Vodafone Essar the second largest GSM operator in India, said that it will discontinue mobile services for prepaid customers on numbers that have no usage i.e., no Voice Calls (Incoming or Outgoing), SMS & Data for any continuous period of 60 days.
Prior Airtel has also made it mandatory with 60 days disconnection norm ,according to Vodafone’s statement this guideline has been implemented because Department of Telecom’s (DoT) stringent guideline for allocation of new number series based on subscribers in VLR has created acute shortage of mobile numbers, for any telecom /mobile service provider company.
Vodafone’s all new customers will be intimated of the deactivation process in their starter kits while existing customers will be informed via SMS and outbound calls wherever possible.
This information is also updated on Vodafone website.
dskushwaha December 24, 2011 at 11:33 am
So you are a Richie Rich! and flaunt it so!
But can you tell me Why Vodafone is so costly when it lack quality (Just like pug).
Pug Fan December 23, 2011 at 1:19 pm
Pug is an expensive Dog to maintain.
All BPL people use MNP.
PD December 21, 2011 at 7:44 pm
It seems that Vodafone is facing HEAT from all the sides. They too started using VAS as an easy way to make money so as to make revenue for paying fines ! I have lost around Rs.100 during the last 5-7 days by their unilateral activation of a foolish HUNGAMA scheme. Neither I asked for it nor they bothered to CONFIRM the activation. after making a complaint at 198 I was tole to send a “CAN ONE” sms to stop deduction. IT is high time that subscribers think of CITIZEN CHARTER for addressing this kind stealthy steps being resorted by the players.
ssthanu December 21, 2011 at 10:43 am
@kaushik
Dear Owners of this page : Delete the comments from Sameer.
Raghu December 20, 2011 at 11:46 pm
@Tremerin D’souza
can u please let me know in which website did u read that?
Abhijith December 20, 2011 at 8:42 pm
What ever also i wont mind this crappy Vodafone
Surtej December 20, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Abhijith December 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm
@SD
u r right . . Want to block SAMEER . . .
Abhijit December 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Very well Said.. Roaming concept Within India should be removed first, then only 60days rule of deactivation of unused Sim should be implemented…
Saurabh gupta December 20, 2011 at 7:09 pm
To telecom talk one request this is a public discussion platform and SAMEER who might be a mental patient just criticise and make undue comments talks about others family but now everybody know how is he his family may be good but he is not all his previous comments are also misleading and far away from reality and he is not ready to listen anybody you can make survey how many reader want such type of person on this forum please take some action against this type of people so that this forum remains clean
Saurabh December 20, 2011 at 6:56 pm
This is a good step as we are facing shortage of numbers in many circles.
They(Vodafone) discontinued mine in August this year, even though I had activated Rs.98 GPRS plan 40 days ago. Made calls 2 days prior the day it got de-activated. It was a special one with five 3′s in the end. Voda issued to someone the very next day as wen I called someone picked up. They cheated me. Just to issue it to someone who demanded, they de-activated mine.
Saptarshi Roy December 20, 2011 at 6:56 pm
What if a person is away at work to a different state for a period of more than 2 months and uses a different SIM there to save on chargeable incoming calls? Finally when he comes back to his native state, he finds out that his old SIM (which he used for so many years) has been deactivated? Dear DoT/TRAI please enable free incoming calls on roaming in India first before coming up with this scheme. Please use your brain once at least.
Tremerin D'souza December 20, 2011 at 6:46 pm
dot & trai are planning to introduce 11 digit nos to cope up with number scarcity.
SD December 20, 2011 at 6:35 pm
This guy comments(or rather I should say spits & spreads potty) everywhere in this site, in mnp forum, in many other topics also.
I earnestly request TT Admin to take a note of his IP address & block it. I think others will also agree as neither TT nor its readers want garbage here.
Subhendu Mukherjee December 20, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Rightly said Avishek !!
sAm December 20, 2011 at 6:13 pm
I am really worried.What will happen to my number if I stay outside the country for more than 2 months??
raj December 20, 2011 at 6:05 pm
@Avishek Ghosh
+1
Raghu December 20, 2011 at 5:56 pm
it is a good move by Vodafone and Airtel so that we can get to know actual number of subscribers.
kaushik December 20, 2011 at 5:50 pm
+100000000000
Avishek Ghosh December 20, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Atlist from ur comment…we all now know that,from which type of family u belongs?I have no words to say…
I think this man is mentally disabled..
dskushwaha December 20, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Hmm…
So you are from a GOOD FAMILY.
kankan December 20, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Good decision by Vodafone as well as Government…………….
Raaj December 20, 2011 at 4:27 pm
good! I have been seen this in Vodafone website.Remember this includes incoming calls and data usage also.So.if you don’t use the no at all for 60 days,there’s no use keeping this number and better let it go to the needy ones.
DB December 20, 2011 at 4:17 pm
Great! Its about time that OPERATORS (and CUSTOMERS) stopped keeping multiple idle SIMs in the market.