VODAFONE REDUCES NATIONAL ROAMING TARIFFS FOR ITS CUSTOMERS

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.






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





Prepaid

SRTP (180 days)


Postpaid* (SRTP)

MRP INR (range)





201 (195-205)


Plan Rental: 149/month

Current Tariffs


Outgoing Home & Roam


INR 0.9/min


Local@ Re 1/min

STD @ Rs. 1.5/min




Roam Incoming


FREE


FREE




SMS (Local/STD) Home & Roam


1/1.5


1/1.5

Revised Tariffs


Outgoing Home & Roam


Rs. 0.8/min


Local @ Re. 0.8/min

STD @ Rs. 1.15/min




Roam Incoming


FREE


FREE




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:




Prepaid


Postpaid

Validity


30 day


7 day


1 day


30 days

MRP INR (range)


75

(70-80)


35

(30-40)


5


75

Current Tariffs


Incoming Free

OG Local & STD @ 1.5 p/s

SMS Local @ Re 1

SMS STD @ Rs. 1.5


Incoming Free

OG Local – Re. 1/min

OG STD – Rs. 1.5/min

SMS Local @ Re. 1

SMS STD @ Rs 1.5

Proposed tariffs


Incoming Free

Local Outgoing @ 1.3 p/s

Outgoing STD @ 1.6 p/s

SMS Local – Rs 0.25

SMS STD – Rs. 0.38


Incoming Free

Outgoing Local – Rs 0.8/min

Outgoing STD – Rs. 1.15/min

Outgoing Local – Rs 0.25

Outgoing STD – Rs. 0.38