Call India for 4.9¢/min. during Diwali
November 6, 2007 on 5:26 pm | In Voice | 11 Comments
Diwali, also known as the “Festival of Lights”, is a very significant Indian festival that symbolizes the victory of good over evil.
In honor of this popular festival, Yahoo! Messenger calling rates to India during the two days (36 hours) of Diwali will be reduced to 4.9¢ a minute. Check out the promotion page for complete details. This reduced calling rate to India is available from November 8 at 10:30am PST (Nov. 9, 12am IST) until November 9, 10:29am PST (Nov. 10, 11:59pm IST).
To get this great rate, sign up for a Phone Out account on Yahoo! Voice. Then just make your calls to India using Yahoo! Messenger during the promotion. If you already have a Phone Out account, you will automatically receive the 4.9¢ per minute rate on calls to India during the promotion.
IM the Diwali promotion to a friend
From the looks of some Diwali pictures I found on Flickr, this festival is warm and colorful. Lamps (called “diyas”) are lit in all households, brilliant fireworks light up the sky, gifts are exchanged and people feast on a variety of delicious Indian sweets and snacks made specifically for this occasion. To learn about all things Diwali, head over to diwalifestival.org.
Want to add a little bit of Diwali to your IM conversations? Click on one of the images below to make it your display image (you need to be signed into Messenger):
And the best news? Even after Diwali ends, you can still save with our low rate of just 7.9¢ a minute on calls to India.
Happy Diwali!
Sarah Bacon
Product Manager
The deal isn’t so competitive afterall. Reliance India Call and Airtel are also giving out same deals but, with a benefit that you don’t have to have a computer to make a call. Why can’t yahoo beat that rates?
Comment by Nirav — November 6, 2007 #
It is indeed heartening to see global giants like Yahoo! Inc recognizing the Indian Festival of Lights and offering promotional offers during the festival ! Hope that it helps Yahoo! Messenger users abroad to get in touch with their loved ones in India..
Cheers..
Comment by Abhinav — November 7, 2007 #
[...] 8th and 9th. On occasion of this grand festival Yahoo Messenger Service “Phone Out” has reduced the call rate for India to 4.9 cents per minutes ( that comes to less than 2 INR per minute) pretty cheap. I have heard [...]
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4.9 cents a minute – good deal. Whats that in pounds? Euros? Yen? Wait… do international versions of the client even HAVE a phone module?
Comment by Al — November 7, 2007 #
Hi Al,
Yes, we do offer PC to Phone in these international versions:
Singapore (http://sg.voice.yahoo.com)
France (http://fr.voice.yahoo.com)
Germany (http://de.voice.yahoo.com)
Spain (http://es.voice.yahoo.com)
Italy (http://it.voice.yahoo.com)
However the 4.9 cent rate only applies to calls to India made from the U.S. version during the promotion period. The other versions do have the everyday low rate of 7.9 cents a minute on calls to India. Thanks,
Sarah Bacon
Comment by Administrator — November 7, 2007 #
Aha, so we could call your tech support for 4.9C then instead of paying for that support contract you offer for a lot more – what’s the direct dial to your support staff?
Comment by Tommy — November 7, 2007 #
I want to appreciate Yahoo for the offer(along with Nirav’s comments above)
At the same time the very first comment’s words holds good,
I am the user of
1) Reliance India Call (Phone to Phone – Very High quality)
2) Airtel Call Home(Phone to Phone – High quality)
3) Yahoo International Call (PC- To – Phone – low quality)
Right now I am paying 4.9 cents per miute for Reliance and Airtel(paid $200 bulk for each and got double talk time). I tried Yahoo India call as well. Comared to the reliance and Airtel, yahoo quality is poor, I dont know how come Yahoo think of bagging the $$ by competing with other class of competitors in phone services. Yahoo, please re-think of your prices, You must provide the calls either for Free for some time or for dead low prices to attract the crowd with your limitations like PC to Phone, less quality calls etc..
Just my opinion by comparing all the three above services.
But in any event, I am a very big fan of Yahoo, for years..
Comment by Sree — November 7, 2007 #
4.9 US cents to India is way too expensive. And the voice quality of Yahoo! Voice out is way too bad. Yahoo! needs to improve a lot on this front because there are way better options available.
Comment by userrocks — November 7, 2007 #
[...] 8th and 9th. On occasion of this grand festival Yahoo Messenger Service “Phone Out” has reduced the call rate for India to 4.9 cents per minutes ( that comes to less than 2 INR per minute) pretty cheap. I have heard [...]
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I like yahoo voice but I hae checked others are beating on price for India. Yahoo please think and bring down the cost down.
Comment by Navroze — November 24, 2007 #
That’s a nice offer but unfortunately other Telecom companies such as G3 Telecom in particular (www.g3telecom.com) have offered a much better deal for calling India during Diwali. I saw on their website that they offered 1¢ per minute to call India. Also, customers claim that their service is great.
Comment by Cad — January 3, 2008 #