Vodafone India launches unlimited international plan for Rs 180 per day

Vodafone India on Wednesday launched unlimited international plan across the UK and Europe for Rs 180 per day, the company said here.

International travellers can now easily activate a pack and use their number overseas from the UK and other popular travel destinations of Europe like Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.

The company statement said apart from Europe, travellers can also use unlimited calling and data in the US, the UAE, Singapore and Malaysia with the same pack, taking the total tally of "unlimited" countries to 18.

The pack is available at multiple affordable price points ranging from Rs 5,000 for 28 days to Rs 500 for every 24 hours usage.

Apart from offering unlimited usage in 18 countries, the same pack also allows consumers to use their phones freely across 42 other countries.

"We launched our flagship unlimited international roaming proposition for the US, Singapore and the UAE in April and are now very excited to extend it to these additional destinations. Europe, the US, the UAE, Singapore and Malaysia comprise more than 50 per cent of our total roamers and international traffic. With calls and data becoming completely free in these countries, we are eliminating the hassle of carrying local SIM cards or looking out for public WiFi during overseas travel," said Avneesh Khosla, Associate Director - Consumer Business, Vodafone India.
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Vijay Mallya arrested in London, gets bail; could be extradited to India

Businessman Vijay Mallya has reportedly been arrested in London by Scotland Yard just weeks after UK set in motion the process of extradition of the industrialist who has been declared a proclaimed offender.

Mallya fled to UK in March 2016 after being pursued in courts by banks seeking to recover about Rs 9,000 crore owed by his Kingfisher Airline.

Last month, the British government certified India's request and sent it to a district judge for further action.

CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday reported that Mallya has been produced in a local court in the UK and will soon be handed over to India.

Mallya, however, later tweeted that the whole arrest issue was "the usual Indian media hype" and that it was only the scheduled court hearing on extradition that had taken place:

Vijay Mallya 

✔@TheVijayMallya

Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected.

Mallya has avoided several summon notices from Indian courts.  

Despite multiple injunctions, he has failed to appear before investigators at the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Earlier in January this year, a CBI court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Mallya in the Rs 720-crore IDBI Bank loan default case.

Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 9,000 crore to various banks, had fled India on March 2, 2016.

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