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
Vodafone Idea's eSIM is available for prepaid subscribers only in select telecom circles. The third-largest telco has given more priority to postpaid customers when it comes to eSIM. While the eSIM market is still at the nascent stages in India with only flagships and select phone models supporting them, Vi's move to restrict the support of eSIM for subscribers in limited circles could lead to subscriber loss. Read More -... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), India's third-largest private telecom operator, today announced that it has further strengthened network capacity in Haryana, bringing the number of circles announced with network enhancements to four: Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, and Haryana. Vodafone Idea also announced network capacity enhancements in Ayodhya for the launch of the Ram Mandir on January 21, 2024, as reported by TelecomTalk. Also Read: Vodafone Idea Enhances Network Capacity in Ayodhya Vi Network... Read More
Vodafone announced that it partnered with Samsung and AMD to successfully demonstrate their first end-to-end data call leveraging AMD's new general-purpose processor or an Open RAN platform. This successful demonstration takes Vodafone one step closer to partnering up with companies to build an Open RAN ecosystem to drive competition and innovation in the market. With a strong Open RAN ecosystem, telcos will have more options to choose from when it... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom player in India, has proclaimed that the Rs 299 prepaid plan is its best-selling offering to consumers. Vi offers its Rs 299 plan in all telecom circles in India and has similar benefits everywhere. Today, we will take a look at the benefits offered by this plan and try to understand what makes this plan a customer favourite. It is worth noting that Jio... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has countered Jio's stance on the phase-out of legacy technologies, specifically 2G and 3G networks, by suggesting that the government should formulate a policy regarding the same. This response was submitted in counter comments to TRAI's consultation paper on "Digital Transformation through the 5G Ecosystem." Also Read: Vodafone Idea Sets Up Emergency Calling Booths Vi's Counter to Jio's Position In its counter, Vodafone Idea, while quoting the... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a prominent Indian telecom service provider (TSP), is setting up emergency calling booths for consumers to contact the relevant authorities when in need of help. The emergency calling booths are being set up in the Mumbai-Pune expressway. Vi has partnered with the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd (MSRDC) to do this. Under the partnership, Vi will set up emergency calling booths every two kilometres in the... Read More
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