More Brands get into Navratri Groove

From : The Times of India

AHMEDABAD: Money is back into the Navratri business as more and more companies come forward to sponsor events during the upcoming festival.

Organizers said that there is a sudden boost in sponsorships this year as compared to the last few years. "We received over Rs 12 lakh from sponsors this year as compared to about Rs 6 lakh last year. The economy is in better shape and Gujarat has a feel-good factor courtesy the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All these factors will attract many global visitors and business delegates at venues and this has led to an increase in sponsorship," said Chiranjiv Patel, a garba organiser. Patel has invited 150 delegates from around the world, out of which about 80 are foreign nationals.

Telecom companies, which had refrained from sponsoring major events last year, are making their presence felt across venues. "Navratri is an important festival for us as part of our marketing and customer engagement activities. This Navratri, we are associated with 18 major Navratri events across Gujarat like United Way - Baroda, Karnavati, YMCA Club, Friends Garba and HL Garba in Ahmedabad," said Brajesh Bajpai, Business Head - Gujarat, Vodafone India.

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Vodafone on Expansion Mode in Guj

From : DNA

Ahmedabad: Reaching out to the number one mobile service provider in Gujarat Vodafone will be easier with the telecom service provider plans to add more than 150 retail stores and 1000 ministores in two years.

The company launched its 1000th store in Gujarat at Naranpura in Ahmedabad. The store is designed as per the global retail store standards.

Vodafone's retail presence has been witnessing 15% growth year on year. "We have 9,000 retail stores across the country of which 1,000 stores are in Gujarat. We are adding 150 retail stores and more than 1,000 mini stores in two years," said Kavita Nair, senior vice president of retail and digital at Vodafone India.

Currently, the company's presence is one store per 20 villages in Gujarat, which will be taken up to 16 villages in two years, said Brajesh Bajpai, Business Head - Gujarat at Vodafone India. He added that the customers can walk in the stores for any service like buying new card, problems in service or paying the bill.

The company has also witnessed good growth in 3G users in Gujarat. “Our 3G business has witnessed 60% growth in the state,” said Bajpai. Vodafone has been benefited the most by mobile number portability (MNP).

The company has added 6,78,610 customers through MNP since of implementation in 2010-11, said Bajpai. As per data published by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), 1.07 crore mobile subscribers applied under MNP as on July 31, 2014.

Bajpai also agreed to a lot of complaints about call drop and other problems. “For improving connectivity, we have added around 400 more towers in our network in one month,” he said.