The largest mobile telecommunications company in the world in terms of turnover, Vodafone, has headquarters in Newbury,
Vodafone Essar is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc., which operates under the brand name Vodafone in
Vodafone Essar is jointly owned by Vodafone and Essar Group and other Indian business organizations. Vodafone owns 67% stake of the company. The rest 33% is jointly held by Reliance Communications, Hinduja Group, and Essar Global Limited. Essar Global Limited is one of the leading business houses in
The company started its business in
Services:
Tunes & Downloads: callertunes, busy callertunes, full song download, ringtones, bhakti Sagar.
Entertainment: shaadi.com, movies, music, humour and dating.
Devotional: Bible on SMS, Gurbani, Pope, Bhakti Sagar, Osho.
Sports: cricket, vodafone alerts sports.
News & Updates: sms alerts jobs, news, vodafone flash, vodafone alerts news.
Call Management Services: call conference, call filter, voicemail, enhanced voicemail, missed call alerts.
Astrology: daily forecast, live astrology, tarot, vaastu & feng shui tips, rahukal & shubhkal.
Travel: train schedules, railway bookings, flight status, flight bookings, jet wallet.
Finance: portfolio tracker, stocks, forex & bullion, mobile banking, vodafone alerts finance.
Mail, messaging: voice sms, BlackBerry, vodafone mail, yahoo! mail and messenger, MSN @ Vodafone.
Dial in Services: dil say, dial a bouquet, live counseling, live astrology,dial a pizza.
Bill Info: Ebill, Itemised billing, My Vodafone bill, Vernacular bill, Duplicate bill.
Miscalleneous: help, dictionary, STD / ISD codes.
Subscriber base:
The total subscriber base of Vodafone is 5,46,24,809 (till September, 2008). It represents 23.38% of the total number of GSM mobile connections in
- Mumbai………..4115671
- Kolkata……….. 2481872
- Chennai…………1472340
- A.P………………..3430016
- Karnatka……….3333207
- Haryana………..1878339
- U.P.(E)…………..5589567
- Rajasthan……….4343407
- UP (W)…………..3825035
- Tamil Nadu…….4509341
- Kerala…………….2704412
- Orissa…………….137445
- North East…….29814
- MP…………………30213
Trivia:
- Vodafone Essar was named the ‘Most Respected Telecom Company,’ the ‘Best Mobile Service in the country,’ and the ‘Most Creative and Most Effective Advertiser of the Year.’
- On February 11, 2009, Vodafone Essar announced for its Tamil Nadu pre-paid subscribers, an entry level tariff plan of Rs.52 with lifetime validity and a Rs.10 talk time. Local calls to all Vodafone numbers, other mobiles and landlines would cost Rs. 1 per minute and all STD calls are at Rs.1.50 per minute.
- On that same day the company also launched ‘Lifelong Prepaid’ service for Rs. 47 for all the new pre paid customers. This new prepaid package comes with Rs. 5 per minute talk time and lifetime validity. In addition, customers of Vodafone can enjoy the low tariff by paying a daily rental of Rs. 1 (Rs.50 p/m to any local Vodafone numbers and 60p/min to all other local mobiles and Re 1/min to local landlines).
- On January 20, 2009, Vodafone announced that its subscriber base in
- On January 23rd, Vodafone launched its first Vodafone Store at Baner in Pune. The new 600 sq ft shop was built according to international style of the company. With this new store, Vodafone has seventeen stores in Pune.
- In January 2009, Vodafone announced that BlackBerry Storm, the famous smart phone produced by Research In Motion (RIM). The phone became available in
- Before Vodafone acquisition, the company was named Hutchinson Essar and the brand name was Hutch. The company kept the brand name even after the acquisition because the renaming process took some time. It required necessary government approvals. Finally, on September 20, 2007, the company name changed to Vodafone Essar and the new brand name Vodafone. For the brand name transition, Vodafone Essar spent Rs. 250 crores. It was one of the high-profile transitions till date.
- Vodafone successfully launched Apple iPhone 3G in
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