In a rather shocking development, Vodafone-Idea merger will reportedly lead to massive layoffs. The ongoing merger process of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular might lead to loss of about a fourth of the telcos’ combined 21000 strong workforce, reports ET. The companies have been advised by the nodal team heading … Read More
Idea Cellular has now come up with a new prepaid plan of Rs 249 to compete with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. The Rs 249 prepaid plan from the country’s third-largest telecom operator offers 2GB data per day and voice calling benefits as well for 28 days. So Idea is … Read More
Telecom Industry body COAI said Bharti Airtel and Jio were fully compliant with the Trai’s quality of service norms, though Vodafone India and Idea Cellular were marginally not meeting the standards. The body added the non-compliance of call drop parameters laid down by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in October, … Read More
The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approve the merger between Idea Cellular and Vodafone India by the end of this month. An anonymous official said in his statement to ET “The final approval should come within this month.” When this approval is passed, the Idea and Vodafone merged … Read More
Idea Cellular has been rolling out new prepaid plans every now and then, and the telco now rolled out a Rs 19 prepaid tariff plan for its prepaid subscribers. The Rs 19 prepaid plan from Idea offers benefits in-line with Airtel Rs 19 prepaid plan and better benefits than Jio’s … Read More
Aircel might be stepping onto another legal battle as Idea Cellular and Vodafone India gear up to take action against the telecom company which is already under the weight of bankruptcy. Airtel and Idea might be the first companies to take such a step in these regards, according to the … Read More
India’s second and third largest telecom operators- Vodafone India and Idea Cellular’s merger proposal is in the final stages of approval as told by Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan on Tuesday. “The Idea-Vodafone merger is in the final stages of approval. Because they have got the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) … Read More
The biggest merger in the Indian telecommunications history between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular is expected to complete in the next few weeks. Post the merger, we will have a new leading telecom operator in the country. Anticipating the merger to be done by the end of first half of … Read More
Idea Cellular has now come up with two new prepaid unlimited packs of Rs 998 and Rs 1298 offering unlimited voice, limited amount of data and SMS benefits. However, these new plans don’t match with the other prepaid tariff plans available from Idea Cellular and other telcos. The Rs 998 … Read More
Idea Cellular has now become the second telecom operator after Reliance Jio to offer more than 400 Live TV channels on its standalone platform- Idea Movies & TV. Idea says that the platform has ramped up its content with the introduction of several new Live TV channels along with the … Read More
Telecom operators are involved in a cutthroat competition to weed out each other out of the game and get the most people to sign up for their services. The current scenario of the Indian telecom is nothing short of what we described. Especially, when the telcos are rolling out cashback … Read More
With the constantly declining price of data and with the telcos offering new plans each and every day there seems to be a fierce battle going on between all the telecom operators for capturing the market. Companies are desperately trying to bring in subscribers in mass numbers, and in this … Read More
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