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Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2021 4:30 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea to Offer Music Streaming Like Airtel, Jio With Hungama Music

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has just announced that it will offer a premium music streaming service to its users with Hungama Music. By partnering with Hungama Music, Vodafone Idea has strengthened its over-the-top (OTT) offering to the network service customers. Under this partnership, the telco will be offering its prepaid and postpaid customers six months of Hungama Music premium subscription at no additional cost. Vi... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2021 8:22 AM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vi Don’t Like That USSD Services are Free for Customers

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have conveyed to the Telecom Regulatory authority of India (TRAI) about their disappointment related to the zero tariffs for unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) based payment services and mobile banking. The telcos have said that zero tariffs would increase the cost pressure very significantly, and it is already a debt-laden sector which means it would be very bad for their business as well as... Read More

Anupam Sharma December 13th, 2021 7:10 AM 7 COMMENTS

BSNL, Airtel, Vi Rs 599 Prepaid Plans In-depth Comparison

The recent tariff hikes by the telcos in the country have changed the complete price list of the prepaid plans offered by them. All the private telcos in India raised the prices of their prepaid plans by around 20% and users need some time in knowing and adjusting to these. BSNL, the government-owned telco is still providing its plans at the same cost. However, for customers looking for a mid-range... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 11th, 2021 10:35 AM 2 COMMENTS

Jio, Vi and Airtel 2GB and 3GB Daily Data Plans Under Rs 1000

With the recent revision of prepaid tariffs by Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi), there has been a handsome hike of 20-25% in the price of new prepaid plans of the providers. The subscribers may need to make a prudent choice from a host of plans available to save money. Each plan has its own set of benefits, primarily differences in OTT subscription offers and validity. For a... Read More

Anupam Sharma December 11th, 2021 7:10 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel vs Vi Rs 299 Prepaid Plan, Benefits and Other Details

The recent tariff hikes by the telcos in the country have changed the complete price list of the prepaid plans offered by them. All the private telcos in India raised the prices of their prepaid plans by around 20% and users need some time in knowing and adjusting to this. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea offer prepaid plans at quite identical tariffs, however, the offers provided by them are unique.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2021 2:21 PM 2 COMMENTS

Fiberise 85% Telecom Towers, Provide Level Playing Field With Satcom: Vodafone Idea

The need for fiberisation of the telecom towers in India for a successful 5G rollout is quite high. Highlighting that, P Balaji, Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea, said a robust digital infrastructure deployment is needed, and efforts should be made to fiberise 85% of all telecom towers in India in the next 24 months from the current 35%. Balaji said that while the goal might seem daunting,... Read More

Anupam Sharma December 10th, 2021 10:31 AM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, Vi Revised Unlimited Data Prepaid Plans Under Rs 250

The Telecom industry in India recently witnessed a price hike in the prepaid plans offered by the three private players of the market. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) were the first to initiate the tariff hike, and Reliance Jio followed suit soon enough. The surge in tariff of these plans was around 20% which meant that users who used to purchase affordable packs under Rs 250 couldn’t do so... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2021 9:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vi Want This From the Government Now

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have benefited from the recent tariff hikes and the relief measures announced by the government. But things haven’t ended here for the telos. For 5G to become a reality, the telcos need to do more work and get more cash in hand so that they can be ready for more aggressive network investments. There are two things that both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 9th, 2021 5:14 PM 11 COMMENTS

Ravinder Takkar, Vodafone Idea CEO Says Affordable Spectrum Needed

Implementation and wide-scale 5G rollouts are going to be very costly for the telcos. For India to be at the forefront with 5G technologies, an affordable and adequate spectrum must be available. Ravinder Takkar, CEO, Vodafone Idea (Vi), speaking at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2021, said an adequate and cost-efficient spectrum is required for making the necessary investments in rolling out 5G in India. Takkar said issues related to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 9th, 2021 1:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Chairman Says Banks Will Soon Need to Rethink Strategy

The world is shifting towards a digital ecosystem of banking and payments. The online transaction volume for digital payments is expected to rise over to 70% in 2025 from 39% in 2021. This will compel banks to rethink their brick and mortar strategy, says Himanshu Kapania, Vodafone Idea Chairman. Kapania noted that the “groceries and apparel” segment were the key drivers of e-commerce growth in India. Global Investors Are Acknowledging... Read More

Anupam Sharma December 9th, 2021 7:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

Prepaid Plans for Moderate Data Users from Vi, Airtel, Jio and BSNL

The recent price hike in the telecom industry has seen a rise in the cost of all the plans provided by the telco to up to 20%. Prices of all the plans that users were accustomed to, has now been changed and moreover, the plans have become quite expensive. The unlimited plans that offer daily data cost quite more than they did before. In this scenario, daily data plans that... Read More

Ria Lakshman December 8th, 2021 9:49 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel, Jio and Vi Annual Prepaid Plans Show Changes in Streaming Benefits

The significant change that has occurred in the tariff plans of Airtel, Vi and Jio after the recent price hike is the changes in the streaming benefits of their annual prepaid plans. The mobile subscription of Disney + Hotstar for one year is given under Airtel annual prepaid plan of Rs 3359. The same is offered under the Rs 3119 annual prepaid plan of Jio. In the case of Airtel,... Read More