Believe it or not – the bottom formation process for the tariff price wars in the telecom sector has already commenced!
It certainly seems that the depressed telecom industry has kicked off with the much needed consolidation in terms of intense price wars which had almost raised a question mark on the viability of the business case in this capital intensive industry.
This is clearly evident from the fact that Vodafone has launched a budget sized tariff plans priced at meager Rs.4 with 1 day validity.
Doesn’t it sound music to ears – with a tariff plan as low as Rs.4 ?
Not really!!
This is a typical brainchild of telecom czars to have come up with innovative usage plans that slowly and gradually sucks up Rs.4 on a daily basis from your talk time. Firstly, let’s have a look at some of the plans to start with…
For the subscribers of Mumbai, Delhi, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and some other circles Vodafone has come out with four different plans of Rs.4 each, dedicated to SMS and Call services, both.
Vodafone Rs. 4 Tariff Plan
Tariff Plans (All schemes of Rs.4/-)
|
Validity |
100 local / national SMS |
1 day |
8 local / STD minutes (Any network) |
1 day |
Local Vodafone calls @20 ps/minutes |
1 day |
Night Calling 40 minutes (11 pm to 8 am) |
1 day |
For the above tariff schemes, the Vodafone customers can subscribe to any of the plans priced at Rs.4/- with validity of 1 day, depending upon their desirable usage profile. You simply need to have a minimum balance of Rs.4 in your prepaid account to activate this daily validity pack.
The cliché in such chota recharge plans is that once they are activated, you don’t have to log-on to keep these plans alive on daily basis. Their system automatically deducts Rs.4 on daily basis from your core account balance until, of course, you get it deactivated personally.
But, are such budget chota packet recharge plans really cheap?
Not really, if you calculate Rs.4 deduction from your overall balance spanning across the month, it sums up to Rs.120 for a 30 day period. Your prepaid balance will be lower by Rs.120/- per month, irrespective of whether you use the desired plan on a daily basis or not.
Yes, these are plans that only SUBSIDISE your consumption pattern. Over and above Rs.4 per day, you also pay up discounted charges, which you should add up to your usage cost.
However, there is nothing in writing that such schemes will certainly be expensive for you. If your usage is higher (or more regular in nature on daily basis) for a particular scheme, you could as well squeeze in benefits from such schemes. But, then there always are schemes with higher denominations – if your usage profile is relatively congested.
To sum it up, this could well be a much-needed innovative up-tick away from the depressing tariff wars entered into by telecom operators. It’s a positive move for the healthy sustenance of the telecom industry. Though, we should not analyze too deeply into this one-off tariff plan, for now.
So, are we looking at an upward curve for the well fought out telecom sector?
how to deactivate v2v 10 paisa plan??
is 40 night mins valid for V2V only… or on any other service provider as well??
i mean can they be against any network or only Vodafone?
vodafone 3g unlimited only in 500 rs motnthly.
how to deactivate daily sms pack?????????
Vodafone to Vodafone 20 ps/min. is a comparatively better plan, but beneficial to only those subscriber who have majority from their contact list with the same service provider.
how to activate Rs 4 ng8 calling plan nd also hw to deactivate dat?
yaar yes 40 min. wale ko activate k liye kya dial karna padega jaldi batana pl, zzzzzzz.
*444*4#
Pallavi Saxena *444*4# …kya sure h ki night pack hi activ hoga ,…..4 rs.wale mai 4 trffic plan h …fir :P…???
Pallavi Saxena Pallavi Saxena *444*4# …kya sure h ki night pack hi activ hoga ,…..4 rs.wale mai 4 trffic plan h …fir :P…???
thanx pallavi
Cranjan Chai i use it almost daily :P yes its the correct code for nite minutes…
Ajay Negi np..:)
ma frnds call me ajju
Pallavi Saxena how to activate Rs 4 Internet plan.
Manoj Singh Bohra just dial *444# .. it provides with all the recharge codes..
Pallavi Saxena Thanx..bt esme daily internet ka koe option nhi aa rha ..
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Dial kro *444*22# or pao Rs.2 ka one plan for 20 MB data.
*777*4# is not working man…and waste of use vodafone…not connecting to customer care too.
ya right
how to deactivate it. i am angry due to 4 rs. transaction daily and no response from customer care executives
bhai sahab is plan ko deactivate kaise karna hai.
how to get the sms with 4 rs that is 400 msg per day what we must dial.
Dial 12122 (toll free) and follow the instructions.
12122 dial karne se koi aur offer directle activate ho raha hai….without any intimation
*444*3# cheers.. i use it daily,.. :P
Vodafone needs to modify their plans greatly. They provide the best signal strength, that’s understandable, but in exchange of that they literally suck the balance out of the phones. Is that really worth it?
DETAILS [KARNATAKA]
Cost – Rs 4
Local Vodafone – Vodafone Calls – 10 paise per minute
Activation Procedure – Call 12121 OR *444*2# OR Call 121
Validity – 24 hours
Cost – Rs 4
Free Local & National SMS – Free 400 SMS
Activation Procedure – 12122 OR *444*3# OR Call 121
Validity – 24 hours
Cost – Rs 4
Free Local & STD mins- 8 minutes
Activation Procedure – 12123 OR *444*1# OR Call 121
Validity – 24 hours
Cost – Rs 4
Local Vodafone – Vodafone Night mins – 40 minutes [ From 11pm – 7am ]
Activation Procedure – 12124 OR *444*4# OR Call 121
Validity – 24 hours
but yarr ye *444*1# 8minutes local/Std process nahi ho raha hai….
Hwo to activate 4rs/- 100sms free plan in 1day
ok! means jis ko jab jitani jarurat hai vo lele.
how to avail the offer no. 3
Local Vodafone calls @20 ps/minutes 1 day
tell me the code of same offer, thats not bad
dial *444# and select
kamine hai saale vodaphone wale chor chor hai
I want to know that the above mentioned four benifits are collectively charged by rs 4 per day or seperatly charged rs 4 per day, means 4*4=16 per day if i select all???
Ramswaroop… Its 4×4=16. Rs 4 per tariff… For each individual tariff u wish to subscribe.
How to deactivate the 4 rs plan.
what a scarp offer..
validity for one day..
even the offer is lanched for just few states just few parts of india..
Dosent Make sense using this plan and paying 120rs as just as rent and get 8mins of talktime per day free.. that means thy are giving 240mins of free talk time for 1 month. The only tempting thing is 100sms free per day. I personally didn’t find it exciting.
Hello Sheetal,
I agree with you. Except for SMS, the call service plan is not so lucrative. Even for SMS, one would hardly be able to squeeze in 10-20 SMS per day on an average and no more.
Vodafone to Vodafone 20 ps/min. is a comparatively better plan, but beneficial to only those subscriber who have majority from their contact list with the same service provider.
However, it could be a different ball game altogether if all the four tariff plans are provided under a single payment outgo of Rs.4 on daily basis. But, that won’t happen, as it won’t be in the telecom operator’s interest.