Vodafone India, on Tuesday announced the launch of 3G roaming services to its customers in Odisha circle with immediate effect. With this launch, Vodafone also becomes the first Telco to provide 3G services across India.

In addition to offering customers (both pre and post paid) 3G roaming facilities, Vodafone is also offering multiple packages to suit customer requirements in Odisha. The postpaid plans start from monthly rentals of INR 150 for 500MB, going up to INR 850 for 5GB Data. Prepaid plans start from INR 27 for 90MB data with a validity of three days.

As a special promotional launch offer, Vodafone will be offering prepaid customers a 40% discount on data plans for a period of 10 days. So a customer can buy a 1GB 3G Data pack for INR 157 and a 10GB Pack for a heavy user will cost just INR 777 during this period. Vodafone prepaid customers in Odisha can also purchase a one day internet trial pack for INR 8.

“We, at Vodafone, want to accelerate mobile internet adoption through deeper penetration, simplified consumption and provision of value addition. Vodafone customers in Odisha can now avail of faster, smarter and better mobile internet experience. As a special introductory offer, Vodafone pre-paid customers will be offered a 40% off on data plans for first 10 days. Any customer who takes a Data pack in this offer period will continue getting the same offer for the next 6 months also. We are confident that availability of 3G services will facilitate easier and quicker adoption of data services amongst Vodafone customers in Odisha, increase usage patterns and build a community of high speed internet experiencers on the go,” said Deepak Saluja, Business Head – Odisha, Vodafone India.

As part of its strategy to democratize data, Vodafone India has been a pioneer in engaging with customers to use mobile internet, and educating current and potential users about how internet can add significant value to them. Vodafone India  has  also built content partnerships, simplified pricing, conducted retailer education programmes apart from offering a wide choice of packages to customers, basis their interests and consumption patterns.