Vodafone Idea Limited has removed the entry-level postpaid plans of Rs 299 and below to boost its ARPU and concentrate on the users who generate revenue. As per a new report by ET Telecom, Idea postpaid customers who're currently on the low-value postpaid plan is receiving an SMS stating that they will be migrated to the Rs 399 Nirvana postpaid plan. For the unaware, even though Idea's website states the... Read More
There has been a massive divide in the opinions of telecom operators in the industry about whether or not the 5G spectrum auction should be held in 2019. A lot of the telecom operators are against it and are asking for a reduction in prices recommended by the telecom regulator, whereas some players in the industry deem the prices and the early auction as an appropriate step. A new ET... Read More
After the merger of the companies, Vodafone Idea has been on the task of consolidating its operations. However, an even bigger job for the current telecom market leader is network integration. In the past few months, Vodafone Idea has already completed network consolidation in many circles. However, another significant milestone for Vodafone Idea is the completion of radio network integration in Punjab. Vodafone Idea has also highlighted that out of... Read More
To tackle the problem of pesky calls and spam messages, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio Infocomm will be rolling out a blockchain based technology, reported ET Telecom. This new technology would help millions of consumers in tackling pesky calls and messages, which often become a reason of nuisance for the subscribers. Analysts are also of the opinion that this would be the biggest use case of blockchain until now in... Read More
Vodafone Idea has merged its operations in the country to become the largest telecom operator in the country. However, that does not change the fact that the telecom operator still has a lot of competition to deal with. To do that, Vodafone Idea has been launching new offers, plan revisions and even new plans for its subscribers left, right and centre. We are getting to see new offers from Vodafone... Read More
In the first week of May, we saw Bharti Airtel do away with postpaid plans which were priced below Rs 499. Not only that, but the telecom operator also removed some of the other postpaid plans from its portfolio as well which included plans like Rs 649, Rs 1,199 and more. Now in a similar move, the telecom market leader, Vodafone Idea could also discard similar low-value postpaid plans to... Read More
India's largest telecom firm Vodafone Idea, in spite of reducing its losses, lagged behind its peers in sequential income growth with flat revenue in the March quarter against 4.3% growth of Airtel's India mobile business and 7% growth of Jio, analysts have noted. "...with Bharti reporting 4.3% quarter-on-quarter increase in its India mobile revenues, flat revenues for Vodafone Idea indicates it continues to lose market share...while Vodafone Idea continues to... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited has been become the biggest telecom operator by subscriber base in the industry after the merger of the second place and third place telcos, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular and everyone has been eying the performance of the telco. However, with its focused move towards retaining paying customers, the telco has been rapidly losing subscribers. In February, the telco had lost 5.8 million subscribers. Now the telecom... Read More
Ever since the merger of the companies, we have seen a lot of new introductions from Vodafone Idea. Vodafone customers especially have enjoyed a slew of new prepaid plans, whether it is about internet packs, long term offers or merely the combined offerings. Idea has also been emphasising on its postpaid and prepaid plans. Until a few months back, long term recharges were all the craze and we saw Vodafone... Read More
In the past few years after the introduction of the fourth-generation network and the data tariff war which was introduced by the Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio, calling and data benefits have not remained the only differentiating factor between plans. Now the data benefits and the calling benefits alone don’t suffice for an attractive prepaid pack, but only the plans which bundle massive content offering along with these general benefits... Read More
Vodafone Idea has been putting up competition lately to the other rival telcos using its attractive offers and new plans. We saw Airtel launch a new Airtel Thanks benefit scheme for its subscribers which is a tier based customer programme to reward the most loyal subscribers of the telco. As part of this programme, consumers enjoy exclusive benefits and very attractive deals. However, what’s interesting to note is that Idea... Read More
India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd Friday announced a five-year multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with tech giant IBM. "...this engagement will also contribute to Vodafone Idea's merger synergy objectives by reducing its IT-related costs," the telecom firm said in a statement. The company did not divulge the size of the deal, but some reports pegged it at about USD 700 million. "The collaboration will provide Vodafone Idea with a... Read More
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