May 15th, 2019 9:04 AM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lags Behind Airtel, Reliance Jio in Sequential Income Growth: Analysts

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

May 14th, 2019 10:26 AM 3 COMMENTS

5 Key Takeaways from Vodafone Idea Q4 Earnings Report

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

May 10th, 2019 12:48 PM 29 COMMENTS

Idea Prepaid Plan of Rs 1,999 Will Get You 1.5GB Daily Data for 365 Days With Unlimited Calling

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

May 5th, 2019 7:07 AM 14 COMMENTS

Which Telco Has the Best Content Portfolio: Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel or Vodafone Idea

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

May 4th, 2019 3:36 PM 8 COMMENTS

Idea Select Privilege Customer Programme for Prepaid Users: Check Benefits and Eligibility

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

May 3rd, 2019 7:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Signs Multi-Million Dollar Deal With IBM for Enhancing Customer Experience

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

April 25th, 2019 9:48 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Rights Issue Received Bids for Rs 1,109 Crore: NSE Data

Vodafone Idea's rights issue entailing 2,000 crore shares received bids for 1,109 crore shares, according to data available on the NSE on Wednesday. The country's largest telecom operator through the rights issue, which ran between April 10 and April 24, offered 2,000 crore new shares at Rs 12.50 apiece. As per the data, the rights issue had received bids for 11,09,28,57,339 shares at 2000 hours and showed the status as... Read More

April 22nd, 2019 7:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Partners Up With SonyLIV to Bring More than 1,000 Premium Movies and TV Shows for Subscribers

Vodafone Idea has made another strategic move in the content segment thus strengthening its position in the industry further by announcing a new partnership with SonyLIV. Notably, SonyLIV is a premium video on demand service by the famous broadcaster of India, Sony Networks India Private Limited. The application will provide multi-screen entertainment to the users. As part of this partnership, subscribers of Vodafone Idea will be able to use exclusive... Read More

April 18th, 2019 6:22 PM 38 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Continues to Lose Subscribers, Nearly 5.8 Million Users Left the Network in February

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 during the same month, which is followed by BSNL with 906,817 new additions. Thanks to the additions from BSNL and... Read More

April 18th, 2019 1:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Competition in the Indian Telecom Market is Expected to Rationalise: Vodafone Idea

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 cigarette or something. We paid a lot of money for the spectrum, that is the reason for so much of... Read More

April 16th, 2019 5:35 PM 0 COMMENTS

Three Private Players in Indian Telecom Market is an Ideal Scenario: Vodafone Idea CEO

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 that is the ideal scenario to be. There are four players here...it is an ideal level of competition," Balesh Sharma,... Read More

April 15th, 2019 3:25 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Dismisses Idea of Duopoly Telecom Market, CEO Optimistic for Industry in Long Term

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 interest of the consumers. Government Has Best Interest of Industry in Mind: Balesh Sharma Balesh Sharma, CEO of Vodafone Idea... Read More

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