In what would be terrible news for Vodafone Idea Limited, the telco has lost nearly 5.8 million subscribers in India during the month of February 2019. Bharti Airtel too lost subscribers, although a small number of just 50,000. Continuing the trend, Reliance Jio has added close to 7.8 million subscribers … Read More
The telecom sector is being taxed like non-essential items such as liquor and cigarette, instead of being treated as critical infrastructure, according to Vodafone Idea. “We have got customs duty at 23%, GST at 18%. This is pretty similar to the way you treat non-essential items like for liquor or … Read More
Vodafone Idea, which is in the midst of Rs 25,000 crore mega fund-raising, has said the Indian telecom market with three private players is an “ideal scenario” in terms of healthy competition, dismissing any possibility of cartelisation or duopoly. “It is three private players plus one (BSNL and MTNL) and … Read More
The current telecom market leader, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has dismissed the idea of a duopoly in the market saying that the current industry structure with three major telecom players at the apex will be maintained, ET Telecom reported. The telco also said that this would be in the best … Read More
Leading telcos Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have paid the government over Rs 10,000 crore in spectrum dues slated for April 10, but debt-ridden Reliance Communications has so far not deposited its outstanding amount of Rs 492 crore, a source said. The payments are towards the latest instalment … Read More
Vodafone Idea expects the sale of its 11.15% stake in Indus Towers to complete in the next three-four months which could yield an estimated Rs 5,500 crore, a senior company official said Tuesday to PTI. Under a contract signed with Bharti Infratel in April 2018, the company has an option … Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited, the largest telecom service provider in India, is on the task of deploying an automated multi-cloud network across the country. The telecom operator has said that this new multi-cloud network will enable it to provide an unmatched network experience for its retail and enterprise customers. The largest … Read More
Vodafone Idea has expressed concern on the fact that the 50% combined holding limit on the sub-1 GHz spectrum which is likely to be used for 5G can lead to a duopoly in the telecom sector. According to Vodafone Idea’s claim, the duopoly will undermine the healthy competition in the … Read More
The Indian telecom industry has reached a point where telecom operators are struggling to revise existing tariff plans. In recent times, we’ve seen operators modify postpaid plans, but there’s no major development in the postpaid segment. It has over 15 months since Jio revised its tariff plans because they’re still … Read More
With the increasing importance of content-based offerings in the telecom industry, the telcos are not shying away from partnering up with broadcasters to launch new services for the customers and to expand their content portfolio. Post its merger, Vodafone Idea has forged many content partnerships with major platforms in the … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the monthly subscription data for January 2019. At the end of 2018, top telcos Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel reported a massive dip in the subscriber base, thanks to the introduction of minimum recharge scheme. While the carnage seems to be … Read More
Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Jio will work on its 5G services and speed up the rollout of the technology by the second half of the 2020 calendar year with the aim of obstructing gain of Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel through their 4G-led data monetisation. The report came … Read More
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