Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the top telecom service providers (TSPs) in India. Their 4G networks are present all across the nation, and each of them has millions of customers. Because of the fair-usage-policy (FUP) structure, the telcos offer users 4G data vouchers which can help them in recharging their numbers if they have already used their data for the day. Each of the operators offers... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been waiting for the telecom industry to go ahead with the tariff hikes. The telco wants to see its average revenue per user (ARPU) rising significantly so that it can recover slightly from the losses it has been through. Vi must be very happy with Airtel right now. Bharti Airtel is paving the way for Vodafone Idea to follow. If you don’t understand, let me add... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) all offer broadband plans that offer less than 50 Mbps speed. These plans are all entry-level in nature and don’t offer a lot to the users in terms of other benefits. But they can be the perfect plans for people who don’t want a lot of speed and want to save their money on broadband plans. The best thing is... Read More
The chances of Vodafone Idea’s exit in the medium term is quite high. Especially if the telco can’t pay its dues by raising capital from the market. There’s a positive thing for Vodafone Idea in the market though. It is the expected tariff hikes and the relief package from the government. Vi has been struggling to make ends meet and because of the large amount of dues, the company won’t... Read More
Telecom operators have been elevating the subscriber count by offering an array of prepaid and postpaid plans. Recently, private telecom operators have made some changes in their prepaid and postpaid plans by increasing the price of some plans and launching new plans. The private telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea offers a variety of postpaid plans that are packed with data and other benefits. In case you... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea all have cemented their position in the market as different kinds of players. While Jio seems to be the most affordable brand, Vi and Airtel are sort of in the expensive end. But all of the players offer one unique prepaid plan with a validity of 28 days that is very expensive. But there’s always a reason behind the pricing of the plans.... Read More
Even though Vodafone Idea (Vi) isn’t in the best position right now, there’s no denying that the telco can have a future in India. It offers some of the best prepaid and postpaid plans to users in the country. In fact, there is a prepaid plan offered by the telco that neither Jio nor Airtel offers to its users. The prepaid plan that I am talking about comes with a... Read More
The telecom market in India will be “falling into duopoly” with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio “sharing the subscriber market share among themselves” if Vodafone Idea does collapse, says Kantipudi Pradeepthi, research analyst at GlobalData. Pradeepthi said that the country till now has the “lower and cheapest mobile data plans around the globe” largely “due to the launch of Jio in 2016.” The research analyst at GlobalData believes that “there... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced the integration of Vi Movies & TV with the Vi app. For the unaware, Vi Movies & TV is an over-the-top (OTT) platform developed by Vodafone Idea that is offered to the users when they purchase a prepaid or a postpaid plan from the company. There are different subscription tiers of Vi Movies & TV offered to the users with different kinds of plans.... Read More
Vodafone Idea, the third largest operator in India added 18 lakhs new 4G users in June, with the additions generating mixed responses from the analysts. According to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday, Vodafone Idea 4G user base touched 12.14 crores in June. In the previous month, the Trai data highlights that the operator had 11.96 crores 4G users, translating to an 18... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) subscribers have started to shift to Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio’s networks. While Airtel was already adding a ton of Vi customers, the numbers might be accelerated even more. Looking at the position that Vodafone Idea is currently in, there’s a good chance that the rate of subscribers shifting from Vi to Airtel and Jio will increase even further. Looking at the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) data... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been refarming the 3G spectrum to 4G since last year. The telco has done it in phases throughout the country, picking one circle after another. Vi plans to slowly remove its 3G services from India and become a 2G and 4G only operator. Now, Vi has refarmed the 3G spectrum to 4G in Maharashtra & Goa. Multiple cities, including Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Solapur, Kolhapur, Goa, Jalgaon,... Read More
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This is circle specific.
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