Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the four active telecom service providers in India who are directly selling services to consumers. All of these telcos have been after gaining new users to increase their subscriber market share for the last few years. But for now, the telcos seem to focus more on their average revenue per user (ARPU) figure than the number... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), one of the major telecom operators in the country, is reportedly in talks with Nokia, a Finnish telecom gear vendor, to replace Huawei 4G gear from its networks. Nokia might replace Huawei’s 4G gear in some parts of the country. It will be one of the biggest swap deals for Nokia in India. Nokia Might Deploy 12,000 5G Ready Sites, 4,000 Small Cells for Vi in Capital... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, has lost the case against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) order for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) which was issued in December 7, 2021. The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), in its order, said that TRAI is well within its powers to issue such an order and doesn’t require any interference. TDSAT has said that TRAI’s stand is “fair and... Read More
If you’re looking for prepaid plans that provide more data, telecom operators provide multiple plans that might suit your need. Among the variety of plans offered by the telcos, users get the option to either go for the cost-effective daily data plans that offer adequate data or to opt for high-end prepaid plans that offer more data every day. Mentioned below are a select few 2GB/3GB heavy daily data prepaid... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering customers something similar to the 2G customers in its subscriber base that Airtel is offering to all of its customers. We are talking about a cashback offer on the purchase of new smartphones. Vodafone Idea is trying to incentivise 2G users into upgrading to 4G as fast as possible. The telco said that it will offer Rs 100 cashback every month to the eligible customers... Read More
While some users might prefer to go for the prepaid plans while subscribing for their mobile services, some on the other hand might as well go for postpaid plans. If you are looking to switch to a postpaid subscription, the telecom operators in India offer a variety of postpaid plans along with popular prepaid plans. One of the key players in the Indian telecommunications market – Vodafone Idea offers individual... Read More
Vodafone Group UK might be planning to sell the complete stake in the Indian mobile tower company, Indus Towers. The company recently sold a 2.4% stake in Indus Towers to unnamed investors. The British telecom giant was also looking to sell a 4.7% stake in the tower company to Bharti Airtel so that it can infuse the proceeds into Vodafone Idea (Vi) as fresh capital against equity and some of... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), listed as Idea on the stock exchanges, is gaining in the early trade session on Tuesday. At the time of writing, Vi’s stock is trading (at the time of writing) at Rs 9.80, which is 2.62%, up from the previous close price of Rs 9.55. The third-largest telco’s shares opened at Rs 9.65 and touched a high of Rs 10.05. In the last few days, multiple developments... Read More
A majority of users while choosing their prepaid plans look for offers that provide value for their money. Long-term plans are one of the most popular plans as these plans offer the best value for money as it ensures data and voice calling benefits for a larger period of time. Even though telcos offer multiple long-term plans, one of the most common plans are the prepaid plans with 84 days... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, is currently looking for a candidate to fill out the “VP & Head — Digital Product Owner”, position in the company. In an internal email, Vi had said that it will be re-aligning the digital organisation with three verticals, including Consumer Digital Marketing, Consumer Digital Products and Partnerships, and Digital Delivery. Here are the job details and requirements posted by Vi. Vodafone... Read More
Vodafone Idea (listed as Idea in stock markets), Bharti Airtel (listed as Bhartiartl) and Reliance Industries Limited (parent company of Reliance Jio) stocks are going through a rough morning. All the telecom stocks are in the red, including Tata Teleservices and Tejas Networks. It is not just the telecom stocks, but also NIFTY 50 and SENSEX are in the red because of the increasing war activity in Ukraine. Globally, markets... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the private telecom operators in India, might get up to Rs 23,000 crore in total from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Both the telcos have to pay thousands of crores in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the DoT. To ensure the security of the payment against AGR dues, the telcos have to submit a Bank Guarantee (BG) to the DoT. But since the... Read More
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No cap i would push as much as possible to get the 1gbps connection if it came at that price
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