Vodafone Idea Tariff Hike: Prepaid Customers Porting Out To BSNL, says VIL CEO

Major telecom operators –Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea announced tariff hikes In July, however state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), has not increased its tariffs.

New Delhi: Vodafone Idea (VIL) CEO Akshaya Moondra at the company's Q1 earnings call on Tuesday said the company it is witnessing an efflux in subscribers port-outs to BSNL following the recent tariff hikes announced by the company. Moondra said that the company is closely monitoring the situation.

"One of the trends we have seen is that the port out to BSNL has generally risen from pre-tariff increase levels which is a space we are watching...And the reason for that is because they (BSNL) has not increased their tariffs so there is a fair amount of arbitrage," he said.

Moondra viewed the quick decisions to port out as being taken purely on the basis of tariff action and may not eventually sustain, given the 4G coverage offered by VIL.

"We are watching this space - our expectation is that customers who are used to having good coverage and experience of 4G coverage, probably current offering of BSNL may not be to that extent...As people who may have taken a quick decision in terms of tariff actions...May most likely come back. But we will keep on watching this space and see what needs to be done," he said.

Major telecom operators –Airtel, Jio announced tariff hikes In July. Vodafone Idea raised tariffs by 11-24 percent. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), however, has not increased its tariffs.

Vodafone Idea's (Vi) new plans for its prepaid and post-paid consumers are effective from July 04, 2024. 

Check Vodafone Idea Mobile Tariff, Data Limit And Other Details

Vodafone Idea New Prepaid plans: Unlimited Voice Calling Plan

Existing Plan Price Rs	Validity	Plan Benefits	New Plan Price Rs
179	28	2GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	199
459	84	6GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	509
1799	365	24GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	1999

Vodafone Idea: Daily Data Plan

New Prepaid plans: Unlimited Voice Calling Plan

Existing Plan Price Rs	Validity	Plan Benefits	New Plan Price Rs
179	28	2GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	199
459	84	6GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	509
1799	365	24GB Data, Unlimited Calling, 300 SMS	1999

Vodafone Idea Daily Data Plan

Existing Plan Price Rs	Validity	Plan Benefits	New Plan Price Rs
269	28 Days	1GB Data/Day, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	299
299	28 Days	1.5GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	349
319	1 Month	2GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	379
479	56 Days	1.5GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	579
539	56 Days	2GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	649
719	84 Days	1.5GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	859
839	84 Days	2GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	979
2899	365 Days	1.5GB/Day, Unlimited Data (12am to 6am), Weekend data rollover, Data delight, Unlimited Calling, 100 SMS/Day	3499

Vodafone Idea Data Add On

Existing Plan Price Rs	Validity	Plan Benefits	New Plan Price Rs
19	1 Day	1GB	22
39	3 Days	6GB	48

Vodafone Idea New Postpaid Plan

Major telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have announced hike in its mobile tariff plans effective 03 July 2024. Bharti Airtel and Jio announced to increase their their tariffs by 10%-21% and 13%-27%, respectively.