Vodafone launches customized version of Opera Mini browser for low cost 2G handsets
- Category: Vodafone
- Thursday, 08 April 2010 14:01
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone Essar has joined hands with Opera Software to redefine your mobile Internet experience.Vodafone's Subscribers can Download the Opera Mini browser onto their Vodafone mobile phone to enjoy up to 7 times faster connectivity. It compresses your downloaded data by nearly 90% & lets you do all the things you do on your computer. Blog, chat, browse, book tickets – anything on the web, on the move!
Features :
- Available for free download on Vodafone live!
- Compresses data by up to 90% so you can save time and money
- World’s most popular mobile Internet browser with over 20 million users
- Up to 7 times faster than your native browser
- Specially customised browser for Vodafone users
- Add, modify or delete bookmarks from a grid on your start page – for quick and convenient access to popular websites like Yahoo, Facebook, Blogger, Naukri, Moneycontrol and more
- Auto Complete enabled to make address inputs faster, easier and more intuitive
- Lets you search for text within a page to find your information faster
- Offers a virtual mouse add-on for easy scrolling in any direction.
Download through SMS :
- Download Opera Mini in minutes with an SMS from your Vodafone Mobile phone.
- Instructions:-:
- sms INTERNET to 111 (toll free)
- You’ll receive an SMS with the Opera Mini download link
- Paste this link on your address bar
- Follow the downloading instructions
Charges :
- Free download on Vodafone live!
- Data usage charges: 10p / 10KB applicable
Vodafone's ZooZoo Bags Awards at Asia Marketing Effectiveness Festival
- Category: Vodafone
- Thursday, 08 April 2010 11:14
- Written by Sanjay D Bafna
Vodafone Essar has announced that its Zoozoo campaign won three accolades - two Gold and one Silver, at the Asia Marketing Effectiveness (AME) awards ceremony. The awards ceremony held in Shanghai, recognized the campaign’s success in meeting its objective and its overall impact in India.The ‘Vodafone Zoozoos’ campaign won a Gold and a Silver in the ‘Most effective use of advertising’ category and the ‘Best Integrated Marketing Campaign’ category respectively. The online Zoozoo campaign - ‘Guess who has a larger fan following than Mickey Mouse?’ won a Gold in the ‘Most effective use of interactive marketing’ category.
Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Essar said, “Over the years, the AME awards have recognized excellence in marketing campaigns across Asia and it is a matter of great honour to win three awards at this prestigious platform. I think the success of this campaign can be attributed to the strong creative synergies between O&M and Vodafone and the easy connect this campaign achieved with viewers.”
The Asian Marketing Effectiveness Awards seek to identify the region’s top creators, and reward insightful strategies that add value to consumers, and truly define and build habits. Now in its eighth year, the AME’s is hailed as the region’s premier recognition of excellence in marketing effectiveness.
Vodafone (Mumbai) offers popular songs at Re.1
- Category: Vodafone
- Tuesday, 06 April 2010 17:08
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone today announced a music download service which enables customers in Mumbai to download full length songs at just Re.1 per song. This service is available on Vodafone Live to both prepaid and postpaid customers with a basic GPRS connection on their handset. Customers can SMS <Song> to 111 (toll free) and get the link that leads to the subscription page. Customers can browse thousands of popular songs across various genres such as Bollywood, Bhajans, International Hits, Ghazals and more. This service has a search option which helps customers find their favorite songs with ease.
Customers can subscribe to this service on a daily basis for Rs.5 which enables them to download 5 songs in a day. Selected songs will automatically be saved to a personalized virtual playlist titled ‘My Songs’ on the portal and can be downloaded again at no additional charge.
Vodafone (Kolkata) Postpaid subscribers can now access their tariff details and offers with 'MyPlan' service
- Category: Vodafone
- Wednesday, 31 March 2010 13:40
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone (Kolkata) Postpaid subscribers can now get tariff details and information on various offers on their current talk plan. Vodafone today announced the launch of ‘Myplan’ service for its postpaid customers in Kolkata. This service empowers the customers to avail tariff details and information on various offers on their current talk plan.To use this service all you need to do is send a SMS <Myplan>to 111. This is a toll free number. Once you do that you will receive an SMS with your account details.SMS <Myplan> to 111 (toll free), a customer will receive an instant response stating their account details.
Vodafone launches IPL Bonus Recharge
- Category: Vodafone
- Friday, 26 March 2010 17:25
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone Essar today announced an exclusive IPL Bonus Recharge for all Vodafone Prepaid customers in the country. IPL Bonus Recharge is priced at Rs.71 and offers customers full talk-time (less Service tax). In addition, customers will get bonus minutes equal to the highest runs scored by a batsman in an IPL match on the previous day. These additional minutes will be valid for a period of 5 days from the day of the recharge, and can be utilized for calls to Local Vodafone numbers during night hours.
Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Essar said, “Our aim has always been to provide innovative and superior services that benefit our customers. With this special IPL Bonus Recharge which offers bonus talk-time equal to the highest individual score by a batsman, we hope to double the excitement for our customers."
iPhone 3GS is now available on Vodafone
- Category: Vodafone
- Friday, 26 March 2010 16:57
- Written by Puneet Jain
After Airtel its now Vodafone. Vodafone has announced that from today iPhone 3GS is available for its customers. iPhone 3GS up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G - with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. The App Store provides access to more than 150,000 applications from games to social networking to financial planning and health management, generating more than 3 billion downloads to date. iPhone is now available in over 80 countries around the world.Price detail of iPhone 3GS
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Rest of India |
Mumbai, Mah, MP |
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iPhone 3G 8GB |
29,500 |
33,500 |
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iPhone 3GS 16GB |
35,500 |
40,500 |
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iPhone 3GS 32GB |
41,500 |
47,500 |
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Vodafone iPhone 3GS Plan details :
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Please note that :
- Data browsing on iPhone will be possible only if you subscribe to any of the above data plans or talkplans.
- These data plans are available only on iPhone and will not work with any other device.
- The Postpaid data plans provide considerable savings as compared to standard data tariffs. Even browsing charges beyond the free usage is at 50% of the standard tariff for both Postpaid and Prepaid plans / packs.
- The Postpaid data plans can be taken along with any existing Postpaid plan.
Vodafone introduces new GPRS Pack for Kolkata
- Category: Vodafone
- Friday, 19 March 2010 17:51
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone Essar today launched a GPRS voucher for its prepaid customers in Kolkata. Priced at Rs. 21, the GPRS prepaid voucher allows the customer to browse upto 200 MB data and comes with a validity of two days.The GPRS voucher is available across all Vodafone Stores, Mini Stores and other retail outlets in Kolkata.
Its clear that Vodafone is not targetting new consumers with this plan as its very costly as compared to what other operators are providing. Vodafone need to rethink about its new GPRS plan in Kolkata if it wants to attract new customers. I mean they are not offering better tariffs or atleast the same tariffs as TATA DOCOMO or Aircel. Those people who
Vodafone launches 'Chhota Comics'
- Category: Vodafone
- Wednesday, 17 March 2010 16:16
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone today announced the launch of ‘Chhota Comics’ service. Users of Chotta Comics service can access comic strips as well as full length comics of popular Indian and international titles like Suppandi, Chacha Chaudhary, Mickey & Donald, Akbar Birbal, Winnie the Pooh, Hanuman & lots more, on their mobile phones.The ‘Chhota Comics’ services will be available to Vodafone customers through Vodafone Live! Vodafone subscriber can also send a message ‘COMIC’ to 111 to access the WAP URL to download the application and purchase the desired comic.
The comic store has over 35 popular titles under various categories and is priced at Rs.2 per comic strip and Rs. 15 per full length comic. “Chhota Comics’ will provide a rich user experience with advanced features such as pan, zoom & vibrate for different situations in the various available comics.
Kumar Ramanathan, Chief Marketing Officer at Vodafone Essar said, “Last year we launched Amar Chitra Katha on Vodafone, which became very popular with our customers. With the launch of ‘Chhota Comics’ service, we aim to further enhance our customers’ experience by providing them with advanced features and more comic categories.
Vodafone launches New Bonus cards for Kolkata
- Category: Vodafone
- Monday, 15 March 2010 18:15
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone has announced three new bonus cards for its customers in Kolkata. The cards offer prepaid Vodafone customers with free local SMS and talk time. Users get the option to choose from a range of Bonus Cards priced at Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 30.Customers can recharge with Rs 10 Bonus Card and can get a talktime of Rs 6.07. The Rs 20 Bonus Cards and Rs 30 Bonus Cards offers a talktime of Rs 15.13 and Rs 24.20 . All these cards provide 10 free SMS to all local numbers in West Bengal. .
The Bonus Cards come with a three day validity and are available at all Vodafone Stores, Mini stores and retailers across Kolkata.
Vodafone launches the ‘Star of the Match’ competition for DLF IPL Season 3
- Category: Vodafone
- Wednesday, 10 March 2010 16:01
- Written by Puneet Jain
Vodafone Essar today announced the launch of ‘Vodafone Star of the Match’ competition for the upcoming DLF IPL Season III. Through this competition, Vodafone provides an opportunity to all its customers to be seen on national television being honoured by the winning captain during the post match ceremony. The winning captain will present the ‘Star of the Match’ with a personally autographed match ball.One ‘Star of the Match’ will be chosen for each of the 60 DLF IPL matches that will be held this season. Since this is a nationwide competition, Vodafone will provide each winner with a return trip air ticket and hotel accommodation at the city where the match is played.The competition starts on March 9 and will continue till the end of DLF IPL season III.
Both prepaid and postpaid Vodafone customers can participate in the ‘Star of the Match’ competition. To participate, Vodafone customers have to call 121 (toll free), and answer a simple question related to cricket.
Last year Vodafone flew 20 lucky winners to South Africa to watch the IPL match as a part of ‘Star of the Match’ competition.
