Vodafone & Aircel Slash Blackberry Service Rates Down To 599

[baskhit 1]

source :http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Vodafone_Aircel_slash_BlackBerry_Service_Rates/551-112793-613.html

If you remember, back in April, we did this little piece on the unnecessarily expensive pricing structure of BlackBerry's Internet service in India. Maybe someone high up was listening, as recently, Vodafone slashed its unlimited internet pricing for BlackBerry's down to almost half; from Rs. 1,099 to Rs. 599. Although its website still shows the old pricing, we confirmed this new price by speaking to Vodafone's customer support executive on their helpline number. We also spotted Aircel to have a similar new pricing scheme in place, which was buried in between their rather dizzying amount of different plans on their website. Now with Vodafone and Aircel breaking the price barrier, we can only hope that other operators will have similar schemes soon.

You also have a 6 month advance payment plan for Rs. 2,500 and a yearly one for Rs. 5,000, where you'll end up saving a good Rs. 180 per month as compared to paying Rs. 599 on a month by month basis. The new rates are much better than older intermediate plan where they charged you Rs. 500 for a ridiculously low 500 KB of free data. It is still not as cheap as standard GPRS plans which can go for as low as Rs. 99 per month for a generous 2GB of usage. But this move should definitely tempt people who are right now on the basic Rs. 299 plan that lets you do unlimited e-mail, BBM and Instant messaging, but restricted internet surfing. Honestly, it was kinda dumb to have a BlackBerry that does e-mail but can't access the internet. By making semi-annual or annual payments, charges can get as low as Rs. 416.

[csmart 472]

as usual, non of the CC guys are aware of it...

[Arun 795]

so this must be for postpaid as BIS is is Rs.399 per month only for Vodafone prepaid