local – Rs 0.8/minOutgoing STD – Rs. 1.15/minOutgoing Local – Rs 0.25Outgoing STD – Rs. 0.38 |
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Date:
Thursday, April 30, 2015
