Company Press Release:
Vodafone announces the Vodafone Friends Circle offer for its customers
Delhi, December 30, 2008: Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular service providers, today announced Vodafone Friends Circle for its customers across the country. Vodafone Friends Circle allows Vodafone customers to make local calls to their friends at 20 paise/min. A maximum of five numbers can be added by Postpaid and Prepaid users. Vodafone customers can know all about activating this service simply through an SMS FRIENDS to 144 (toll free).
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Customers need to pay a monthly rental of Rs.15/number per month to enjoy this offer. All local calls made to these added numbers would be charged at 20 paisa/minute. Standard charges will be applicable for roaming and SMS. Customer has the flexibility to change his or her choice of numbers at the end of a month.
Harit Nagpal, Director Marketing and New Business, Vodafone Essar, said, “We have seen that the bulk of a customer’s calls are made to a handful of numbers. The Vodafone Friends circle offer helps customers economise on their monthly mobile phone bills.”
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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 58.76 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 now has operations in 25
countries across 5 continents and 40 partner networks with over 280 million
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.
*Figures from Cellular Operators Association of India, November 30, 2008