Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom company in the country, has announced its quarterly reports for Q2 FY23. The telco has reported a rise in the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure, but the losses have widened, which is an alarming thing for investors. 5G rollout is still not in the near future as the telco hasn't managed to raise funds yet. Vi has been waiting for the government to... Read More
Dish TV, one of the largest DTH (Direct-to-Home) players in India, is now offering consumers new OTT (over-the-top) plans. These are not just normal OTT plans. The new Watcho OTT plans is basically an OTT aggregation service from Dish TV. In simple words, with a single subscription from Dish TV's Watcho, you can get access to several platforms and their vast content libraries. Major platforms such as ZEE5, Disney+ Hotstar,... Read More
WhatsApp has finally rolled out its community feature to users around the world, including in India. In addition, the instant messaging platform has introduced two new group features, including video calls for 32 people and groups of up to 1024 users. Previously, the 32-party calling feature was limited to voice calls only. By introducing a group video calling feature for 32 people, WhatsApp is clearly aiming to rival other video... Read More
There are a ton of excellent mid-range smartphones from competing companies, such as Realme, Oppo, Vivo, and others, that are even more reasonable or have improved features. Let's examine the features of each of these phones individually. Realme Narzo 50 With a price tag of Rs 11,499, the Realme Narzo 50 is a potent smartphone in its pricing range. It has a good camera setup and a long battery life.... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced new postpaid plans with Vi Max branding. The telco brought in four new postpaid plans for the users. Vi has also brought back the REDX branded plan. It removed all the REDX plans from the platform a couple of days back in a silent manner. Now with the new Vi Max, postpaid plans from Vi have been loaded with additional benefits. Even the concerns around... Read More
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom player in India, has announced the launch of 5G services at the Bengaluru Kempegowda International airport. Airtel said that it deployed 5G for its customers in Terminal 2 of Bangalore airport. Airtel had already announced that it would be deploying 5G in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This has made the Bengaluru airport the first airport in the country to get 5G networks. In the Terminal 2 of... Read More
Vodafone Idea, with the help of its partner, launched Vi Music Events on Thursday. This is an offering for users of the telco who love music and want to see their favourite artists. Vi Music Events will be available to the users inside the Vi app. Customers of the telco will be able to see live performances by their favourite artists from the comfort of their place every Friday. To... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, released the Q2 Fy23 report a couple of days back. While the analysts expected the telco's average revenue per user (ARPU) figure to cross Rs 180 levels, that didn't happen. The lower the ARPU, the lower will be the overall revenues. With Jio, there's definitely an advantage of scale. But the revenues won't improve much if the scale of customers goes slightly higher and... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is under a serious cash crunch. This is the reason why it couldn't invest as much as the other telcos during the spectrum auction for 5G airwaves. In addition, the 4G capex of Vodafone Idea is much lower than what Airtel and Jio are spending. This has given Airtel and Jio an opportunity to eat away the market share of... Read More
Most people know that buying a refurbished device saves money compared to buying a new one. It also gives the device a second life instead of sending it for recycling. While demand for appliances isn't as high as it was at the pandemic's peak, buying refurbished is sometimes a smart way to find new or hard-to-find products for less. These are all good things - however, "renewed" is still a... Read More
Fastway Transmissions owned Netplus Broadband, which provides internet services, announced on Monday that it would give users in the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir a 25% speed boost with its Rs 499 package. Then, for Rs 499, Netplus is offering plans with 50 Mbps speed, and for Rs 599, it is giving plans with 80 Mbps speed, unlimited data, and calls.... Read More
As we delve further, let's look into the digital ecosystem and innovations, which Airtel emphasised during its Q2 FY23 results. This analysis is in continuation to Airtel Mobile Business Shows Organic Growth. Digital products and services and enterprise use cases play a significant role when the telecom Industry is getting ready for 5G. After all, there is nothing much an end consumer can do with 1 Gbps+ speed, even if... Read More
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What kind of logic is this? Band 28 is exclusively used for coverage and not for speeds. They have mmwave…
Band 28 is just for VoNR and coverage. There is no other usage. Inside home, 20-50Mbps on an average. ARPU…
This is not going to happen. Vi is empty network everywhere now. 33 crore to less than 20 crore within…
where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
