Idea launches 1p per two sec plan for Gujarat

Idea Cellular has announced two low tariff plans for its prepaid and postpaid customers in the circle of Gujarat. The telecom operator has launched one paisa per two seconds and 10 paisa per minute plan for prepaid customers and a free CUG feature (intra-group) plan for postpaid users, which includes calls to others outside the group at one paisa per second and 50 paisa per minute.
As per a company statement, postpaid subscribers can use the CUG feature to avail free calling to a selected group. They can get unlimited inter calling within a group with 24,000 local seconds or 400 local minutes and 150 local SMS free with a rental of Rs 249. All local and STD calls outside the group can be made at on paisa per second or 50 paisa per minute depending on the plan. Group size can be anywhere between three and 10 members.
For prepaid subscribers, local calls come at a tariff plan of one paisa per two seconds, for which they need to buy a special voucher for Rs 47. To avail local calls at 10 paisa per minute, the voucher comes at Rs 123.
Arul Bright, chief operating officer, Gujarat, Idea Cellular, said in the statement, ” Our consumer usage analysis has thrown up very interesting results that truly highlight what customers in Gujarat prefers while choosing a plan. These plans will help family members and close friends to stay connected with each other without worrying about cost.”
Earlier in January, MTS also launched one paisa per two seconds tariff plan for local calls in Haryana. Presently all major operators are offering prepaid services at one paisa per second tariff, which was first launched by GSM player Tata Docomo.