Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has reduced the validity of the Rs 289 prepaid plan. This plan has been there for some time, but now instead of hiking the tariffs and making the plan directly expensive, Vi has reduced the validity and made the plan indirectly expensive. The Rs 289 plan used to come with 48 days of service validity, 4GB of data, and 600... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has reduced the validity of the Rs 479 plan. At the same time, the telco has reduced the benefits of the plan. This has made the plan more expensive than what it was. It is in line with the tariff hikes to make services slightly more expensive for consumers. The telcos want to charge consumers more so that they can improve their average revenue per user (ARPU)... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has revised the benefits of its prepaid plans. In a significant branding shift, the "Hero Packs" have been rebranded as "SuperHero Packs" to compete more effectively in the prepaid market. Previously, TelecomTalk detailed the benefits offered under Vi's prepaid services, which included "Hero Benefits." Now, Vi has significantly upgraded its offerings by extending the "Binge All Night" benefit from 6 hours (12 AM... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced a board meeting on December 9, 2024, to consider raising upto Rs 2,000 crore through equity shares and/or convertible securities on a preferential basis to co-promoter, Vodafone Group Plc. The late night exchange filing came after UK-based Vodafone Group announced plans to invest portion of its residual 3 percent Indus Tower stake sale proceeds into Vodafone Idea. Also Read: Vodafone Group to Exit Indus Towers... Read More
UK's Vodafone Group Plc (Vodafone) announced on Wednesday, December 4, that it plans to sell its remaining 3 percent stake in Indus Towers. In a statement, the company said it has launched a placing of its remaining 79.2 million shares in Indus Towers Limited (Indus), representing 3 percent of Indus's total share capital, through an accelerated book-building offering. This divestment of shares marks Vodafone's complete exit from the telecom infrastructure... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the major postpaid mobile players in India. Reliance Jio likely doesn't have half the number of postpaid mobile subscribers that Airtel and Vi have. Since Jio doesn't report its postpaid user count in the annual or quarterly report, it's hard for us to pinpoint an exact number, but two years back, the number was not even 5 million. This was a time when... Read More
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced that it is rolling out a spam management solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to protect its users from spam SMS threats. According to Vodafone Idea, this real-time system identifies and flags potential spam, such as phishing links and unauthorised promotions, enhancing user safety and delivering a clutter-free mobile experience. Also Read: Airtel Launches AI-Powered Network Solution for... Read More
The Indian telecommunications market will enter 2025 in just a few days, as we begin another year in this transformative journey toward greater connectivity with Gigabit speeds. That said, private operators, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio are focusing on their respective growth strategies. As we progress through December and markets enter holiday mode, let's take a snapshot of the current scenario for Indian private telecom operators, based on... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator in the country is in need of more funds if it wants to scale capex (capital expenditure), believes Fitch Ratings. Vi's management has said that the capex would touch Rs 80 billion in the second half of FY25, which is almost 4x of what the telco spent in the first half. While Vodafone Idea already has the funds it raised through equity,... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) said on Tuesday that it has not yet received any communication from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) or the Government of India regarding the waiver of bank guarantee requirements (BGs) for deferred spectrum instalments. This clarification comes in response to a news report by Livemint dated November 26, 2024, about the Union Cabinet's approval of a proposal to waive bank guarantees for telecom operators on spectrum purchased in auctions... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) customers have several options to choose from if they want a family postpaid plan. Family postpaid plans are good for users who want a single bill for all SIM cards and want to monitor the usage of data and more. The Vi Max Family 1201 plan is what we are talking about here and it is available for customers in all the licensed service areas (LSAs).... Read More
The union cabinet has reportedly approved the waiver of bank guarantees (BGs) submission by the telcos for spectrum bought before 2022. The government removed the need for the telcos to submit BGs for spectrum bought post-2022. This relief measure was introduced in the reforms package released in September of 2021. It allowed the telcos to improve their cash flow. Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) had asked the government to get done... Read More
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Can we expect anything nice from this govt? Or they just like banning things Imagine buying a router above 5K…
Now only for 7 days only, and increases plan price too.eg:- 199>299(Pay whenever you are comfortable like 15 days comfortable…
From where can we support ACT on this and make gov listen.
Yeah, and they demand for rampant installation fees varying from 2000 to 10,000
