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Anupam Sharma November 17th, 2021 5:59 PM 3 COMMENTS

TRAI Report Shows Vi Offered the Best Upload Speeds in October 2021

The telecom regulator TRAI has released the latest data on the performances of various 4G service providers. Vodafone Idea has been one of the most prominent players in the market when it comes to providing quality internet services. Vodafone Idea's low customer base allows the telco's networks to offer a great experience to the users as it must face lesser congestion than the other telcos. Even though Reliance Jio has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 17th, 2021 7:09 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vi Prepaid Plans Made for Streamers

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), two of the top telecom operators in the country offer some very compelling prepaid plans to their customers. Both the telcos have prepaid plans with over-the-top (OTT) benefits in their arsenal. If you like streaming content online through OTT applications, there are some prepaid plans of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea that you should pay close attention to. Bharti Airtel Prepaid Plans for Streamers... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 16th, 2021 12:07 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Short of Funds to Incur Capex: ICICI Securities

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is short of funds for incurring capex. The telco has indeed benefitted from the relief measures announced by the government, but the absence of cash for incurring capex is an issue. Vi’s competitors including Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are heavily investing in their networks to increase capacity and coverage. But due to stale revenues and cash flow, Vodafone Idea is not able to do that. ICICI... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 16th, 2021 9:22 AM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea MD Downplays JioPhone Next, Airtel Smartphone Offers

Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) managing director, Ravinder Takkar, has downplayed the smartphone offers from Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Reliance Jio is providing the market with JioPhone Next under the EMI scheme while Airtel is offering a cashback on the purchase of select smartphones. According to an ET Telecom report, speaking to analysts, Takkar downplayed the impact of JioPhone Next and Airtel’s smartphone cashback offer. Takkar said that Vodafone Idea has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 16th, 2021 7:11 AM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Trumps Jio in One Prepaid Plan Category

In many ways, while Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) prepaid plans are a tad bit expensive than Jio and Airtel’s offerings, you can’t deny the benefits they come with are really good. Vodafone Idea knows how to stand out with its prepaid plans and that too how to do it in style. There’s a prepaid plan in the telco’s arsenal that trumps Jio’s offering badly. So much so that Jio’s plan looks... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 13th, 2021 4:11 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Strengthening B2B Operations, Hiring New People

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is looking at the future and strengthening its Business-to-Business (B2B) arm called Vi Business. Formerly known as Vodafone Idea Business Services, Vi Business focuses on delivering and fulfilling the needs of enterprise customers. Vodafone Idea is currently looking to hire people for the ‘Segment & Content Marketing’ role, which will be a full-time job categorised as entry-level in nature. In a LinkedIn post, the company has mentioned... Read More

Chakri K November 13th, 2021 12:06 AM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Reportedly Seeks More Funds From SBI

The troubled telco in India - Vodafone Idea is in talks with the State Bank of India seeking fresh loans. It intends to strike a deal that could pave the way for other banks to boost the cash-strapped wireless operator’s survival chances by offering credit. Vodafone Idea was requested by the State Bank of India to outline a turnaround strategy. This development comes as there seems to be no respite... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 12th, 2021 3:42 PM 22 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea ARPU Jumps to Rs 109 in Q2 FY22

Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) average revenue per user (ARPU) has jumped to Rs 109 in Q2 FY22 from Rs 104 in Q1 FY22. This is not surprising though as the telco had removed the base Rs 49 plan which meant users had to shift to the Rs 79 plan. However, the increase in APRU didn’t result in a higher subscriber churn rate. The subscriber churn rate for the telco during Q2... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 12th, 2021 11:34 AM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Shares Surge Ahead of the Results

Vodafone Idea (Vi) shares are surging this Friday morning ahead of the quarterly results that the company is expected to release in a few hours. Vodafone Idea, trading as Idea, opened at Rs 9.95 after closing for Rs 9.85 the previous trading day. The telco’s stock touched a high of Rs 10.35, but now at the time of writing, it is trading at Rs 10.15, which is still 3.05% in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 12th, 2021 9:24 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Wants to Defer Rs 6,000 Crore Payment to DoT

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has made a written request to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for deferring license fees (LF) and spectrum usage charges (SUC) for the second, third, and fourth quarters for this fiscal year. The total dues for the telco regarding the same would come around Rs 6,000 crore. According to an ET Telecom report, the telco said that it wouldn’t be able to pay the concerned dues on... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 12th, 2021 7:07 AM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vi Expected Time Period for 5G Rollout Delayed

India is yet to see the power of 5G. Private telcos including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are already running 5G trials in different parts of the country. While the telcos have come quite far with testing 5G, they are still not at the point where they can conclude it. The telecom companies were expected to finish the 5G trials by November 2021. This would have meant... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 11th, 2021 11:43 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vi OTSC Case Facing Internal Issues

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) were asked to pay Rs 40,000 crore as the one-time spectrum charge (OTSC) by the Department of Telecommunications. Because of the disputes between the telcos and the government, the case had reached the Supreme Court (SC). However, the government then showed the motive of settling the issue out of the court. To that extent, the SC asked the DoT to come up with fair... Read More