Jaipur November 20, 2007:Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading telecom service providers, announced the winners of talktime worth Rs 1 lakh through its Vodafone Surprise offer for customers in Rajasthan.
Thana Ram Ganchi, a prepaid customer from Udaipur, won the talktime through lucky draw on new prepaid connections and Ramesh Chand, a postpaid customer from Ajmer won the same on bill payment before due date. They were declared winners in the first two weeks of the offer and each will get free talktime worth Rs 1 lakh.
On winning, Ramesh Chand said, "I am extremely happy to win Rs 1 lakh free talktime from Vodafone. It is a very special gift this Diwali."
Offer highlights:
- Assured gift on new prepaid and postpaid activations
- Existing prepaid customers get full talktime of Rs 351 on recharging with Rs 351
- Existing postpaid customers get an assured gift on paying their bills by the due date
All customers who enjoy the above mentioned offers and prepaid customers who recharge for Rs.99/- are sent a contest question. Those answering the question correctly stand a chance to win talktime worth up to Rs.1 lakh.
Various other prizes include:
- Talktime of Rs100 – 720 prizes daily.
- Talktime of Rs1000 –12 prizes daily.
- Talktime of Rs10000 – 1 prize daily.
- Talktime of Rs100,000 – 4 weekly prizes
The offer is on till November 30, 2007.
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 35.6 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, September 30, 2007.
For more information, please contact:
Vasundhara Das
Genesis Burson-Marsteller
Vodafone: +91 - 9820297236
email: vasundhara.das@bm.com