Schemes & Services Vodafone: CDMA: Vodafone is infamous for its CDMA services.

Named as Magic Box, there are a variety of handsets available in it, each specialising in different categories. Starting with the Basic & Colour Magic box from Rs.999/- it goes upto Rs.9999/- for Vodafone Magic box @ work (Smartphone). Some of these include Speaker MB, Torch MB, Email MB, Flip MB, Slider MB, and Fully Loaded MB, iphone 3Gs and iphone 3G. Prepaid schemes: 1. Vodafone Campus Pack Especially for teens and college goers, it includes benefits such as Bonus 84, call charges costing 20p/min to local Vodafone numbers and a special 5 scheme (family & friends) costing 10p/min and 50p/min to other local mobiles and landlines. Including 200 free sms and 1GB free Vodafone Live or Vodafone Mobile Connect for 30 days. 2. Talk campus 295 This scheme offers its subscribers to make STD calls to Vodafone mobiles at Re 1/min. On recharge with Rs.295/-, it gives Rs.75/- talk time with 30 days validity. Calls to local Vodafone mobile phones (TN & Chennai) and other mobile phones cost @ 30p / min and 49p/min respectively. STD calls to Vodafone mobile phones @ Re 1 / min and other mobile phones cost Rs. 1.50/min. National SMS @ 25p and International SMS at Rs 3 and calls to 5 local numbers in Chennai @ 10p/min on a monthly rental @ Rs 5/FNF no. 3. Full talk time Recharges This offers the subscribers to recharge anywhere in India and get full talk time zero validity on etop up recharge. RC 351: Get full talk time of Rs 312.39 and Zero Validity. RC 501: Get full talk time of Rs 445.89 and Zero Validity. RC 1001: Get full talk time of Rs 890.89 and Zero Validity.

4. Recharge for 99 On recharge with Rs 99 the subscriber gets a talk time of Rs 10 and one month validity and calls at 99p / min. 5. 22 Bonus card It offers the subscribers to make STD calls at discounted rate of 50/min to Kolkata, Delhi & Mumbai, etc with validity for 30 days. 6. Chinna Credit It offers the subscriber to recharge for Rs.10/- any time anywhere by just messaging CREDIT to 144 or dialling *131*10# (toll free). The amount with a transaction fee of Re 2 will get adjusted with your balance after 1 day. 7. Try before you buy This allows the customer to try a scheme before the actual buy with validity upto a night or two and costing Rs.4/. The product offer includes free 10 local/STD minutes for local Vodafone calls @ 20p and other local / STD calls @ 50 p/min and a 100 free local SMS. Also including, Free 40 MB on Vodafone live! and Vodafone Mobile Connect (24 hrs) Free 40 local Vodafone Night Minutes (2 Nights) Free 400 Local and National SMS (24 hrs) 8. Bonus Recharges A variety of bonus including Voice bonus, GPRS bonus, SMS bonus, Combo bonus, ISD bonus, Jumbo bonus and Talk time bonus are offered by Vodafone prepaid services in this area of service. Each specialising offers to its customers in its own category, this is one of the much preferred schemes by the Vodafone prepaid subscribers. Some of them are as follows: Voice bonus: Local calls @ Rs.85 recharge to Vodafone mobile phones in Tamilnadu @ 20p/min, Other TN mobiles @ 50p/min and free 100 local SMS per day and 30 days validity. SMS bonus: Recharging with Rs.61/- the user can avail free 22500 Local & National SMS to any mobile in India valid upto 30 days. GPRS bonus: Vodafone live free browsing upto 50 MB for recharge of Rs.95 & post 50 MB usage charges will be 10p/10kb. Post paid schemes:

1. Combo bonus pack Offers the customer to enjoy reduced costs in text and calls varying in seconds and minutes variant. Per second variant: 35000 sec Mobile to Mobile & Vodafone to other mobiles@ 1p/1sec & 9999 local SMS at Rs.324. And 9000 sec Mobile to Mobile & Vodafone to other mobiles @ 1p/1sec & 9999 local SMS at Rs.149. Per minute variant: First 800 local mobile to mobile min free & thereafter all local calls @ 49p/min & 9999 local SMS at Rs.324. And First 200 local mobile to mobile min free & thereafter all local calls @ 49p/min & 9999 local SMS at Rs. 149. 2. Jumbo bonus value pack An annual rental package priced at Rs.1999 with free CLIP charges and 100 mins of local (ROTN & Chennai) Vodafone calls and 200 mins of local (ROTN & Chennai) mobile calls with unlimited CUG alongside free 9999 local SMS. All calls to local mobiles & landlines (Chennai & TN) are priced at Re 49p/min. 3. SMS value packs - Vodafone SMS value packs offer services that suit the needs of the subscribers the best. For Rs.25 - 9999 local sms free. For Rs.61 - 22500 local sms free. For Rs.99 -9999 local & national sms free. 4. Long conversations pack This offers 10p/min, 20p/min and 30p/min to local Vodafone mobiles at Rs.149, Rs.129 and Rs.109 respectively. 5. Local Call Rate Saver Value pack: Per second variant At Rs.59 for mobile to mobile @ 1p/sec. Per minute variant At Rs.48 for Vodafone to Vodafone at 10p/min and from mobiles to all mobiles and landlines at 49p/min For Rs.59.

