Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country may get Rs 20,000 crore investment from Amazon. It is worth noting that a few days back, Ravinder Takkar had said that the company is very close to raising Rs 20,000 crore from an external investor. As per a report from The Ken, Vi might get this investment from the e-commerce giant Amazon. This will be the first time Amazon... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) bring to their customers an extensive range of prepaid plans. Both the telecom operators offer their users a similar plan worth Rs 839. In fact, even the benefits offered by both the plans are quite the same. So today, we will be looking at the plans to determine which could be a better option for you. Bharti Airtel Rs 839 Prepaid Plan Bharti Airtel... Read More
Vodafone Idea Foundation, the CSR (corporate social responsibility) arm of Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced that its SmartAgri project has been expanded to more states including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, and Assam. The SmartAgri program was launched in 2020 and is focused on bringing together advanced technology interventions for helping farmers improve their livelihood and adopt sustainable farming methods. SmartAgri project helps farmers leverage things such as the Internet of... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is reportedly mulling exiting the Wi-Fi joint venture (JV) with Bharti Airtel formed back in 2014. Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea, told BusinessLine the company might potentially exit the JV with Airtel as neither of the companies is investing much time into it. When the JV was formed, India was running on mobile networks powered by 3G technology. The telco had anticipated the data surge in... Read More
Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, said that he is “absolutely committed” to Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest private telco in India. Birla told BQ Prime in an interview that the intent right now is to find a partner to come and invest in the company. Birla said that finding investment right now is not the easiest of things because everyone knows that the company was in... Read More
The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has exempted the Government of India (GoI) from making an open offer to the shareholders of Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) pursuant to the proposed acquisition of a 33% stake in the telco. SEBI said that the GoI could skip this process, and this means that the equity conversion process for the company has just become easier and will happen faster too. For the... Read More
The two private telecom operators of India – Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea provide a ton of prepaid plans for their subscriber base. The telecom operators have something to offer for everyone and for those who are looking for plans under budget which offer adequate data, the telcos have multiple options. Mentioned in the article are the prepaid plans provided by Airtel and Vi under Rs 300 that are pretty... Read More
Call recording is an important aspect for many individuals as well as businesses. To bring something better than the traditional system, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is now offering enterprises/businesses a ‘Mobile Call Recording Solution’. The solution is being offered by the telco under ‘Vi Business’ (B2B arm of Vodafone Idea). The traditional recording systems have often posed challenges and problems for the business. To address those challenges, Vi is now offering... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country doesn’t offer users any SMS benefits with some of its prepaid plans. Thus, these plans are not the best if your Vi SIM is the primary connection as in the case of sending important SMSes such as for UPI or bank verification, you won’t be able to do it. Let’s take a look at the Vi plans which don’t offer... Read More
The private telecom operators in India might increase the prepaid tariffs by 10% to 12% by Diwali. This means that the tariff hikes might come by October or November 2022. Analysts believe that with this tariff hike, the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure would go up by another 10%. According to an ET Telecom report, Mayuresh Joshi, head of equity research at the Indian unit of US equity research... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, offers a range of affordable international roaming packs to users. Vi has roaming arrangements with operators across the world, which will make the international travel experience for the users seamless and worry-free for its customers. What Do Vi International Roaming Packs Bring to the Table? With the Vi International Roaming packs, users can roam freely around the globe and get unlimited... Read More
Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea (Vi), expressed how surprised he was to see Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, commenting on the cultural differences inside Vi. For the unaware, very recently, Mittal had said that Vi is struggling because of the cultural differences that exist inside the company. While talking to ET Telecom, Takkar said that Mittal had said many times that his company (Airtel) was on the... Read More
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