Vodafone discounts roaming rates for Hajj pilgrims

Vodafone essar has announced a discount on roaming rates for its pre-paid and post-paid customers travlleing to Mecca for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.Customers can enjoy a 30 percent reduction on all incoming and outgoing calls while on roaming in Saudi Arabia.The offer is valid upto November 30 2011.

Mr K.Sundraraman, Business Head, Vodafone Kerala said ''customers on active international roaming can avail the service with no additional rental fee apart from the roaming rental charge of Rs 149/month for post-paid customers and Rs 99 for prepaid customers''.

Subscribers can make outgoing local calls at prices as low as Rs 35/min, international calls at Rs 84/min and receive calls at Rs 87/min.