Vodafone Idea Limited has come up with a new offer for postpaid users after an eternity. As part of this new offers, Vodafone Idea customers can avail up to Rs 2,400 discount on every postpaid plan for 12 months or one year. Vodafone has this offer for a while now, … Read More
The Telecom Regulator Trai in its latest move has directed the telecom operators not to disconnect subscribers from their incoming and outgoing calls and other network services in case they have “sufficient” prepaid account balance. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had shown disappointment over telcos previously and had urged … Read More
Non-profit group Telecom Watchdog on Thursday questioned new minimum monthly recharge plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea and charged the operators of indulging in “anti-consumer activities”, but the firms asserted that the plans are fully compliant with rules. In a letter to Trai, Telecom Watchdog flagged concerns over the manner … Read More
Telecom subscriber base grew marginally by 0.2% to 1191 million with only Reliance Jio adding new customers, according to the data released by sector regulator Trai for September 2018. “The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,189.08 million at the end of August 2018 to 1,191.40 million at … Read More
After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea silently introduced minimum recharge plans for their subscribers starting at Rs 35 with the intention of boosting their average revenue per user (ARPU), the subscribers were not happy. Many users complained that they were being barred from making calls and even receiving calls despite … Read More
In its run-up to raise money for operational costs and to better compete with telcos like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea Limited has transferred its fibre networks assets to a wholly owned subsidiary. This segregation of the fibre network assets by the company will allow it to now … Read More
Telecom operators Airtel and Vodafone have shown some recovery in terms of revenue in metro cities during the September quarter, while Reliance Jio gained strength in a majority of telecom circles, according to analyst reports on revenue data published by telecom regulator Trai. Research firm UBS observed that the revenue … Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) the newly merged telco has stated that once it acquires the 5G spectrum and combined with the right ecosystem in India, the transition to 5G will only be a software update for the telco. VIL’s chief technology offer, Vishant Vora in a talk with ET revealed … Read More
With the ongoing changes in the prepaid sector, it’s pretty evident that more and more customers will choose postpaid as their service option going forward. Back in August 2016, postpaid plans used to offer better benefits than prepaid plans as the combo plans didn’t exist back then. But the scenario … Read More
Vodafone Idea CEO, Balesh Sharma in a talk with reporters on Thursday informed that the company intends to retain its pole position in the industry and it will do so by simplified tariff plans, faster integration and bettering its balance sheet. Sharma also hinted that the current unsustainable pricing in … Read More
As Vodafone Idea Limited works upon its plan of expansion of the 4G network, the newly merged telco has finalised contracts for equipment deployment with Chinese equipment vendors Huawei and ZTE. This has come at the cost of lower purchase orders for the European equipment vendors like Nokia and Ericsson. … Read More
The largest telco by subscribers Vodafone Idea said the market is “unsustainable” due to aggressive competition and warned that it’s detrimental to the government’s flagship initiatives like Digital India. In his first interaction after the merger of the two companies, chief executive Balesh Sharma said on Thursday to reporters of … Read More
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