Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks
Vodafone has entered into the EVDO based mobile broadband market with its NETCRUISE products.
At this moment Vodafone Netcruise is available Pune (Maharastra), Mysore (Karnataka), Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Coimbatore (Tamilnadu) as a Pilot Project.
If you are thinking about dual license of Vodafone, please let me clear it.
Vodafone and SSTL come into an agreement, by which SSTL’s EVDO products are to be sold under Vodafone brand, i.e. MTS MBlaze is got a new name Vodafone NetCruise! It is just like Tata Photon+ services are also available under Virgin branding as ‘vFlash’.
“Vodafone Mobile’ branded services is being offered by SSTL through a brand franchise with Mobile Commerce Solutions Limited (MCSL). MCSL will provide SSTL with designing, marketing and servicing of ‘Vodafone Mobile’ branded products being powered by SSTL.
Priced at Rs 2050 Vodafone NetCruise wireless internet modem is a Plug & Play device which supports downlink of up to 3.1 Mbps and uplink of upto 1.8 Mbps (EVDO Rev A). It also includes a MicroSD card slot.
Postpaid Plans of Vodafone NetCruise:
| Type | Charges (Rs) | Usage (MB) | Validity |
| Postpaid Starter | 699 | 1280 | 30 |
| Unlimited | 799 | 3.5 GB (FU) | 30 |
| Unlimited | 999 | 6 GB (FU) | 30 |
| Unlimited | 1299 | 9 GB (FU) | 30 |
| Overage 40p/mb |
| FU = Fair Usage with Throttling @ CDMA 1x Speeds post Bundled usage |
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Prepaid Plans of Vodafone NetCruise:
| Type | Charges (Rs) | Usage (MB) | Validity (days) |
| Starter Plan | 498 | 650 | 60 |
| Medium usage | 499 | 700 | 30 |
| Medium usage | 699 | 1280 | 30 |
| Unlimited | 799 | 3.5 GB (FU) | 30 |
| Unlimited | 899 | 4.5 GB (FU) | 30 |
| Unlimited | 998 | 6 GB (FU) | 30 |
Over usage 50p/MB.
