Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, today announced that its prepaid customers will now be able to avail of the 1paise/sec tariff for local and STD calls priced at Rs 74 for new subscribers, this recharge is bundled with a free SIM card with Lifelong validity.
Vodafone customers will be charged at 2p/sec for the first 60 seconds daily and will be charged at just 1p/sec thereafter for all local and STD calls. The tariff validity for this recharge is 1 year from the date of recharge.
The 1p/sec tariff is not just restricted to new users, but existing subscribers can also avail of the above tariff benefit at a recharge of Rs 70.At a recharge of Rs 251 (talk time worth Rs 225.50 with no specified validity), customers can also get local and STD calls to any phone at just 1p/sec for 30 days.
SMS, Roaming and ISD rates remain unchanged and will be applicable as per the customers’ base tariff plan.
K. Sankara Narayanan, Chief Executive Officer – Karnataka, Vodafone Essar South Limited, says “In our continued effort to empower customers, these new tariff offerings are not just economical, simple and convenient but also pack in a host of benefits. We assure our customers with excellent customer service and among the best GSM network in the state.”
kaushik October 31, 2009 at 11:00 pm
they are busy with airtel updates
updates from vodafone will be published in coming days
Swaps October 31, 2009 at 10:10 pm
@Telecom Talk
Why no update?
Swaps October 31, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Why no update of per second scheme of Vodafone Assam?
Umesh Deshmukh October 31, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Billing per second is nothing but a farce. Vodafone and Idea subscribers were already availing of very cheap calling rates i.e. 60ps/sec by making an additional recharge of Rs 80 annually. Moreover, these Telecom Operators also provided full talktime on topups. I don’t think customers will much benefit from this. It is just a matter of last pulse, however, for the preceding pulses you will pay 15ps/pulse more i.e. 75 against 60 in Maharashtra. Anyway it is for the users to decide.
Siraj Ali October 31, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Vodafone Assam circle launches 1p/per second any network anywhere,local/std.
Siraj Ali October 31, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Vodafone launches 1p/per second any network anywhere,local/std in Assam circle Rs12 for 12 month validity…,good waiting for Reliance to do some different rates..
Jeevs October 31, 2009 at 11:35 am
wonder when will these things be introduced in kerala.
Dilip Doshi October 31, 2009 at 10:42 am
Indian consumers are only interested in ‘price’ and not quality of service. No one, consumers or the operators are talking about the pathetic network congestion and drop calls.
DOT must stop operators from additing new subcribers until the network congetion and drop call issue is not resolve. Why allow customers to be cheated, it is the job of the regulators to protect the interest of consumers
Fahad October 31, 2009 at 9:31 am
Pay per sec is boring now come out with unique plans for youth….
Vinayak Pai October 31, 2009 at 9:25 am
Pathetic scheme!!!!!! 2ps/sec for the first 60 seconds and then subsequently 1 ps/sec is really pathetic. Trust Vodafone to come up with such riders!!!!!!!!
lOvEr bOy October 30, 2009 at 10:48 pm
@Anuj
why cannot the come with something new ???
Anuj October 30, 2009 at 10:34 pm
@lOvEr bOy
come on man.. whats wrong if operators do offer per second plans as optional to masses.. no one is forcing you to opt this billing system. Of course its costlier for long duration calls, but at same time its good for all those having short duration calling pattern & low usages..
lOvEr bOy October 30, 2009 at 10:28 pm
pay Per Second bakkkkwasssssss…..customer cant understanding that its not good for long duration calling….. per second hataooo telecom industry bachooooo
WOW October 30, 2009 at 10:12 pm
http://telecomtalk.info/airtel-launches-pay-per-second-tariff/11905/
Airtel India’s largest telecom service provider, today launched the PAY PER SECOND PLAN dubbed as ‘Freedom Plan’ for its GSM Mobile customers across India.
With the launch of this plan, Airtel customers will have the freedom of choosing from a variety of plans based on their usage and calling patterns.
In the ‘Freedom Plan’, Airtel customers will be charged 1 PAISA PER SECOND for All Local and STD calls to Airtel Numbers anywhere in India and 1.20 PAISA PER SECOND for Local and STD calls to all other network across India.
The Freedom Plan will be available across the country in all the 4.25 lakhs towns and villages covered by the Airtel distribution network.
It will be an attractive proposition for customers who desire a one-second pulse. Other customers can subscribe to the ‘Airtel Advantage’ plan that offers 50 paise per minute tariff for all calls within Airtel Network and 60 paise per minute off net.
Mr. Atul Bindal, President, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd said that “As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, we are committed to delighting our customers through superior network, great customer service and best value for money. Today, our network covers 110 million customers, has 100,000 sites and is available across 4.25 lakh towns and villages in 1.5 million outlets,”.
“In keeping with our ethos of providing the best to our customers, we are delighted to offer a one second pulse to those customers who find value in this pulse. Customers now have a wide choice of plans based on their usage and calling patterns,” he added.
naveen October 30, 2009 at 9:18 pm
yes, GSM operators act as if they are they are god offering cheapast tariff, but cdma operators are much more economcial and they keep complaning abt cdma services.
Tagore Varma October 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm
These big two operators-Vodafone and Airtel-are still reluctant to forgo the chance of fleecing the people of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamilnadu, comparatively having bigger subscriber base and high income states. That is why Vodafone wants to collect 60 paise extra daily from Karnataka subscribers while there is not such strings attached in other states where it has already introduced the scheme. There the scheme is simple and affordable. The Airtel offer too is intended to fleece the people. It is biased against other mobliles, which is the special character of the biggest operator which is highly discriminative against CDMA operators.
Anuj October 30, 2009 at 7:24 pm
These companies are creating confusions & complexes in per second plans too.. In Airtel, its 1.2 p/sec for off net calls.. in Vodafone, its 2 p/sec for first 60 seconds.. be simple yaar..
ANIRBAN October 30, 2009 at 7:20 pm
A costly 1p/sec plan from vodafone.look at the criteria dude,joking.