Vodafone customer from Gujarat takes home an Alto car

Ahmedabad, January 03, 2008: Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading telecom service providers, announced Mr Vishal Ruparel from Junagarh as the winner of its Jhumo aney Jeeto contest. The winner took home an Alto car as the grand prize. Vodafone had organised this contest during the festive season of Navratri for its prepaid and postpaid customers in Gujarat. More than 200 lucky Vodafone customers won prizes daily. On winning the grand prize Mr. Vishal Ruparel said, “Vodafone has truly made me feel special this festive season and I am extremely happy on winning the grand prize. The contest was a lot of fun and such unique gifts made it all the more exciting.”

About Vodafone Essar Limited
Vodafone Essar in India is a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc and commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular licence for Mumbai. Vodafone Essar now has operations in 16 circles covering 86% of India’s mobile customer base, with over 38.5 million customers*.

Over the years, Vodafone Essar, under the Hutch brand, has been named the ‘Most Respected Telecom Company’, the ‘Best Mobile Service in the country’ and the ‘Most Creative and Most Effective Advertiser of the Year’.

Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile communications company. It now has operations in 25 countries across 5 continents and 40 partner networks with over 200 million customers worldwide. Vodafone has partnered with the Essar Group as its principal joint venture partner for the Indian market.

The Essar Group is a diversified business corporation with interests spanning the manufacturing and service sectors like Steel, Energy, Power, Communications, Shipping & Logistics and Construction. The Group has an asset base of over Rs.400 billion (US$ 10 billion) and employs over 20,000 people.

*Figures from Cellular Operators Association of India, November 30, 2007.

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Sahana Prabhakar
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Vodafone mobile no.: +91 98208 80262
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