Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the top three private telecom operators in India, have had a very constrained journey because of the uneasy policy environment in the telecom sector. However, all that is changing now. The telcos are getting plenty of help from the government, and the policies are evolving to help the sector. Spectrum sharing has been a topic that has not been too focused on.... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), two listed private telecom operators in India have performed well on stock exchanges on Friday close. Both the telcos’ stocks were trading fairly lower compared to where they were a few months back. Bharti Airtel’s stock closed at Rs 671.20 which is 1.67% up from the previous close of Rs 660.20. Airtel’s stock had touched a daily high of Rs 675.70. An uptick of... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is soon going to give the Indian government equity against the interest dues worth Rs 16,133 crore. Vi was the only telco to go ahead with this option, and it makes sense because the telco wasn’t making money. Bharti Airtel, on the other hand, was in a position where it was generating free cash flows and deleveraging as fast as possible and thus didn’t require to give... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is continuously trying to grow average revenue per user (ARPU) to maximise revenues from mobile business. The telco is currently looking for a prepaid marketing specialist for the Punjab Cluster. The candidate applying for the job needs to know that the location of the job is Mohali. Anandaraman Srinivasan is the hiring manager for the job post. In the JD (job description), Vi said that it is... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telco in India, is in a better position as it has received the option to defer additional AGR (adjusted gross revenue) dues worth Rs 8,837 crore. This amount is on top of the money that the telco has already deferred for payment. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had given the telco an option to defer the additional AGR dues up to FY2018-19. Vi naturally opted... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has said that it has doubled the VoLTE capacity in two states, including Maharashtra and Goa. Because of this, users living in the concerned states will get an enhanced voice calling experience. The telco said that users would get HD quality crystal clear voice with a super-fast call connection. It is worth noting that Maharashtra and Goa are priority states for the company. Vi has been ramping... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country has decided to defer Rs 8837 crore worth of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues for four years. The option to do this was given to the telco by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Vodafone Idea will now pay the said amount in six equal instalments post the moratorium period starting from March 31, 2026. The company said that the old... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been struggling to get a grip on the Indian market. While the telco’s roots go long back in history, somehow, it has not managed to make a single rupee since the merger in 2018. To sort out its issues, the telco, just like every other major business is looking for funds from multiple sources to keep the business running. But it has been a difficult journey... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) will be very happy with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) after the SUC (Spectrum Usage Charges) order. The telecom department has removed the 3% floor rate on SUC and this would help the telcos in saving a lot of future outflows towards these statutory fees. The telecom operators had recently told DoT that while removing SUC from future spectrum acquired through auctions... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is known as the telco which offers the most affordable tariffs in India. There are many plans that users can take from BSNL, which are also offered by private players for the same price. However, you will notice that the plans from BSNL offer way more benefits than what users get with the same priced plans from the private telecom operators. Let’s take a look... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is giving its users 90GB of lumpsum monthly data with a Rs 499 plan. But this is not a conventional prepaid or postpaid plan. This is a plan that is offered to the users with a MiFi device. If you are wondering what a MiFi device is, it is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot device that allows users to stay connected... Read More
Vodafone Idea Foundation, the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) arm of Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, on Tuesday announced that it has set up a skill training center in Hamirpur which will offer dedicated employment linked skill training to economically and socially challenged youth within their vicinity. For the formal inauguration of the center, Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports,... Read More
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