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Tanay Singh Thakur December 18th, 2024 7:13 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea is Offering One Year of Disney+ Hotstar Mobile with this Plan

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is offering customers free access to Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription for one year with its prepaid plan. This plan is naturally expensive, but from an industry point of view, at par with the prices of the competition. The prepaid plan from Vi which we are talking about costs Rs 3699. Note that this is not the only prepaid plan... Read More

Kripa B December 17th, 2024 7:22 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea to Strengthen 4G Network in West Bengal Ahead of 5G Rollout: Report

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Tuesday outlined its strategy to strengthen its presence in the Kolkata and Rest of Bengal (RoB) circles. The plan reportedly focuses on expanding its 4G network, driving digitalisation, and growing its retail footprint. Naveen Singhvi, Business Head for Bengal and North East at Vodafone Idea, stated that the company is prioritising 4G network expansion to meet the increasing demand for data consumption before rolling out 5G,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 16th, 2024 6:35 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea 5G: Where It is Available, Areas Listed

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has launched 5G in all 17 licensed service areas (LSAs) in India. This is a very small-scale launch by the company and thus not many users would be able to enjoy it still. However, this marks Vi's entry into the 5G domain commercially. The telco has deployed 5G on both the 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz spectrum. Note that the service is available now for both... Read More

Kripa B December 13th, 2024 5:17 PM 10 COMMENTS

Prices Need Further Uptick to Generate Reasonable Returns: Vodafone Idea

"Prices need further uptick to generate reasonable returns and support future investments," Vodafone Idea (Vi) said in its Investor Presentation. Before the recent tariff hike in July 2024, the last such hike occurred in November 2021. Currently, tariffs in India remain lower than those in comparable global markets. Considering inflation, prices need to align with rising costs, Vi emphasised. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Prepaid Plan Revisions: Hero Becomes SuperHero With... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2024 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Late 5G Adoption has been Helpful: Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has delayed its 5G rollout compared to its competitors including Jio and Airtel. The other telcos launched 5G in 2022, and while Vi has also had access to the 5G spectrum this whole time, the telco refrained from investing efforts into rolling out 5G. After successfully raising funds, Vi is now looking to expand 4G and also roll out 5G... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2024 6:36 AM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Makes Improvements in 4G, but Is It Enough

Vodafone Idea has been scaling its efforts to improve 4G network connectivity and coverage in India. The telco has already committed to putting Rs 80 billion in capex in H2 of FY25. To put this into context for you, Vi spent about one-fourth of this amount in H1, so this means, that we are certainly going to see improvements in the network. Opensignal already said in its recent report that... Read More

Kripa B December 10th, 2024 10:59 AM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Selects Tejas Networks to Scale Up Backhaul Network for 4G and 5G Deployments

Tejas Networks announced on Tuesday (December 10) that it has secured a three-year contract with Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) to supply its TJ1400 and TJ1600 packet and optical transmission products. The agreement aims to strengthen VIL's backhaul capacity and improve network performance across multiple telecom circles in India, supporting the company’s nationwide 4G and 5G rollouts. Also Read: Airtel Enhances 5G Network Capacity with Ribbon Communication’s DWDM Deployment Towards Vodafone... Read More

Kripa B December 9th, 2024 6:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Board Approves Preferential Issue to Raise Rs 1,980 Crore

The Vodafone Idea (Vi) Board of Directors approved the issuance of up to 175.53 crore equity shares on a preferential basis to raise up to Rs 1,980 crore on Monday, December 9. India's third-largest telecom operator, in its meeting held today, approved the Preferential Issue, according to a filing. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Board to Consider Raising Upto Rs 2,000 Crore Through Preferential Issue Details of the Preferential Issue The... Read More

Tanuja K December 9th, 2024 4:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Announces Easy+ for Corporate Postpaid Users

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced Easy+ service for corporate postpaid users. This is a service meant for corporate postpaid users who want to purchase additional services from Vi for personal needs. Services including international roaming, OTT (over-the-top) subscriptions, and more can be added to the plan by corporate users. In a release, Vodafone Idea said that its Easy+ offers include: International Roaming - customers can purchase roaming packs for personal... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2024 6:56 AM 22 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel and Vi Manage to Lower the Rate of Churn to BSNL: IIFL

One of the telecom operators in India which benefitted plenty from the tariff hikes without hiking the tariffs was BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited). The state-run telecom operator kept its prices the same while the private telcos hiked the prices of their plans. This led consumers to leave the networks of the private telcos and get a BSNL SIM, resulting in new subscribers for BSNL in the short term. However,... Read More

Kripa B December 7th, 2024 10:07 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Enhances Network Experience for Users in Rajasthan

Indian telecommunications provider Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced significant network upgrades in Rajasthan, enhancing over 4,000 sites with improvements across the 900 MHz, 2100 MHz, and 1800 MHz spectrum bands. The company also plans to invest further to expand and enhance over 6,500 sites in the state, boosting indoor connectivity and data speeds for its users. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Enhances Network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with Spectrum Upgrades... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 7th, 2024 7:09 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Offering Unlimited Data for Half Day is Killer, Here’s Why

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) has announced unlimited data for customers with the Vi Superhero plans. With the Superhero plans, users get unlimited data for half day. This means unlimited data between 12 AM and 12 PM. This is a great offer and counters the unlimited 5G offer from its rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. The only unfortunate thing about this offer is that it is not available in all... Read More