Virgin Mobile the Youth focused Mobile service operator today launched its GSM mobile service in Orissa telecom circle via its franchisee agreement with Tata Teleservices. After the successful launch in Adnhra Pradesh, Chennai, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu telecom circle Orissa become the 6th circle in Virgin mobile’s GSM operations in India. Virgin Mobile Prepaid Starter Kit costs Rs 49 comes with lifetime validity and zero talk time.
Virgin Mobile initially introduces two GSM Tariff Plan, Per Minute and Per Second Billing Plan. With per minute plan all Virgin to Virgin local calls will be charged at 20 paisa and to all other local at 40 paisa per minute. The STD calls to Virgin Mobile charged at 20 paisa and to other network it cost 50 paisa. All Local and National SMS cost 50paisa and All Calls while Roaming charged at 60 paisa minute. The plan comes at daily rental of Rs.1.50.
While its Pay Per Second Plan cost just Rs.12 and comes with the tariff validity of 365 days from the date of activations. In this plan subscribers can enjoy all Local and STD calls at 1 paisa for 1 second, SMS (Local/National) at 50 paisa and all Roaming calls at 60paisa per minute. Customers on the Pay Per Second plan can move back to the Per Minute plan by doing a one-time recharge of Rs 13 (Talk time: Rs 11.79).
Speaking at the Orissa circle launch, M.A.Madhusudan, CEO, Virgin Mobile India said “We have launched with a plethora of unique products and services designed to strengthen our brand promise to the youth of the country. As a initiative to inch closer to the youth and take the brand to the next level, Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza have been appointed as the new brand ambassadors for Virgin Mobile in India.
“Virgin Mobile branded services are being offered to the Indian consumers by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin group. We are targeting a large niche market comprising of the youth and we aim to achieve 10 percent of market share in the youth segment in the next three years. By September this year, we are planning to make an investment ofh Rs. 500 crores,” said Madhusudan talking about the business plans.
“For now, consumers across Orissa (Odisha) will be offered a differentiated tariff of 20p/min for STD and local calls to any Virgin Mobile number without any pack. Virgin Mobile customers calling any other network will be charged at 40p/min for local and 50p/min for STD calls again without any packs,” he said.
Virgin Mobile with its foray into the GSM segment has announced ten industry “firsts” for the youth of India clearly looking forward to garner a significant market share. The ten industry firsts include VAS offerings like “Friend circle”, vBelong, vGenie, WOW, vJingle and many more to follow with music, infotainment and social networking as the key areas of focus. Virgin Mobile will also be the first mobile service brand to offer its users a full bill guarantee on prepaid.
The operator also rolled out A unique brand ambassador initiative in colleges called “vTurks” with the aim to create Virgin Mobile champions to tap into specific communities.
To Know more on Virgin Mobile GSM Service just call 121 from Virgin Mobile or call 60016666 any time, any day and don’t forget to add your area STD Code.
For Details of GSM Tariff Plans by Virgin Mobile just click here -Virgin Mobile GSM Tariff Plans In Details
siddhant February 1, 2010 at 12:59 am
virgin welcome to orissa……
Rossey,Mysore January 30, 2010 at 4:20 pm
@Maddy ,Bangalore
Yes….,U R RIGHT…..,My HP Smartphone too had problem when i was using tatadocomo sim…,.but now i enjoy Aircel’s data services and crystal clear voice calls without any problem/difficulty.
Debopratim Roy January 29, 2010 at 9:36 pm
This service is for virgins and gays…..Others excluded from using this service as the name speaks for itself..
Maddy ,Bangalore January 29, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Virgin Mobile GSM Service in Karnataka is worst,customer care service doesnt exit….,and tariff plans sucks as we have 7 other gsm operators offering attractive tariff plans…..,and lastlyly the network (tata docomo) is dud,my blackberry and nokia handset hangs when ever i use tatadocomo/virgin gsm sims !
Rahul January 29, 2010 at 7:05 pm
mumbai mai kab?
Raj January 29, 2010 at 5:36 pm
@Avishek
No clear understanding between defence and telecom ministry.
Sufferers : Customers like us who are expecting 3G…
Dr. Manmohan singh should interfere immediately
Avishek January 29, 2010 at 4:38 pm
What is hell going on Indian Telecom……No’s of telco launching their service but in case Of 3G….read this heartbreaking news……..Source…ET
****In a surprise move, the government has postponed to the next fiscal auction of spectrum for 3G telephony which was expected to bring
in Rs 35,000 crore to the exchequer.
According to senior officials in the Department of Telecom, Law Minister Veerappa Moily, who is member of the EGoM, has opined that the auction should he held when the spectrum is available.
Telecom Minister A Raja could not be contacted immediately for his comments. Officials however, said that the auction is expected to take place in August-September this year. It is pertinent to mention that the Ministry of Defence had agreed to vacate the spectrum only during middle of this year.
The Empowered Group of Ministers, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had decided to allow four private telecom firms for the next generation mobile telephone services (3G) and had made a provision for garnering up to Rs 35,000 crore from the sale of airwaves in the current fiscal.
The postponement of 3G spectrum auction to 2010-11 is likely to have some adverse impact on the government’s finances and the fiscal deficit which is pegged at 6.8 per cent of the GDP.
Ani M January 29, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Thanks God…..per min plan without any pack…
Prasath J January 29, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Though operating on DoCoMo network, it offers better roaming tariff than GSM only biggies like Airtel and Vodafone @ 60p/min (For Incoming, Outgoing Local, Outgoing STD too)…
sumit gupta January 29, 2010 at 12:47 pm
its the time to talk only on gprs plan…..
gprs revolutionary……time
kaushik January 29, 2010 at 12:39 pm
virgin remains no more virgin
JD January 29, 2010 at 11:42 am
When do they launch their service in Kolkata???
But it’s also to be true that they are using TTDM network which have worst service in Kolkata.
lokesh January 29, 2010 at 11:37 am
please introduce new plans think different