Telecom
Vodafone introduces yearly prepaid plan for Rs 1,499; offers unlimited calling, data benefits and more
Vodafone India has introduced a new prepaid recharge plan priced at Rs. 1499, which offers unlimited calling and data benefits. The yearly plan is valid for 365 days and also includes Vodafone Play subscritpion and unlimited national roaming.
The plan includes unlimited calling, with 1GB high-speed 3G / 4G data daily and 100 SMSes per day.
The users can download up to 365GB data through the validity period and once the daily limit of 1GB is hit, users can continue with high-speed downloads by paying 50 paise per MB.
Vodafone’s new plan is seen as to counter Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio’s packs and Bharti Airtel’s offers.
The Vodafone plan with compete with Rs 1,699 plan from Reliance Jio. Under this plan, Jio users get unlimited local and national calls without any FUP, and 100 local and national SMS daily. The plan includes access to JioTV, JioMovies and JioSaavn Music, among other apps.
The Jio plan comes with 365 days validity, and offers unlimited high-speed data capped at 1.5GB per day. This means, users can download up to 547.5GB data through the validity at 4G speeds. Also, once the daily limit is hit, the speed can be throttled down to 64Kbps until midnight.