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Chakri K November 10th, 2020 9:27 PM 39 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Adds More Subscribers Than Jio in August 2020: Trai

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released "Telecom Subscription Data" for August 2020. As per the information available, Bharti Airtel has added more subscribers than Reliance Jio for the first time in more than four years. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has been leading the subscriber addition chart ever since its inception. Trai says Airtel added 2.8 million new users in August 2020, whereas Jio managed to grab just 1.8... Read More

Chakri K November 9th, 2020 7:11 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Postpaid Data Packs Start at Rs 100 and Offer Up to 50GB

Even since the announcement of new brand identity, Vi aka Vodafone Idea has been making some significant changes. We have seen Vi launching some unique offers to prepaid users in recent times. And it also has some affordable and noteworthy postpaid plans under its arsenal. Vi postpaid plans already ship with a decent amount of data benefit every month, but for those who consume more than the allotted limit, the... Read More

Chakri K November 2nd, 2020 8:21 PM 70 COMMENTS

Airtel to Have Better Opportunity Than Jio in Grabbing Vodafone Idea Feature Phone Users: Analysts

Bharti Airtel will be the frontrunner in grabbing Vodafone Idea's feature phone users, according to analysts. Reliance Jio has been grabbing all the 2G feature phone users of Airtel and Vodafone Idea which is the prime reason behind the telco amassing 400 million subscribers in such a short period. With Reliance Jio and Google rumoured to bring the low-cost Android smartphone, it was expected that the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco would... Read More

Bala Yogesh November 2nd, 2020 1:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Analyst Believes Vodafone Idea Just Hanging in There

Vodafone Idea (VI), the third largest wireless operator in India is “just hanging in there,” ICICI Securities said in a report on Sunday. The operator on Thursday reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 with Vodafone Idea registering Rs 107.9 billion in revenue, up 1.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). Vodafone Idea also highlighted that its average revenue per user (ARPU) for its second quarter in the... Read More

Chakri K November 2nd, 2020 9:15 AM 42 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Will Not Hesitate in Raising Tariff Prices Ahead of Airtel and Jio

Back in December 2019, Vodafone Idea (Vi) was the first telecom operator to raise prepaid tariff prices which was followed by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio as well. A new Livemint report now states that Vi will not 'shy away' from raising tariff prices again first ahead of the top two telcos. After the post-earnings call, Ravinder Takkar, the CEO of the company, opined that the 'current price levels are... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 1st, 2020 1:24 PM 5 COMMENTS

Vi RedX Plan Continues to Offer More Benefits to Users Than Airtel, Jio Plans

The postpaid plans have become quite popular amongst users for multiple reasons including the benefits they come with. In late September, Reliance Jio introduced its ‘Postpaid Plus’ plans and now offers plans ranging from Rs 199 to Rs 1499. Even though Jio provides the maximum benefit to its users with its prepaid plans, it falls a little behind in its postpaid offerings when compared with the Vi (Vodafone Idea) postpaid... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 29th, 2020 7:44 PM 104 COMMENTS

Vi Registers ARPU Increase, Data and Voice Consumption Falls

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 with the company registering an 1.2% quarter on quarter (QoQ) increase in its revenues. The third largest wireless operator in India said that its second quarter revenues hit Rs 107.9 billion as the “impact” of the COVID-19 lockdown “gradually started to ease.” The company citing Ookla said that it is “now the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 22nd, 2020 7:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Unveils MyAmbar App for Women Safety in India

Vodafone Idea Foundation, the Corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Vodafone Idea Limited on Thursday unveiled MyAmbar app in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, Safety Trust, and UN Women. The MyAmbar app solution is said to be designed and developed especially for safety and empowerment of women in India. The company said that the app developed under the ‘Connecting for Good program’ is intended to aid women to understand and stand... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 19th, 2020 1:24 PM 20 COMMENTS

Vi Unveils Weekend Data Rollover Benefit to Prepaid Users

Vi (Vodafone Idea) is now offering its prepaid users ‘Weekend Data Rollover’ benefit. The company highlighted that its new promotional offer would be valid from October 19, 2020 to January 17, 2021. The Weekend Data Rollover scheme is said to be only applicable on unlimited prepaid plans priced at Rs 249 or more. It will allow the users to carry forward all the unused data between Monday and Friday to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 16th, 2020 6:51 PM 20 COMMENTS

Government Considering All Options on Vodafone Arbitration Appeal

The government of India on Thursday said that “all options” on the Vodafone arbitration case are currently “under examination” and that a final decision has not been made on the issue. The clarification was issued by the finance ministry on Thursday after certain media houses reported that the Attorney General (AG) was in favor of not appealing in the Vodafone arbitration case. Vodafone Group in late September won an arbitration... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 12:38 PM 146 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Has Over 35% Market Share, Airtel Continues to Have More Active Users

Reliance Jio now has over 35% market share of the total wireless subscriber base in India as on July 31, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the Trai data released on Monday, the total wireless subscriber base increased from 1140.71 million at the end of June to 1144.18 million at the end of July. Trai highlighted that the increase in wireless subscriber base translated... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 12th, 2020 4:40 PM 126 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Registers 19.3 Mbps Dowload Speed, Idea in Second Spot with 8.6 Mbps Speed

The telecom operators in India including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio and Idea have registered an improvement in their network speeds in September, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Saturday is said to be generated using the authority’s MySpeedApp designed to measure data speed experience, signal strength and “other network information.” According to the Trai data, Reliance... Read More