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Vodafone Offer 30% Discount on International Roaming For Hajj Pilgrims

by Sanjay Bafna on November 8, 2011 12:53 pm | VODAFONE 8 comments

Vodafone one of India’s leading mobile service providers today announced special discounts on International Roaming call charges for its prepaid and postpaid subscribers traveling to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Under the Vodafone Hajj Offer, All international roaming travelers to Saudi Arabia are eligible to receive a flat 30% discount on voice calling usage only. Vodafone customers can enjoy reduced call rates on all incoming and outgoing calls while roaming in Saudi Arabia only on STC network.

Apart from the 30% discount on International Roaming calls, Vodafone subscribers can now recharge their roaming Vodafone number by visiting the nearest Ezetop Retail outlet in Saudi Arabia or by logging onto ezetop.com.

Please Note : If the customer selects on any other network except for STC (Saudi Arabia) in that case he/she will not be eligible for any discount.This offer is valid up to November 30th 2011 i.e. the duration of the pilgrimage.

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Sudhakar November 13, 2011 at 10:43 am

To DB and mehboob :

Do not comment here without even accepting the fact. If Rs.0.01 per second is enough in India, then why cannot default international rates be applicable for hajj pilgrims?. Why are they giving discount only to muslims?. What about the Hindus who go to Tirupathi and the christians who go to Vaelankanni for pilgrimage?.

Talk to the topic. Do not go away from the topic. Ok?.

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MEHBOOB November 10, 2011 at 10:09 am

@DB
Sudhakar just know to differentiate us in every sector. I am quite surprised that this type of argument can occur.

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DB November 9, 2011 at 5:58 pm

@Sudhakar

@ SUDHAKAR its not religion wise that gets the criteria: Instead its USAGE (Minutes of Usage AND sms sent) that is the deciding factor.
> They charge for SMS during Deepaavali and not during ramzan or good friday.

Is 1p/sec Roaming (PREPAID) or Incoming Free Roaming (POSTPAID) not enough?
>> It must also give roaming discount for all outer state customers roaming inside Tirupati (Andhra) and Velankanni (Tamilnadu) for pilgrimage.
>

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Sudhakar November 8, 2011 at 10:32 pm

I hate partiality. First of all operators give importance to Hindu festivals in terms of robbing customers’ money (booster benefits will not be applicable, SMS charged etc). They charge for SMS during Deepaavali and not during ramzan or good friday. Damn it.

First of all, operators must give equal importance to all the religions. It must also give roaming discount for all outer state customers roaming inside Tirupati (Andhra) and Velankanni (Tamilnadu) for pilgrimage.

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Sudhakar November 8, 2011 at 10:31 pm

Better to buy BSNL postpaid normal SIM and roam in Saudi.

Click (in IE browser) : http://ir.bsnl.co.in/postpaid.jsp?cun=117

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Sudhakar November 8, 2011 at 10:29 pm

First of all give discount in roaming charges for all the people who go to Tirupati (Andhra) and Velankanni (Tamilnadu) for pilgrimage. Why are you giving only to Muslims?.

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Rajive Borde November 8, 2011 at 1:22 pm

Fahad :
better than idea’s discount offer

true ‘)

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Fahad November 8, 2011 at 1:17 pm

better than idea’s discount offer

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