\"\"NEW DELHI: Vodafone<\/a> India has appealed to its competition to work responsibly and help grow the telecom industry<\/a> at a time when Reliance Jio<\/a>’s entry has increased pressure on existing players with rock-bottom data tariffs and free voice calls.
\n
\"Competition in any industry is good, welcome and helps the industry grow and evolve further and I’m sure this will be the case. Our only request to competitors and any incumbents is to work responsibly and help grow the value of the industry and value for the consumer,\"
Sandeep Kataria<\/a>, director – commercial at Vodafone India, said on Tuesday.
\n
\nVodafone on Tuesday launched 'Flex' plans that allow its prepaid users consume data, voice and messages, interchangeably through a single recharge. The recharge packs start at Rs 119, which will offer 325 Flexs, going up to Rs 399 that offers 1,750 Flexs. Flexs are deducted when a customer uses voice or data or messages.
\n
\nOne Flex is deducted for each MB of data, each minute of incoming call on roaming or each message. Two Flexs are deducted for a minute of local outgoing or STD call or a minute of outgoing call on roaming, the company said, claiming that the new offer will provide up to 25 per cent saving.
\n
\n\"If a person buys a base tariff product right now, our charges may be to the tune of Rs 1.20 per minute. This will come down significantly. For the combination of packages, it (Flex) will be amongst our lowest (priced),\" Kataria said.
\n
\nVodafone expects users to move to the Flex set of plans from the existing myriad prepaid plans available in the market. Over 90 per cent of Vodafone's 200 million users are prepaid customers.
\n
\nReliance Jio launched on September 5 pegging data rates at Rs 50 per GB, which is among the lowest tariffs for data in the world, with an aim to amass about 100 million consumers. The new entrant also offered free voice calls, a direct hit at incumbent telcos that get about 80 per cent of their existing revenues from voice calls.
\n
\nKataria, however, said such tariffs come with several conditions. \"You do need to look beyond just a statement, to see is it really prudent to call it zero (voice tariffs) because it comes with caveats and conditions,\" he said.
\n
\nWhen asked whether Vodafone would reduce headline tariffs in order to combat Jio's offerings, the company said it continuously evaluates tariffs, but is keener on giving good value to consumers. Kataria said, \"I strongly believe that tariffs are not a long term differentiator, rather service, customer service, problem resolution and new products that we bring to the market, will be the differentiators.\"
\n
\nJio and incumbent telcos have been in a bitter war of words, with the former alleging inadequate points of interconnect leading to failure of three-fourths of the calls made on its network. Vodafone has since tripled the points of interconnect required to take calls made on one network to another.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":54437151,"title":"Tata Communications leases 60,000 sq ft office space in BKC","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/tata-communications-leases-60000-sq-ft-office-space-in-bkc\/54437151","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":54437217,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Work responsibly to grow industry: Vodafone tells rival telcos","synopsis":"Vodafone on Tuesday launched 'Flex' plans that allow its prepaid users consume data, voice and messages, interchangeably through a single recharge.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/work-responsibly-to-grow-industry-vodafone-urges-peers","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2016-09-21 08:28:50","lastupd":"2016-09-21 09:00:24","breadcrumbTags":["Airtel","Vodafone","industry","Sandeep Kataria","Reliance Jio"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/work-responsibly-to-grow-industry-vodafone-urges-peers"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2016-09-21" data-index="article_1">

工作负责任的增长行业:沃达丰电信公司告诉竞争对手

沃达丰(Vodafone)周二推出了“灵活”的计划,允许其预付费用户消费数据,语音和消息,互换通过一个充电。

  • 更新2016年9月21日上午09:00坚持
新德里消息:沃达丰(Vodafone)印度呼吁其竞争工作负责,帮助电信增长行业的时候依赖Jio的入口压力增加现有球员与底层的数据关税和免费语音通话。

“在任何行业中竞争是好的,欢迎,并帮助该行业成长和进一步发展,我相信这将是如此。我们唯一的请求和任何运营商的竞争对手是负责任的工作,帮助成长行业的价值和价值对消费者,”Sandeep Kataria——商业主管沃达丰印度,周二表示。

沃达丰(Vodafone)周二推出了“灵活”的计划,允许其预付费用户消费数据,语音和消息,互换通过一个充电。充电包从119卢比,这将提供325 flex, Rs 399年提供1750 flex。flex是扣除当客户使用语音或数据或消息。

一个Flex是扣除每个MB的数据,每分钟的来电漫游或每个消息。两个flex是一分钟扣除当地外向或STD打电话或一分钟的外向呼吁漫游,该公司表示,声称新报价将提供高达25%的储蓄。

