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Tanay Singh Thakur June 6th, 2022 9:00 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Working on Properly Distinguishing Between Prepaid and Postpaid Services

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, wants to add more high-paying customers to its subscriber pool. The telco’s ultimate goal is to improve the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure. But there are a lot of low-paying prepaid customers subscribed to the telco’s networks. A lot of prepaid users are also still consuming 2G services thus, there’s no scope of earning more out of them in the near future.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 4th, 2022 5:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Took These Green Initiatives in FY22

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, recently shared its green business practices. ‘Green’ here implies good for nature. In FY22, the telco continued to adopt environmentally sustainable practices laid down by the company’s Energy and Carbon Management Policy. In FY22, VIL (Vodafone Idea Limited) was able to achieve a 25% reduction in energy consumption in outdoor BTS compared to indoor BTS – over 75% of the telco’s... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 3rd, 2022 3:30 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vi VPN Extended Connect Is Here to Help With Secure Connectivity

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, offers VPN (Virtual Private Network) services through its B2B arm called Vi Business. Every enterprise that’s going digital today requires access to cloud services for storing data and accessing it conveniently through any location with internet connectivity. The concept of private networks has also become common as businesses rely on these networks for security by connecting them to the data... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 2nd, 2022 6:40 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio, and Vi Should Get 5G Spectrum for 30 Years at Reduced Prices: Niti Aayog

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are working on developing more and more use cases around their 5G networks in a testing environment. The telcos are leveraging the 5G spectrum given by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). But, the telecom operators can’t roll out 5G without first going through the spectrum auction and acquiring airwaves meant for 5G commercial services. Niti Aayog, the think tank of the government,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 1st, 2022 4:32 PM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel Has Much Larger Brand Value Compared to Jio in 2022

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, had a larger brand value than its arch-rival, Reliance Jio. In the telecom sector, only three private players remain in India and out of them, Airtel is at the top in brand value in 2022. Jio is in the second position, while Vi is in the third. According to a report published by Brand Finance, Airtel’s brand value in 2022 stood... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 1st, 2022 12:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vi Launches Vi Ads, an AI/ML Based Ad-Tech Platform, to Help With Revenue Growth

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has rolled out an AI/ML-based ad-tech platform for capitalising on the multi-billion dollar advertising industry in India. The digital revolution in the country driven by cheap data has led to significant growth and innovation in the ad-tech industry. This has increased the volume of investments in the industry. Vi’s ad-tech platform will be called “Vi Ads”. It is focused on... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 1st, 2022 10:33 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vi Top Official Suggests Allocating Unsold Spectrum at Market Discovered Price

Due to the spectrum being very expensive in India, multiple times now, certain frequency bands have been ignored by the telcos during the auctions. Ravinder Takkar, talking to TOI, suggested that the government should allocate the unsold spectrum to the players at the market discovered price. This will help the companies with their plans of scaling networks throughout the country to meet the growing demand for digital consumption. Takkar cleared... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 1st, 2022 9:09 AM 52 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea CEO Says Industry ARPU Should Have been Rs 350 – Rs 400 Today

Ravinder Takkar, CEO, Vodafone Idea (Vi), said recently that the industry average revenue per user (ARPU) should have been Rs 350-400 today as it was Rs 200-205 in 2016. According to Takkar, the wallet spending of consumers has shrunk about Rs 150, which is 50% to 60% lower than what it would have been in 2016. Vodafone Idea will not hesitate in raising tariffs, said Takkar. The telco believes that... Read More

Anupam Sharma June 1st, 2022 7:26 AM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Prepaid Plans With Enough Data for WFH

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering multiple prepaid plans to its users who are working from home (WFH). There are some plans from the telco that you can leverage to your advantage if you are working from home. The plans we are talking about come for Rs 319 followed by Rs 539 and Rs 839 plans. Users can choose from these plans for a seamless work experience from home. All of... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 31st, 2022 6:54 PM 10 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Confirms No Proposal from Amazon for Investment Yet

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has confirmed that Amazon, a US-based e-commerce giant, has made no proposals for buying a stake or investing in the company in any manner. The company was giving clarification to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) about the news which surfaced saying that Amazon is likely to invest Rs 20,000 crore into the telco. Vodafone Idea on Amazon’s... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 31st, 2022 5:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vi Cloud Telephony Solutions Offers Tons of Benefits to Enterprises

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, offers Cloud Telephony solutions to enterprises through its B2B arm called Vi Business. The telco offers it as a Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS). Enterprises can get a lot of benefits from Vi Telephony Solutions if they engage with their customers at scale and on a regular basis. Here is what you should about this service from Vodafone Idea.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 31st, 2022 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Revenues to Grow Significantly Like Airtel, Jio

Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) revenues are likely to grow by 20% to 25% in fiscal 2023. As per CRISIL, the other two private telcos are going to see their revenues going up by the same margin. The growth in revenues will be there because of the rise of tariffs in 2021. CRISIL said that due to the full-year impact of tariff hikes, the ARPU (average revenue per user) figure of all... Read More