New Delhi: Debt-ridden telecom company Vodafone Idea on Tuesday announced a 20-25 percent hike in mobile call and data rates across all plans. The company said in a statement that the increased rates would be effective from November 25.
The company has increased the minimum recharge value by 25.31 percent from Rs 79 to Rs 99 for a period of 28 days. Vodafone Idea hiked rates of popular unlimited category plans by 20-23 percent. The unlimited plan with one GB data limit per day with a validity of 28 days will cost Rs 269 from November 25, the statement said.
At present, its price is Rs 219. Also, the plan with a validity of 84 days with a 1.5 GB per day data limit will cost Rs 719 instead of Rs 599. The price of the 365 days plan with a 1.5 GB per day data limit will increase by 20.8 percent to Rs 2,899, the statement said. At present, its price is Rs 2,399.
The company has also increased the price of low-value data top-up by about 20 percent. Vodafone Idea’s announcement comes a day after Bharti Airtel announced a rate hike.
