4G launch: 3 million plus Vodafone customers upgrade to 4G sim cards in Gujarat

While Vodafone has a 36.8% revenue market share in the state, it has invested Rs 12,000 crores in the Gujarat market till date. Jayesh Gadia, Business Head – Gujarat, Vodafone India said ,”We cover 95% of the state and have over 19.37 million customers here. By December we intend to go to 216 more towns and we will be expanding 4G services across the entire circle in a phased manner. Out of the total data using customers in Gujarat – 50% of them would be on 3G currently. There are no different prices for 4G, so our 3G customer gets 4G services at the same price. On anvil is a bonanza offer of Rs 998 for 20 GB and when we launch our 4G services all our customers in the 4G network will get 1 GB free.”

As per the data shared by Vodafone officials, as on June 2016 Vodafone had a total of 17.39 million prepaid subscribers base and a 1.97 million post paid subscriber base in Gujarat. It has around 8595 2G cell sites and 6290 3G cell sites in Gujarat and the company has invested Rs 541 crores in FY 2016 to expand, modernise and build more technology and energy efficient network.