VODAFONE SLASHES 2G DATA RATES

Vodafone was the first operator in the country to announce reduction in 2G data rates for the Pay as you Go (PAYG) users by 80%, back in June. It rolled out the new rates in select circles such as Karnataka, UP West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh as a pilot launch and announced that it would be rolled out in other circles across India in a phased manner. Now the company has announced the new rates would roll out for all pre-paid and post-paid customers on 2G on a ‘Pay as you Go’ basis across its circles in India from November 1, 2013.

The charges are down to 2p/10KB from the previous rate of 10p/10KB. Additionally, when a Mobile Internet customer roams anywhere in India on Vodafone, they are charged like home rates for Mobile Internet. Soon after Vodafone’s move to cut 2G data rates, other operators such as Airtel, Idea and Videocon announced similar offers.