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Vodafone India launches Super Network Operations Centre and Experience Centre in Pune

Vodafone India, today launched Super Network Operations Centre (SNOC) and Super Network Experience Centre (SNEC) in Pune. The SNOC provides insight into the workings of over 120,000 Vodafone sites that offer network coverage across 22 circles remotely. The SNEC enables enterprise customers to experience the latest and emerging business communication solutions to Communicate, Collaborate and Connect better. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches Super Network Operations Centre and Experience Centre in Pune”

Vodafone India launches Vodafone Fan Army contest for IPL 2014

Vodafone Fan Army IPL contest

Vodafone India has launched Vodafone Fan Army, a new Group Selfie contest for pre-paid and post-paid Vodafone customers. Vodafone customers can upload a group selfie with their friends on vodafone.in/fanarmy and stand a chance to win an opportunity to be a part of the Vodafone Fan Army by winning tickets to watch the IPL match live in India. Participants would also stand a chance to win jerseys and other merchandise. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches Vodafone Fan Army contest for IPL 2014”

TDSAT allows 3G Intra-circle roaming pacts between Airtel, Vodafone and Idea

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today cleared the 3G intra-circle roaming agreements signed between Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular by saying that the 3G intra-circle-roaming (ICR) does not violate the Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) license, reports ET. It has also quashed all penalties imposed by the Department of Telecom (DoT) on these operators last year.

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Vodafone acquires 100% stake in Vodafone India

Vodafone has just announces that it has acquired 100% stake in its Indian subsidiary, Vodafone India Limited. It acquired indirect equity interests in VIL held by Analjit Singh and Neelu Analjit Singh in March, taking its stake to 89.03% of Vodafone India. Piramal Enterprises Limited has agreed to sell its 10.97% Vodafone India stake to Vodafone for Rs. 8,900 crores. The combined cash consideration for both transactions was Rs. 10,142 crores (1.0 billion GBP), said Vodafone. Continue reading “Vodafone acquires 100% stake in Vodafone India”

Vodafone India promotes 3G using Augmented Reality and RFID

Vodafone India started BE SMART initiative long back to promote the use of mobile internet in India. The company recently launched a new campaign that uses tools like augmented reality, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) aimed at engaging, educating and providing a better smartphone experience on the go to its customers. Continue reading “Vodafone India promotes 3G using Augmented Reality and RFID”

Vodafone ties up with Disney India to launch Vodafone Games & Apps

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Vodafone India has partnered with Disney India’s Interactive business to launch Vodafone Games & Apps to offer premium games and apps for both feature and smart phones. Vodafone partnered with Hungama to launch Vodafone Music back in December last year and tied up with Star India for Vodafone Sports. Continue reading “Vodafone ties up with Disney India to launch Vodafone Games & Apps”

Vodafone India partners with Opera to bring web pass service

Vodafone India has partnered with Opera Software to bring web pass services for Indian customers. Opera Web Pass was announced back in 2012, and lets operators offer time or site specific, mobile internet offerings to their customers. This will encourage new users to get online using their mobile devices and also help increase data usage among the existing users, believes Vodafone and Opera. Continue reading “Vodafone India partners with Opera to bring web pass service”

Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering

Vodafone India has entered in to a strategic partnership with Star India for multi-sports offering under new Vodafone Sports portal on Vodafone Live. This lets feature phone as well as smartphone users enjoy sports content on-the-go. Powered by starsports.com, Vodafone Sports offers curated in-depth content from different sports such as Cricket, Football, Tennis and Hockey. It would cover other major sports like F1, Tennis etc in the future. Continue reading “Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering”

Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana

Vodafone India partnered with ICICI Bank to launch M-Pesa, mobile money transfer and payment service back in April 2013. It was introduced in Delhi and NCR in August 2013. Now Vodafone India has launched the service in Haryana region. It offers a simple and secure way to transfer money and make payments with the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. This service offers unbanked and under serviced sections of the country to gain access to financial services via the mobile phone. Continue reading “Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana”

Vodafone K4201 21.1 Mbps 3G dongle launched for Rs. 999

Vodafone K4201

Vodafone India has launched K4201, the company’s latest 3G USB dongle that offers download speeds up to 21.1 Mbps its post-paid customers. It supports all major operating systems including, Window 8, Mac and Linux and also has a built-in microSD card (up to 32GB). Continue reading “Vodafone K4201 21.1 Mbps 3G dongle launched for Rs. 999”

My Vodafone app arrives for Windows Phone 8 devices in India

My Vodafone for Windows Phone

Vodafone India launched My Vodafone self service app for iOS, Android and Blackberry platforms earlier this year. Now the app is available for Windows Phone platform. Just like other platforms, this lets you pay phone bills, recharge prepaid account, track service requests, subscribe to the best offers and more. You need a valid My Vodafone Login ID and password to use the app. A lot of Windows 8 smartphones including the latest Lumia 1520 did not support the app. Hope Vodafone India would upgrade the app to support more WP8 smartphones. Continue reading “My Vodafone app arrives for Windows Phone 8 devices in India”

Vodafone India launches Music service along with an Android app

Vodafone Music

Vodafone India today launched Vodafone Music, the company’s new music service that enables users stream, share and download music and watch music videos at a nominal cost. Vodafone has also launched an Android app that lets users listen, explore and download audio and video songs. This subscription-based service for Vodafone users comes in daily, weekly and monthly packs. The music service is powered by Hungama with a vast collection of songs in various genres and languages. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches Music service along with an Android app”

Vodafone to reportedly buyout its Indian partners for Rs. 10,141 crore

Back in October there were reports that the UK telecom giant Vodafone was planning to increase its stake in the Indian unit by buying out its Indian partners. Now Economic Times reports that Vodafone Group will buy out its Indian partners by paying Analjit Singh Rs 1,241 crore and Piramal Enterprises Rs 8,900 crore for their stakes in Vodafone India. So the company would end up paying Rs 10,141 crore. Vodafone currently holds 64.38% stake in the Indian unit directly. Continue reading “Vodafone to reportedly buyout its Indian partners for Rs. 10,141 crore”

Vodafone slashes 2G data rates by 80% for its Pay As You Go customers across India

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. Continue reading “Vodafone slashes 2G data rates by 80% for its Pay As You Go customers across India”

Vodafone India launches new international roaming packs, offers up to 95% discount on data

Vodafone India has launched a new international roaming pack for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in India visiting 53 countries including UK, USA, UAE, Thailand, Singapore and more. It offers over 95% discount on data and approximately 78% on outgoing local and international calls compared to existing rates. These are available in two variants, Rs. 599 and Rs. 1499 that comes with a validity of 10 and 30 days respectively. Vodafone launched international roaming packs for post-paid users earlier this year, the new packs are cheaper than that. Continue reading “Vodafone India launches new international roaming packs, offers up to 95% discount on data”