Newly merged company Vodafone Idea Ltd drafted and sent a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) urging the authorities to recalculate the spectrum costs which the company had paid to get the merger cleared. To recall, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India had to pay up a sum of Rs 3,926.34 crore in cash to get the merger cleared from DoT. However, now the company is of the view that... Read More
Reliance Jio is continuing its pole position in the monthly subscriber addition list as the telco managed to grab 11.7 million new users during July 2018. According to the monthly subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Mukesh Ambani-owned firm, Reliance Jio Infocomm has extended its subscriber base by another 11.7 million, which takes the overall user base to a 227 million as of July 2018.... Read More
Newly merged entity, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is renegotiating its terms with equipment partners, Nokia, Ericsson, Huawei and ZTE. Under the new pacts, Vodafone Idea Limited is going to form realigned commercial links with the equipment providers. This step has been taken by the telco to bring down the number of equipment partner per circle down to one, from the present number of three. As per analysts, this step is... Read More
There used to be a time when telecom subscribers in India paid a whopping Rs 255 for 1GB of 4G data from top telecom operators. But the scenario has now changed and telcos are now bundling data, voice and SMS benefits into a single plan, and the cost of 1GB data has come down to as low as Rs 1.5. In a new turn of events, the top three telcos-... Read More
Vodafone India, which is now Vodafone Idea Limited has rolled out a 33% discount offer to its prepaid users in India. As part of the offer, Vodafone is providing a user with 33% discount on its Rs 199 plan if the user chooses it for three months up front. Wondering how it works? Well, Vodafone is essentially combining the Rs 199 plan for three months and offering an overall discount... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited, which recently became operational is reportedly looking to limit its workforce to 15,000 levels from the existing 17,500-18,000 levels. This essentially means that the merged entity will shed up to 2,500 people from the organisation. While some employees will be moved back to their respective parent companies, some will be taken by natural attrition, according to an Economic Times report. Furthermore, the merged entity will also be... Read More
Vodafone has launched a Rs 99 voice only prepaid plan in which it is offering unlimited voice calling, including roaming for 28 days straight. Under this plan, Vodafone won’t be combining the data or SMS benefits and will only ship the plain-old calling benefits. Joining the league of other telecom operators Vodafone has also finally launched a budget-oriented voice-only plan which would target more fundamental users who would rather not... Read More
It’s not even a week since Vodafone Idea finalised its M&A deal and the company has already started making moves left, right and centre to prepare its war chest. In the latest turn of events, Vodafone Idea is set to move telecom tribunal to demand Rs 7,249 crore which the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had forced to pay to clear the most significant M&A deal of the sector. Now with... Read More
Soon after the finalisation of the Idea-Vodafone merger, the former market leader Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal sent out an organisation-wide email informing the employees about the competition that lies ahead and also talking about the strengths of the company. In a related development, one day after the companies' merger, the newly formed Vodafone Idea conducted a two-hour town hall which was streamed across the nation in Vodafone-Idea offices. The... Read More
Asus Zenfone 5Z and Sony Xperia XZ2 are the two major smartphones which received support for Vodafone VoLTE recently. On the whole, Vodafone now has a total of 122 devices under its VoLTE supported list of devices, which doesn't come anywhere close to Airtel's 200 VoLTE supported devices list. Having said that, Vodafone's list is way better than Idea VoLTE eligible list of devices and all these telcos fall short... Read More
The finalised merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone is the biggest M&A deal happening in the country right now. After being severely bogged down by the latest telecom entrant in the country, Reliance Jio, the British Vodafone Plc owned Indian wing, and the Kumar Mangalam Birla led telco decided to join their forces to tackle the increasing competition in the telecom sector. In the last few months only, we have... Read More
After securing the last nod from NCLT, the merged entity of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India, which is already named as Vodafone Idea Limited begins its operations in the country. The merged entity has confirmed that it will have over 408 million subscribers, Revenue Market Share of 32.2% with top position in 9 circles, over 3,40,000 (3G+4G) sites spread across the nation and much more. So it's now official that... Read More
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Upay bas ek hi hai ghar ghar mein Wifi lagao aur BSNL ka sim use karo. Not a big fan…
Change the name please from Jio to "Maro"
That will continue to happen in BSNL whole 2025. By 2026, even pvt 5G will stabilise once any midband shifts…
Jio is meddling with the plans since 2022.. 199 was such a appropriate plan and so easy for general public…
Jio has removed data booster packs and added new data packs with same price point and 7 days validity.
