Idea Cellular prepaid customers will now have to cough up more for rate cutters

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Idea Cellular prepaid customers in West Bengal will now have to cough up more for ratecutters as the company has slashed validity by over 50 per cent. The company has made changes in most of the ratecutters but vouchers for 2G and 3G services remain unchanged.

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Idea is quite popular in WB for its cheap voice rates, full talktime & network. It ranks 3rd on the basis of subscriber data in this circle.

PriceBenefitsOld ValidityNew Validity
Rs 22Local Idea to Idea Mobile Calls @ 1.2p/2s, Local Idea to Other Mobile Calls @ 1.4p/2s, STD Mobile Calls @ 1.2p/s, Landline Local/STD @ 1.65p/s28 Days14 Days

50% Benefit Slashed
Rs 23Local Idea to Idea Mobile Calls @ 30p/min, Local Idea to Other Mobile Calls @ 30p/min, STD Mobile Calls @ 60p/min, Landline Local/STD Calls @ 1.65p/s21 Days12 Days

45 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 32Local Mobile Calls @ 30p/min, STD Mobile Calls @ 35p/min42 Days10 Days

77% Benefit Slashed
Rs 33Local Idea Mobile Calls @ 30p/min, Local Other Mobile Calls @ 35p/min, STD Mobile Calls @ 60p/min, Landline Local/STD Calls @ 1.65p/s.42 Days21 Days

50 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 37All Mobile Local Calls @ 30p/min; STD Mobile Calls @ 60p/min; Landline Local/STD Calls @ 1.65p/s28 Days18 Days

32 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 39Local Idea to Idea Mobile Calls @ 10p/min.21 Days10 Days

55 % Benefit Reduced
Rs 49All Local Mobile Calls @ 30p/min, STD Mobile Calls @ 35p/min30 Days18 Days

35 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 69Local and STD Mobile Calls @ 35p/min60 Days35 Days

40 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 79Local Idea to Idea Mobile Calls @ 10p/min42 Days21 Days

50 % Benefit Slashed
Rs 29TD Mobile Calls @35p/min.30 Days18 Days

35 % Benefit slashed

*Confirm with customer care Before Recharge.

*RoWB circle only (except Kolkata)

According to industry sources, the company also plans to increase the tariffs in more circles in the coming days, how do you look at this move from Idea do let us know via comments.

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