Vodafone introduces cheapest prepaid plan with 84 days validity; priced at Rs 279

Vodafone has now rolled out the cheapest prepaid plan with a validity period of 84 days in India, for a price of Rs 279. This new plan will offers calls capped at 250 minutes per day and 1000 minutes per week along with 4G 3G/4G data. It should be noted that unlimited data is not provided under this plan.

The Rs 279 Vodafone prepaid plan will be available in select circles such as Karnataka, Mumbai and few others respectively.

Recently, the merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India has been completed, creating India's biggest telecom service provider with over 408 million subscribers, the two companies said.

A new board has been constituted for the merged entity "Vodafone Idea Ltd' with 12 directors (including six independent directors) and Kumar Mangalam Birla as its Chairman. The board has appointed Balesh Sharma as the CEO, the companies said in a joint statement.

The telecom giant will topple Bharti Airtel from its current pole position, and will have the firepower to take on competition in the Indian telecom market, which has intensified with the aggressive entry of Reliance Jio. It will have a broadband network of 3.4 lakh sites and distribution network with 17 lakh retail outlets.