Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Vodafone AXES STD and roaming prices




Vodafone, India's third largest mobile operator has slashed  STD and roaming prices tariffs following the foot prints of Bharti  Airtel  and Reliance Communications, cellular service provider, Vodafone Essar today entered the race by reducing its STD calls to Rs 1.30 per minute to any destination within India.

Roaming rates have been reduced to Re 1 a minute for all incoming and local outgoing calls. While, STD calls on roaming will be charged Rs 1.50 per minute once the new tariff comes into operation.

Last month,  Airtel had reduced its STD rates to Rs 1.50 a minute from Rs 2.65. The company also reduced its roaming tariffs under which incoming roaming calls will be charged at Re 1 a minute compared with the existing Rs 1.75. While roaming, the customer can now make an outgoing local call at Re 1 a minute and an STD call at Rs 1.50.

Following Airtel's announcement Reliance Communications, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, also announced unlimited free STD calls for all existing and new Reliance Mobile customers across post-paid, pre-paid and Hello fixed wireless phone customers.

This price benefit is offered to all Reliance to Reliance calls, both STD as well as local. Reliance Mobile post-paid customers can enjoy this benefit at a monthly rental of just Rs 440 while pre-paid customers can opt for only Rs 496 (inclusive of service tax).

For the users of Reliance Hello, Reliance's fixed wireless phone, benefit of unlimited Free STD is now available for Rs 525.

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