Other schemes & services:

Vodafones World of services as it likes to be called, its offers a wide range of fun and entertainment schemes other than recharge and rate cutter plans. It is as follows, Tunes & Downloads Caller tunes, Ringtones, SMS tones, Vodafone music junction and music station, busy callertunes, Bhakti Sagar, Logos, Picture messages, Themes, Wallpapers, 3D wallpapers, Videotones and Full song download. News & Update News, Vodafone FLASH, SMS alerts Jobs, Vodafone alerts. Call Management - Call Conference, Call Filter, Voicemail, Enhanced Voicemail, Missed Call Alerts, Missed Call Information, Call Waiting, Vodafone Phone backup, busy Messages. Astrology - Daily Forecast, Live Astrology, Tarot Card, Vaastu & Feng Shui Tips, Rahukal & Shubhkal, Panchang, Chogadia, Vodafone Alerts. Entertainment - Mobile Box Office, Movies, Music, Jokes, Dating, EDGE on Vodafone, Games, Television, Competition, Vodafone Alerts Entertainment. Sports Cricket alerts. Finance - Portfolio Tracker, Stock, Forex & Bullion, Mobile Banking. Travel - Flight Schedules, Train Schedules, Railway Bookings, Flight Status, Flight Bookings, Taxi Fares. Devotional - Bible on SMS, Gurbaani, Pope, Bhakti Sagar, Osho, Spiritual. Mail, Messaging & more BlackBerry, Voice SMS, Yahoo! Mail & Messenger, MSN @ Vodafone, Rediff & Indiatimes, SMS, SMS Chat, Vernacular SMS, Group SMS. Bill Info E-billing.

Roaming services

National roaming - One of the most extensive roaming networks in India with coverage in more than 1000 towns & cities across the country Vodafone charges Re 1/min for all incoming calls and Re 1.75/min for Airtel networks. Local calls cost is Re 1/min and Re 1.40p/min for Airtel networks. STD call cost is Re 1.50p/min and Re 2.40p/min. Satellite calls costs Rs.550. International roaming For select countries; 1. Calling India or any other destination outside visited country and incoming calls. Rs.165 & Rs.90 - Canada, Puerto Rico, U.S.A, US Virgin Islands. Rs.150 & Rs.75 - Australia, France, Brazil, Belgium, Argentina, Spain, Israel, Italy, Colombia, Peru, Turkey. Rs.170 & Rs.27.60 - Egypt, Cameroon, Madagascar, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Bolivia. Rs.65 & Rs.55 - Iran, Nepal, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh. Rs.230 & Rs.60 - Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Rs.58& Rs.27.60 - South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Lebanon. Rs.185 & Rs.115 Qatar, U.A.E. Rs.140 & Rs.70 Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, U.K, Sweden. 2. Outgoing SMS is Rs.15/SMS for all the countries. GPRS Roaming Subscribers can subscribe to Daily packages and save on International Roaming charges and can choose to pay per day packages for using GPRS on international roaming for BlackBerry, iPhone & Vodafone Mobile Connect. The packages available are: Vodafone Daily Connect Mobile Package @ Rs.599/Vodafone Daily Connect Mobile Package @ Rs.799/Vodafone Daily Connect Mobile Package @ Rs.1299/iPhone Daily Package @ Rs.599/iPhone Daily Package @ Rs.799/iPhone Daily Package @ Rs.1299/Blackberry Daily Package @ Rs.299/day.

Vodafone not only provides various services but also gives easier accesses to its subscribers to change their plan, activate services, payment options and account management online. Self Service Kiosks: With a number of Self service kiosks opening up around the city, Vodafone gives its customer the easy access to recharge their number, question about certain plans and offers and mobile purchase. A number of dedicated staffs assist the customers in finding solutions to their queries providing high end services in a digitally equipped environment making the consumer feel that they have purchased the right product. Collaterals, flyers, brochures are often distributed here. Easy Payment options: Vodafone comes up with a variety of ways for paying up the bills through; Offer on Payment through Debit card. Pay online at any time in My Vodafone. Do it yourself at Self-Service Kiosks in Vodafone Stores, malls, theatres & more. Pay by Credit Card. Pay by Electronic Clearing System. Have Vodafone staff to pickup your payment Collection agencies - Code of Conduct & other details Visiting payment centres to pay by cash or cheque.

Online account Management: The most reliable and easiest way to maintain an account backup is through online account management. Vodafone provides each and every customer in its subscription its various services offered through e-mails to each and every individual. It also has an interactive demo in its public access website on how to create a Vodafone account online through a user-friendly video. Designed in such a way its website gives the most convenient ways of accessing the site through its various links of offers and services provided. Creatively entitling each and every scheme to attract the common man, Vodafone gives its best.