Vodafone reduces roaming rates to 1.50 paise

Voice tariffs, SMS and now Roaming rates are getting slashed. Soon after Airtel reduced its roaming charges to 60 paise per minute, India’s other big operator, Vodafone Essar, too announced a new roaming tariff of 1.50 paise per second. Roaming charges are levied when a mobile subscriber travels outside the home network to another state or circle and continues using the operator’s service. Roaming charges are applicable to both national and international roaming.
Customers can choose the Travel Plan at a flat rate of 70 paise per minute for national roaming or the Ticket Plan for roaming rates of 1.50 paise per second. This offer is open for both prepaid and postpaid customers.
Prepaid customers can purchase the Travel Plan at Rs 58 and the Ticket Plan at Rs 62, valid for a year from the date of recharge.
Post-paid customers can opt for the Rs 299 Travel Plan or the Rs 299 Ticket Plan to avail these rates. Apart from the 70 paise roaming rate, this Travel Plan offers a flat rate of 50 paise per minute on local and national calls and 175 mins free on calls per month. Similarly, in addition to theroaming rate of 1.50 paise per second, this Ticket Plan offers customers a flat local and STD rate of one paisa per second and 10,000 free seconds per month.