Vodafone has gone one step ahead bring Mobile handsets for a cheap rate of 700 INR in India. Though Nokia and others tried for making mobiles less than 1000 INR but Vodafone a telecom company overtook all and released a mobile for $16. Their main aim is to make mobiles reach all the rural areas in India which is not well connected these days.

Marten Pieters, MD and CEO, Vodafone Essar, said: “The average user in rural India does not spend as much as mobile consumers in Delhi or in Mumbai. Though the majority still makes a revenue stream for mobile operators, the idea is to make mobile phones affordable and achievable for everyone,” he said.