Breaking: Vodafone Idea Launches New Plan Silently, Indirectly Reducing Tariffs

Reported by Srikapardhi December 2nd, 2022 at 10:48 am

Vodafone Idea launches a new Unlimited Plan at Rs 2999. The unlimited plan offers users 850 GB of Bulk Data, Unlimited Voice, and 100 SMS per Day with a validity of 365 Days. However, as the plan comes with Bulk Data, benefits such as Weekend data rollover and Data delights are not offered in this yearly plan. Overall, the benefits approximately calculates to 2.33 GB of daily Data under this plan.

Highlights

The New Unlimited Plan comes at a price tag of Rs 2,999.
Offers a Bulk Data of 850 GB for One year along with Night Unlimited Benefits.
The other two plans near to the price range of this plan are Rs 2899 and Rs 3,099.

Vodafone Idea Launches New Plan Silently, Indirectly Reducing Tariffs

Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced new postpaid plans with Vi Max branding. The telco brought in revised postpaid plans for the users. Vi has also brought back the REDX branded plan. With these plans, the telco reduced tariffs in its postpaid segment to lure customers and control its subscriber base loss. As everyone is curious to know if Vodafone idea will further reduce tariffs or follow a different approach, we believe we have an answer now with the introduction of the new unlimited Rs 2999 plan. Let's look into New Unlimited Plan benefits:

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Rs 2999 Unlimited Plan:

The New unlimited 2999 plan comes with 850 GB of Bulk Data, Unlimited Voice Benefits, 100 SMS per day and 365 Days of validity. In addition, customers can also enjoy Night data without limits from 12 am to 6 am as part of Vi's Binge All Night benefit. Furthermore, Vodafone Idea also offers Vi Movies & TV Classic access to users who recharge with this plan.

Also Read: Vodafone Idea Lost Subscribers in All of its Circles Except Delhi and Karnataka: TRAI Data

MRP in Rs.	Validity	Data	Scratch Pad Data, Comments	Voice	SMS	Other Benefits
2899	365	1.5GB/Day	547.5 GB - Existing Plan	Unlimited	100 SMS/Day	Binge All Night, Weekend data rollover, Data delights, Vi Movies & TV Classic access
2999	365	850 GB	2.33 GB/Day , New Bulk Data Plan	Unlimited	100 SMS/Day	Binge All Night, Vi Movies & TV Classic access
3099	365	2GB/Day	730 GB - Existing Plan	Unlimited	100 SMS/Day	Binge All Night, Weekend data rollover, Data delights, Vi Movies & TV VIP access, Get 1 year access to Disney+ Hotstar Mobile

Vodafone Idea Unlimited Plans

Plans nearby the price range of Rs 2999 are Rs 2899 and Rs 3099. Unlimited Plan Rs 2899 offers a 1.5 GB per Day data benefit with 365 days validity and Vi Hero benefits. Unlimited Plan Rs 3099 provides users with a 2 GB per Day data benefit with 365 days validity and Vi Hero benefits.

Conclusion:

Only time can tell if this indirect reduction in tariff will help Vodafone Idea arrest subscriber loss or gain some subscribers. The wireless subscriber numbers for December will give a cue of the same.

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