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After airtel's 70% 3G Data Rate Cut, Now It's The Turn Of Vodafone And Idea

New tariffs cover both prepaid and billed subscribers; more operators expected to follow suit.

After airtel's 70% 3G Data Rate Cut, Now It's The Turn Of Vodafone And Idea

After airtel's recent cuts in 3G rates, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have now followed suit by slashing rates for their 3rd generation mobile data plans by up to 70%. This will obviously bring high-speed mobile internet plans within the reach of the masses. 3G services were launched in India last year by several companies. Although these services allow substantially faster internet access on mobile handsets, adoption rates have been slower due to excessive tariff. Although with new rates in effect, that seems to be headed for a change and we expect more companies to announce 3G data tariff drops...

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