Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has only added 4 million 4G subscribers in four quarters. The cash-strapped telecom operator had 126 million 4G users at the end of Q3 FY24. In the same quarter of the previous financial year (Q3 FY23), Vi had 122 million 4G users. While the telco's overall subscriber base is depleting fast, its 4G user base is not growing fast enough, especially... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telco in India, is offering customers extra data with its Rs 75 plan. The Rs 75 plan is a data voucher that the telco offers to customers throughout India. If you want to recharge with a data voucher, then you need a base active prepaid plan. Without a base prepaid plan, you won't be able to use this plan. The extra data offer applies only... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has rolled out 5G in a few circles. The telco still hasn't met the minimum 5G rollout obligations set by the govt. This means that the govt can potentially penalise Vi or take back the 5G spectrum it allocated to the telco in 2022. Vodafone Idea has been under a lot of stress due to not making any profits since... Read More
As India's first underwater metro rail service was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi today, Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced that it has completed its network deployment to provide connectivity across Kolkata's underwater metro rail service. With this network deployment from Vi, its customers traveling via the metro service will be able to experience network connectivity across the entire 16.6-kilometer route of the Green Line metro, Vodafone Idea said on Wednesday. Also... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has multiple prepaid plans that offer Disney+ Hotstar to customers. But there are select plans with which users get 1 year of Disney+ Hotstar. Today, we will be discussing those plans only. The prepaid plans that we are talking about cost Rs 901, Rs 1066, 3099 and Rs 601. Let's take a deep look at these plans and understand what... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is leveraging 6D Technologies' Infinity Connectivity Management, Device Management Platform to enhance the Vi IoT Smart Central Platform for scalability and agility. "The platform provides Vi's enterprise customers with a superior digital experience, real-time visibility, and end-to-end management capabilities for multiple IoT (Internet of Things) services in India," the companies said in a statement on Wednesday at the Mobile World Congress 2024. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Announces... Read More
Vodafone Idea's (Vi) board of directors met on Feb 27, 2024, to discuss fundraising options. In a release, the telco has confirmed that its board has decided to raise Rs 20,000 crore through equity and/or equity-linked instruments. The company will hold a shareholders meeting on April 2 to get their nod for going ahead with the fundraiser. What's major is that the telco expects to raise money in the coming... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has just announced that its international roaming (IR) postpaid subscribers will get delayed or lost bag coverage when travelling to an international destination. But this will not apply to every plan. The telco has listed some plans that will be eligible and further, the terms and conditions of the offer also say that the offer is applicable for travel before a... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a leading Indian telecom operator, is offering its prepaid customers Amazon Prime Video subscription at no additional cost with one of its plans. Before we talk about the plan, it is worth noting that Vi hasn't launched 5G services yet, and thus, regardless of how much money you spend for accessing the telco's network, you won't get 5G. In comparison, Jio and Airtel, who also offer OTT... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a cash-strapped Indian telecom operator, has been eyeing to raise funds for years in different forms and instruments, but to no avail so far. Rising debt levels and a rapidly depleting subscriber base have made it hard for investors to trust the company with their money. Vodafone UK, the largest promoter of Vi, carried forward the value of its investment in Vi as nil last year. While... Read More
Mavenir, a US-based cloud-native network infra provider, announced that it is in the advanced pilot commercial phase of deploying Open-RAN for Vodafone Idea (Vi), a leading Indian telco. The deployment started in September 2023 and is now in the advanced phase. Mavenir's O-RAN deployment is covering key launch sites and is also carrying live commercial traffic of Vi. The telecom operator will partner with Mavenir for a large-scale deployment also.... Read More
TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has released its monthly performance report for the telecom sector for Dec 2023. The usual trend continued where Jio added the most wireless subscribers followed by Airtel. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) saw their subscriber base falling further. The same also happened in the wireline segment. Wireline segment promises a lot of growth for the telcos in the next few... Read More
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Yes I like your detailed reply. I have noticed same in Kolkata circle. Under many metro train station, Jio 4G…
It's good that Airtel is sharing number of 5G customer circle by circle to attract new customer from that circle…
Thank you Rupesh for good realistic long writing on Vi and BSNL.??
