A week after Jio Rs. 199 plan was launched, Vodafone has released the Rs. 198 prepaid pack with 1GB data per day, bundled calls, and free SMSes.
Vodafone has launched a new prepaid plan for existing users, with unlimited voice calls and 1GB data a day at Rs. 198. New Vodafone customers need to recharge with Rs. 229 to get the same benefits, the country’s second-biggest operator said in a statement. Apart from the bundled calls and data, the new Rs. 198 Vodafone plan comes with 100 free SMSes per day. This recharge pack comes soon after Reliance Jio launched the Rs. 199 plan with 1.2GB data per day and other benefits for 28 days .
« As a part of this offer, customers will also enjoy unlimited local and STD calls even while roaming in India. The pack also offers 100 free SMS per day, » the statement said. « With 1GB data per day and unlimited calling, the plans will take care of all their (users) communication needs, » said Avneesh Khosla, Associate Director-Consumer Business, Vodafone India.
As has become the norm for most telcos, Vodafone is putting a cap on these ‘unlimited’ calls. Consumers will be able to make free calls worth only 250 minutes per day, and 1,000 minutes per week. Beyond this, they will be charged calls at 30 paise per minute for the remaining day and week, respectively. Also, they can call only a maximum of 300 unique numbers in a 7-day period; if this limit is breached, the call tariff will become 30 paise per minute for the rest of the validity period.
The company statement said that the new recharge pack is available across all Vodafone 4G circles. However, the official website does not mention the new Rs. 198 plan in some circles, such as Delhi-NCR, Chennai etc. Therefore, users need to check the plan mentions 1GB per day data allocation, as plans at a similar price point (such as the Rs. 199 pack) offer just 1GB data for the entire 28-day validity period.
Written with inputs from PTI
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