“如果一个人买了基地现在关税产品,我们的费用可能高达每分钟1.20卢比。这将显著下降。的组合包,它(Flex)将在我们的最低(定价),”Kataria说。

沃达丰希望用户迁移到Flex的计划从现有无数预付计划能在市场上找到。超过90%的预付客户沃达丰的2亿用户。

依赖Jio推出了9月5日盯住每GB 50卢比的数据速率,这是世界上最低的关税为数据,约1亿消费者,目的是积累。新进入者还提供免费语音通话,直接撞击在现任电信公司,现有约80%的收入来自语音通话。

然而,Kataria说这样的关税有几个条件。“你需要超越只是一份声明中,看到真的是谨慎地称之为零关税(声音),因为它还附有条件,”他说。

当被问及沃达丰将减少总体关税为了战斗Jio的产品,该公司表示,不断评估关税,但更热衷于给消费者良好的价值。Kataria说:“我坚信,关税不是一个长期的区别,而服务,客户服务,解决问题,我们向市场推出新产品,将优势。”

Jio和现任电信公司一直在激烈的口水战,前者指控互连点不足导致失败的四分之三的电话网络。沃达丰已经翻了三倍的互连要求接电话在一个网络到另一个地方。
  • 发布于2016年9月21日08:28点坚持
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\"\"NEW DELHI: Vodafone<\/a> India has appealed to its competition to work responsibly and help grow the telecom industry<\/a> at a time when Reliance Jio<\/a>’s entry has increased pressure on existing players with rock-bottom data tariffs and free voice calls.
\n
\"Competition in any industry is good, welcome and helps the industry grow and evolve further and I’m sure this will be the case. Our only request to competitors and any incumbents is to work responsibly and help grow the value of the industry and value for the consumer,\"
Sandeep Kataria<\/a>, director – commercial at Vodafone India, said on Tuesday.
\n
\nVodafone on Tuesday launched 'Flex' plans that allow its prepaid users consume data, voice and messages, interchangeably through a single recharge. The recharge packs start at Rs 119, which will offer 325 Flexs, going up to Rs 399 that offers 1,750 Flexs. Flexs are deducted when a customer uses voice or data or messages.
\n
\nOne Flex is deducted for each MB of data, each minute of incoming call on roaming or each message. Two Flexs are deducted for a minute of local outgoing or STD call or a minute of outgoing call on roaming, the company said, claiming that the new offer will provide up to 25 per cent saving.
\n
\n\"If a person buys a base tariff product right now, our charges may be to the tune of Rs 1.20 per minute. This will come down significantly. For the combination of packages, it (Flex) will be amongst our lowest (priced),\" Kataria said.
\n
\nVodafone expects users to move to the Flex set of plans from the existing myriad prepaid plans available in the market. Over 90 per cent of Vodafone's 200 million users are prepaid customers.
\n
\nReliance Jio launched on September 5 pegging data rates at Rs 50 per GB, which is among the lowest tariffs for data in the world, with an aim to amass about 100 million consumers. The new entrant also offered free voice calls, a direct hit at incumbent telcos that get about 80 per cent of their existing revenues from voice calls.
\n
\nKataria, however, said such tariffs come with several conditions. \"You do need to look beyond just a statement, to see is it really prudent to call it zero (voice tariffs) because it comes with caveats and conditions,\" he said.
\n
\nWhen asked whether Vodafone would reduce headline tariffs in order to combat Jio's offerings, the company said it continuously evaluates tariffs, but is keener on giving good value to consumers. Kataria said, \"I strongly believe that tariffs are not a long term differentiator, rather service, customer service, problem resolution and new products that we bring to the market, will be the differentiators.\"
\n
\nJio and incumbent telcos have been in a bitter war of words, with the former alleging inadequate points of interconnect leading to failure of three-fourths of the calls made on its network. Vodafone has since tripled the points of interconnect required to take calls made on one network to another.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":54437151,"title":"Tata Communications leases 60,000 sq ft office space in BKC","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/tata-communications-leases-60000-sq-ft-office-space-in-bkc\/54437151","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":54437217,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Work responsibly to grow industry: Vodafone tells rival telcos","synopsis":"Vodafone on Tuesday launched 'Flex' plans that allow its prepaid users consume data, voice and messages, interchangeably through a single recharge.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/work-responsibly-to-grow-industry-vodafone-urges-peers","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2016-09-21 08:28:50","lastupd":"2016-09-21 09:00:24","breadcrumbTags":["Airtel","Vodafone","industry","Sandeep Kataria","Reliance Jio"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/work-responsibly-to-grow-industry-vodafone-urges-peers"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/work-responsibly-to-grow-industry-vodafone-urges-peers/54437217">