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Sanjay January 5th, 2012 8:58 AM 153 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Issues Warning, Beware of “Missed” ISD Calls

Vodafone Essar today said that if any customer have been receiving missed calls from international numbers, like +22455xxxxx than think twice before calling back. Vodafone India has been witnessing cases wherein people get missed calls from international numbers like +22455XXXXX and when the user calls back they are charged a huge sum like Rs.45 per minute for the call. The Operator said its customers in Uttar Pradesh (East and West)... Read More

Sanjay January 4th, 2012 7:39 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Organizing Free BlackBerry Service Camp in Karnataka and AP

Vodafone India and BlackBerry Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is organizing a unique “BlackBerry India FREE Service Camp” cum on-ground customer engagement initiative at select Vodafone Stores in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh circles starting January 4th -10th, 2012. At the BlackBerry Service Camp an BlackBerry Smartphone subscriber/users from Vodafone as well as any other network will get exclusive device upgrade offers, Free servicing, device trackball* and back cover replacement,... Read More

Sanjay January 2nd, 2012 6:21 PM 38 COMMENTS

DoT to TDSAT : Dismiss The Petition of Telecom Operators On 3G Roaming

Department of Telecom (DoT) today file an affidavit and requested to Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) to dismiss the petition of telecom operators challenging the Government Directive to stop Intra-Circle 3G Roaming via ICRA immediately. In a strong rebuttal to Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel on the issue of Intra-Circle 3G Roaming, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has alleged that service providers have "not come with clean... Read More

Sanjay December 24th, 2011 4:24 PM 47 COMMENTS

TDSAT Stays DoT’s 3G Roaming Ban Order On Airtel, Vodafone and Idea

Finally Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular get some relief from TDSAT over a ban on 3G Roaming pacts by Department of Telecom (DoT) till 3rd January 2012.India's Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today restrained the 3G roaming ban order by DoT on these mobile operators and asked DoT not to take any action against operators in the 3G roaming issue. TDSAT has told Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea... Read More

Chethan S December 24th, 2011 4:01 PM 30 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Goofed Up on Twitter

In our earlier article we had written about Vodafone India’s policy of discontinuing inactive mobile numbers i.e., numbers with no voice calls (incoming/outgoing), no SMS and no data usage for a continuous period of 60 days. Just to make sure industry leader Airtel has a similar policy I tweeted the following message to Airtel. @Airtel_Presence I just read on @TelecomTalk that like @VodafoneIN you deactivate numbers unused for 60 days.... Read More

Sanjay December 23rd, 2011 10:23 PM 63 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Responds To DOT Decision To Shutdown 3G Roaming

DoT has asked Airtel, Vodafone and Idea to stop its 3G Roaming via ICRA in non 3G circles with in 24 hours and have given a deadline which will end on Saturday 3 PM. Now Vodafone India respond to the same and issued a official statement stating "We received the notification from DoT after normal business hours today. "We think that this decision of DoT is completely unreasonable." "As stated... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 23rd, 2011 1:44 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches Zoozoo App Which Will Sing Christmas Carols

Vodafone India today launched the Zoozoo X’mas Melodies app for Facebook users. This unique and exciting application on facebook.com/Zoozoo will let fans celebrate Christmas the Zoozoo way. Fans can select Christmas carols sung by the Zoozoos and add sounds via their keyboard. To add to the fun quotient, users can slam snow-balls on an oddly shaped gong, shake their hips while wearing a tambourine or even spew bubbles from a... Read More

Sanjay December 22nd, 2011 1:37 PM 90 COMMENTS

DoT Asks Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular To Stop 3G Roaming Via ICRA

India's Telecom Ministry finally asked Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular to called off their mutual agreement for 3G roaming and stop 3G Roaming services via ICRA. The final decision taken by Department of Telecom after the unanimous view of telecom regulator TRAI, Law Ministry and DoT that such roaming agreement was in violation of the telecom licences (3G/UAS/CMTS) and allegations of alleged revenue losses to the exchequer because... Read More

Sanjay December 20th, 2011 2:17 PM 24 COMMENTS

Vodafone India To Discontinue Inactive Prepaid Mobile Connections

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... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 19th, 2011 4:10 PM 28 COMMENTS

Vodafone NetCruise Launched in 15 Circles

As you can remember we shared that Vodafone has started a pilot project in selected cities to offer EVDO based wireless broadband services on dongle using MTS India’s network. After completion of successful run of Vodafone NetCruise in selected cities of southern states, Vodafone goes further and launches MTS’s EVDO services under own NetCruise brand in more circles. Currently Vodafone NetCruise is available in 15 circles in the country –... Read More

Sanjay December 13th, 2011 6:25 PM 36 COMMENTS

Vodafone Responds To The BlackBerry Balance Deduction Crises

So finally it looks like Vodafone India guys are aware of the current balance deduction issue over their Prepaid BlackBerry Service what we reported on December 9th, 2011. TelecomTalk Impact : Vodafone India has quoted in its official website stating "We are aware of certain issues faced by our BlackBerry users and regret the inconvenience caused in this regard. "We are taking appropriate corrective measures to resolve it soon. We... Read More

Sanjay December 12th, 2011 1:47 PM 15 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches 3G Android Smartphone ‘Vodafone Smart’ For Rs.4995

Vodafone today announced the launch of ‘Vodafone Smart’- the new low cost own branded "3G Android phone", for all its Postpaid and Prepaid customers in India. After the IDEA cellular, Vodafone is the 2nd 3G mobile service provider who launches own branded 3G smartphone in Indian market. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor and Google's Android 2.2.1 OS, ‘Vodafone Smart’ is designed for tech savvy customers providing them access to... Read More