Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has been the talk of the town due to multiple reasons. But all of these reasons revolve around the telco's inability to raise funds and boost business operations. While the CEO of the company doesn't believe there's any disadvantage in delaying the 5G rollout, there's a significant advantage to Airtel and Jio in rolling out 5G first as they can market... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has hired two new people in its leadership team who were previously working for Bharti Airtel. Vikash Sharma and Subroto Mazumdar are the two new people whom Vi has hired. Vikash Sharma has been hired as the cluster marketing head for MPCG (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh) circle, while Subroto Mazumdar has joined as the cluster marketing head for Uttar Pradesh (UP). Vi is boosting its marketing efforts,... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) isn't doing well, but it isn't going to go out of the market (if anyone was questioning that). While the company's performance has been worrisome, according to ICICI Securities, the position of Vi is still better than the companies that went bankrupt when Jio came in. But the biggest thing that's holding back the company right now is the equity conversion process that the government has to... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently introduced a bunch of new postpaid plans. These new postpaid plans are not too very different from the price of the old plans that the telco offered. These new plans are basically Rs 2 more expensive than the old plans that are not available anymore, and they offer much more benefits to the consumers. We recently did an analysis of these new postpaid plans; you can... Read More
All three private telecom operators in India have revealed their quarterly results for Q2 FY23. The ARPU (average revenue per user) leader is again Airtel, while Jio is leading in the profitability side of things. Today, we will be comparing the key metrics of the results that the telcos have announced. The results are publicly available to all. Vodafone Idea announced its quarterly results on November 3, 2022. The telco's... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced the Q2 FY23 results. The telco reported a loss of Rs 7529.5 crore. The loss has widened compared to Rs 7295.7 crore in Q1. Vi said that its quarterly revenues again grew, but there was no positive effect on the net income. What's currently very alarming for the telco is its higher churn rate. Vi needs as many paying subscribers as it can get in... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom company in the country, has announced its quarterly reports for Q2 FY23. The telco has reported a rise in the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure, but the losses have widened, which is an alarming thing for investors. 5G rollout is still not in the near future as the telco hasn't managed to raise funds yet. Vi has been waiting for the government to... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced new postpaid plans with Vi Max branding. The telco brought in four new postpaid plans for the users. Vi has also brought back the REDX branded plan. It removed all the REDX plans from the platform a couple of days back in a silent manner. Now with the new Vi Max, postpaid plans from Vi have been loaded with additional benefits. Even the concerns around... Read More
Vodafone Idea, with the help of its partner, launched Vi Music Events on Thursday. This is an offering for users of the telco who love music and want to see their favourite artists. Vi Music Events will be available to the users inside the Vi app. Customers of the telco will be able to see live performances by their favourite artists from the comfort of their place every Friday. To... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is under a serious cash crunch. This is the reason why it couldn't invest as much as the other telcos during the spectrum auction for 5G airwaves. In addition, the 4G capex of Vodafone Idea is much lower than what Airtel and Jio are spending. This has given Airtel and Jio an opportunity to eat away the market share of... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced new Vi Max plans. There are a total of four new plans on the list. A few days back, TelecomTalk reported that Vodafone Idea had discontinued REDX plans. But Vi has brought back a new REDX plan under this category of Vi Max plans. The four new plans will cost Rs 401, Rs 501, Rs 701 and Rs 1101. The fourth plan, which is... Read More
Indus Towers, a major telecom infrastructure company in India, has just revised its report on the results for Q2 FY23. On Oct 27, 2022, Indus published the quarterly report and under Section 5 - Management Discussion and Analysis on page number 14, the company has now deleted the paragraph titled 'Govt Stake in VIL'. Indus said that this paragraph was included erroneously in the report. For the unaware, Indus had... Read More
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