Vodafone Cuts 3G Tariffs by 80% in India

Vodafone slashed 3G tariffs in India by up to 80 per cent on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. It becomes the fourth telecom service provider to reduce rates after Bharti Airtel, Idea Celluar and Reliance communication.

Vodafone 3G plans now start from Rs 25 for 25 MB data usage and go up to Rs 1,599 for 12 GB data usage. Under the pay-as-you-go for pre-paid customers, the rate has been cut by 80 per cent to 2 paise per 10 KB.

With reduction in tariffs, Vodafone also announced there will be no additional charges for roaming on data usage. "Additionally, Vodafone will now allow its customers to use data from their bundle package while on-net roaming across any location in India without any additional charge," a company statement said.

Last month, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications had reduced tariffs for its third generation (3G) high speed internet services.