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Now make local calls @60 Paise with Vodafone

Vodafone launches Bonus Card 39 in Delhi

Delhi, February 24, 2009: Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular service providers today launched a new ‘Bonus Card 39’ for its prepaid customers in Delhi. Priced at Rs. 39, the Bonus Card allows Vodafone customers to make all local calls at 60paise/minute in Delhi at any time of the day. The Bonus card has 30 day validity and will be available across Delhi.

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About Vodafone Essar

Vodafone Essar in India is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc and commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular license for Mumbai.  Vodafone Essar now has operations in 22 circles with over 63.34 million customers.

Over the years, Vodafone Essar, under the Hutch brand, has been named the ‘Most Respected Telecom Company’, the ‘Best Mobile Service in the country’ and the ‘Most Creative and Most Effective Advertiser of the Year’.

Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile communications company. It currently has equity interests in 27 countries across 5 continents and 40 partner networks with over 289 million proportionate customers worldwide.  Vodafone has partnered with the Essar Group as its principal joint venture partner for the Indian market.

Essar Global Limited (EGL) is a diversified business group spanning the manufacturing and services sectors of Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping & Logistics, and Projects. The group has operations and investments in India, Canada, USA, Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and South East Asia and employs 30,000 people worldwide.