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Anupam Sharma March 6th, 2022 9:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

BSNL 4G Prepaid Plans That Give Tough Competition to Airtel, Vi, and Jio

The telecom market in India is hugely dominated by the three private telcos – Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These telcos offer a massive range of prepaid plans curated according to the need of their users. The state-owned telco BSNL, on the other hand also offers prepaid plans with amazing benefits but mostly gets overshadowed in front of the private giants. BSNL offers prepaid plans that not only... Read More

P K Tarun March 5th, 2022 5:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, and Vi Have a Big Question to Address With 5G Going Forward

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three leading private telecom operators, will have a big question to address in the near future. It is how to offer 5G services and how to differentiate network services for regular consumers between 4G and 5G. There’s no doubt that normal consumers won’t have a very high demand for 5G network services if they have access to good 4G networks. Thus,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 5th, 2022 1:11 PM 38 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Allowing Sending SMS Via Talktime Packs Starting at Rs 10

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is allowing users to send SMS if they are on a talktime pack. Note that the same hasn’t been confirmed by the company but by a TelecomTalk community member, verified by me. Vi offers quite expensive SMS prepaid packs compared to what Jio and Airtel are offering to their users. However, this had limited the ability of low-income users to send SMS for porting out of Vi’s... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 5th, 2022 7:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Airtel Offer These High-End Postpaid Plans

Even though prepaid plans are more popular among the users as they help keep the budget in check, postpaid plans offered by the telecom operators come with their own benefits. In particular, the telcos bundle up a ton of amazing benefits with their premium postpaid offerings. This can vary from multiple SIM allotments at one price tag to a number of OTT subscriptions. These plans are perfect for users who... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 4th, 2022 7:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Needs More Funding, Can Use Only 25% of Rs 4,500 Crore from Promoters

According to the analysts, the telecom company Vodafone Idea or Vi will only be able to utilize around 25% of the Rs 4,500 crore fresh capital infusion by its promoters – Vodafone UK and India’s Aditya Birla Group -- for CAPEX purposes. As per the analysts, this will not be enough for the telco to compete with its rivals such as Jio and Airtel which are financially stronger. Analysts suggest... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 4th, 2022 9:52 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea in Slightly Better Position for 5G Spectrum Auctions

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is in a slightly better position than it was two weeks back when we talk about the upcoming 5G spectrum auctions. The spectrum auctions are going to burn the telcos’ pockets with thousands of crores flowing towards the government. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel look solid with good profits in the book and fresh investments onboard. Vodafone Idea (Vi) was struggling in this regard until a few... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 3rd, 2022 7:53 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Approves Rs 14,500 Crore Fund-Raising via Preferential Shares and Equity

In a new development, the board of Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday has approved raising Rs 14,500 crore from its primary promoters – UK’s Vodafone Group as well as Aditya Birla Group (ABG) along with other external investors. The telecom operator is all set to raise Rs 4,500 crore which is approximately $600 million through preferential shares issued at Rs 13.30 per share to its promoters as well as related... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 3rd, 2022 1:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea 1GB 4G Data Voucher Starts at Rs 19

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is offering its 4G data voucher starting at just Rs 19. This is the most affordable data voucher you can get from the telco today. Reliance Jio, the top competitor of Vi, is offering its entry-level 4G data voucher for Rs 15. Both the telcos offer 1GB of data with their entry-level 4G data vouchers, but there’s one big difference... Read More

Anupam Sharma March 3rd, 2022 7:09 AM 1 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, Vi 2GB Daily Data Prepaid Plans Under Rs 500

Telecom operators in India provide a variety of prepaid plans for their subscribers to choose from. The most popular prepaid plan, however, remains the daily data packs offered by the telcos. The daily data packs have a wide range from high data expensive plans to low data-offering affordable plans. With a majority of the user base in India being budget-centric, the cheaper prepaid plans are always high in demand. Mentioned... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 2nd, 2022 8:19 AM 26 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Has Asked Govt for Close to $2 Billion in BGs

Vodafone Idea (Vi), India’s third-largest telecom operator, has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for releasing up to Rs 15,000 crore (approximately $2 billion) in bank guarantees (BGs) kept against the payment of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. Since the AGR dues have been deferred for the next four years, the need of maintaining bank guarantees right now is unnecessary, believes Vodafone Idea. According to an ET Telecom report, Vi... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 1st, 2022 8:20 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Leads With AGR Market Share Gain, Other Telcos Follow

The overall industry adjusted gross revenue (AGR) grew by 9.9% YoY and 4.4% QoQ to Rs 476 billion during Q3 FY22. During the quarter, Bharti Airtel’s AGR market share grew by 90bps QoQ (350bps YoY), said ICICI Securities, in a report. At the same time, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) AGR market share kept on dipping with 60bps further down during the quarter to 18.4%. The analyst said that Vodafone Idea... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 26th, 2022 1:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Chief Digital Officer, Reema Jain Steps Down

Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) Chief Digital Officer, Reema Jain has stepped down from the position at the company. Jain played a significant role in setting up the digital function in the company and has led it to a certain level of functional maturity, said Vodafone Idea, in an internal company email. Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) said that it is a good time to re-align and streamline Consumer Digital resources so that... Read More