New prepaid and post-paid options from Vodafone Idea will also take effect on July 4. Tariffs for various pre-paid and post-paid plans are increased by 11–24% under the new plans. According to the corporation, it would invest heavily over the next quarters to introduce 5G services and improve the 4G experience even more.
Customers will be able to access all new tariff plans through all current channels and touchpoints, according to press announcements filed on the exchanges.
The entry-level plan pricing of 28 days validity has increased by 11% to ₹ 199 from ₹ 179 as per the revised tariff plans of Vodafone Idea. The telecom provider increased the cost of its most popular 84-day validity package, which includes 1.5 GB of data each day, from ₹ 719 to ₹ 859. The business has raised the cost of its yearly unlimited plan from ₹ 2,899 to ₹ 3,499, or around 21%.
Within the daily data plan category, the ₹ 479 plan—which has a validity of 56 days and 1.5GB of data per day—has been raised to ₹ 579, representing a roughly 21% increase. Vodafone Idea’s 365 validity plan, which costs ₹ 1799 and has a 24 GB data cap, has not changed.
According to the Vi press release, “In line with its commitment to provide its consumers with simple and comprehensive plans, Vi has curated an optimum range of feature-rich plans to meet the diverse needs of its consumers. Staying true to its philosophy of supporting entry-level users and progressively linking higher prices to increased usage, changes in entry-level plans are nominal.”
The press release further states that “Vi is the only operator offering a range of unmatched benefits to its pre-paid customer by Offering Night Free Data and Weekend Data Roll Over with its ‘Hero Unlimited’ plans and a unique ‘Choose Your Benefit’ option to its Post-Paid customers under its Vi Max Plans.”
Before this, Bharti Airtel on Friday revealed a 10–21% increase in all of its data, postpaid, and pre-paid rates. Reliance Jio announced a rate increase for all of its pre-paid and post-paid services one day early on Thursday.
Telecom companies have been adamant in their support of the necessity for tariff increases to fund the expansion of services and investments in 5G services.
“We believe that this level of ARPU will enable the substantial investments required in network technology and spectrum and offer a modest return on capital,” Airtel stated on Friday when introducing new rates. In light of this, we applaud the industry announcements about tariff fixes.”
The new rate plans for Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio will take effect on July 3.
