- Reduction of 40% in all incoming calls while roaming
- Vodafone customers will now pay 20% (local) & 23% (STD) less for calls and 75% less for texts on National Roaming
- Special Roaming Tariff Plan (SRTP) for Prepaid & Post-paid customers
- Changes made in accordance with TRAI guidelines with effect from May 1, 2015
NewZNew (Chandigarh), April 30, 2015: Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, has announced the revised roaming tariffs on National Roaming effective May 1, after the telecom regulator has slashed ceiling rates.
Vodafone customers will now pay less for both local and STD calls on National Roaming. On roaming, for all outgoing local calls, a ceiling of 80 paise/minute has been fixed from the earlier Rs 1/min, and for STD calls it is Rs 1.15/min from earlier Rs 1.5/min. For incoming calls on roaming, a ceiling of 45 paise/minute has been fixed from the earlier 75 paise/minute.
Vodafone Customers will now pay up to 75% less for texts while on roaming. For a local text, it is 25 paise compared to Rs 1 before; and for STD texts, 38 paise from Rs 1.50 earlier, in accordance with the Telecom Regulator Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines.
| Existing till 30th Apr’15 | Revised from 1st May’15 | Percentage change (reduction) | |
| Incoming | Rs 0.75/min | Rs 0.45/min | 40% |
| Outgoing Local | Re 1.00/min | Rs 0.80/min | 20% |
| Outgoing STD | Rs 1.50/min | Rs 1.15/min | 23% |
| SMS Local | Re 1.00 | Rs 0.25 | 75% |
| SMS STD | Rs 1.50 | Rs 0.38 | 75% |
Also, Vodafone has introduced Special Roaming Tariff Plan (SRTP) its Prepaid and Postpaid customers. The details of which are as below:
| Plan | Prepaid
SRTP (180 days) |
Postpaid* (SRTP) | |
| MRP INR (range) | 201 (195-205) | Plan Rental: 149/month | |
| Current Tariffs | Outgoing Home & Roam | INR 0.9/min | Local@ Re 1/min
STD @ Rs. 1.5/min |
| Roam Incoming | FREE | FREE | |
| SMS (Local/STD) Home & Roam | 1/1.5 | 1/1.5 | |
| Revised Tariffs | Outgoing Home & Roam | Rs. 0.8/min | Local @ Re. 0.8/min
STD @ Rs. 1.15/min |
| Roam Incoming | FREE | FREE | |
| SMS (Local/STD) Home & Roam | 0.25/0.38 | 0.25/0.38 |
Currently, Vodafone has incoming free packs for Prepaid and Postpaid customers and the incoming voice calls while on national roaming would be free, on payment of fixed charge. Revised packs under the same include:
| Prepaid | Postpaid | |||
| Validity | 30 day | 7 day | 1 day | 30 days |
| MRP INR (range) | 75
(70-80) |
35
(30-40) |
5 | 75 |
| Current Tariffs | Incoming Free
OG Local & STD @ 1.5 p/s SMS Local @ Re 1 SMS STD @ Rs. 1.5 |
Incoming Free
OG Local – Re. 1/min OG STD – Rs. 1.5/min SMS Local @ Re. 1 SMS STD @ Rs 1.5 |
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| Proposed tariffs | Incoming Free
Local Outgoing @ 1.3 p/s Outgoing STD @ 1.6 p/s SMS Local – Rs 0.25 SMS STD – Rs. 0.38 |
Incoming Free
Outgoing Local – Rs 0.8/min Outgoing STD – Rs. 1.15/min Outgoing Local – Rs 0.25 Outgoing STD – Rs. 0.38 |
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