The current owners of the Vodafone Idea (Vi) - Vodafone Group Plc and the Aditya Birla Group are ready to transfer control of the company to an interested investor if any. The telco’s initial plan of getting an investor hasn’t been successful yet. Both the promoter groups are currently in talks with potential investors including three US-based funds. The aim is to sell a bundle of the convertible as well... Read More
The verdict by Supreme Court in the AGR dues case has left Vodafone Idea in distress. As the telco giant was hoping to get some relief in the massive AGR dues, the bench rejected the plea of both Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel that pointed towards arithmetic errors in the calculation of their AGR dues. The Supreme Court direct the telcos to pay their AGR dues to the government. If... Read More
Vodafone Idea has been under a cash crunch since the last year. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reports have consistently been pointing out about the concerning churn rate of the telecom operator, which is just the opposite of the other telecom companies. While Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have been adding subscribers in the interim, Vodafone Idea has been losing subscribers except in the month of February this... Read More
Vodafone Idea eSIM service is now available in multiple circles including Mumbai, Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra & Goa, UP East, Kerala, Kolkata, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Vodafone Idea postpaid users utilising eSIM supportive smartphones will no longer be required to put in a physical SIM card to access the company's telecom network. eSIM comes in the form of an integrated SIM chip that will be compliant with all the supported... Read More
Vodafone Idea is one of the telecom operators that has curated an extensive range of prepaid plans for its subscribers. The prepaid plans offer by the telco giant are packed with double data offers, weekend data rollover facility, combo benefits and OTT subscriptions as well. Since blending OTT benefits with prepaid plans have become the new normal, Vodafone Idea has several prepaid plans that come with OTT benefits. Read the... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is struggling financially for a very long time now. The telco needs more revenues and a sure-shot way of getting more money from the customers is to motivate them to recharge with major prepaid plans. There are plenty of low average revenue per user (ARPU) customers in the telco’s portfolio who either recharge with a very cheap plan or don’t recharge it at all (keeping Vi SIM... Read More
Vodafone Idea is one of the two big customers of the network infrastructure company Indus Towers, with the other one being Bharti Airtel. However, with the deteriorating finances of Vodafone Idea, the shadow is also looming over Indus Towers as well now. The chain of poor finances is slowly shifting from the telecom companies to the backfoot players as well. In the latest development, Indus Towers has shown concern that... Read More
There are two telecom operators in the industry right now that are doing significantly worse than the incumbent telecom operators, and even before we have said it, you can guess that we are talking about the private telecom operator Vodafone Idea and the public telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). You might ask why I say that with conviction, but it’s not just me, but the TRAI data sings... Read More
Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) keeps on exploring various opportunities and options to raise funds, as per a board approval it received earlier on September 4, 2020. As and when such proposals are considered by the company’s board that warrant disclosures, the firm will comply with the regulations, Vodafone Idea (Vi) said in a regulatory statement. In its board meeting held last year, Vodafone Idea got approvals to raise funds... Read More
Reliance has been on a streak of topping the download speed charts for the last few months. On the back of hefty investment in network infrastructure, the Mukesh Ambani led telecom company has climbed to the top of the ranks when it comes to downloading speeds. The story has played out consistently month over month, where we have seen, Reliance Jio rank as the highest player when it comes to... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has curated a wide range of prepaid plans for its subscribers. From 18 days validity to 365 days, Vi offers ample prepaid plans with different data benefits and offerings. Since the telecom space is heavily competitive, Vi has packaged unlimited data, OTT platforms subscription, double data benefits and more. There are ample subscribers who look for 2 monthly validity plans to reduce the hassle of monthly recharges.... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has become the hot gossip for the market since the time the company came out with its performance results for FY21. One of the biggest issues that the results reflected was negative cash flow. Vi hasn’t been successful in garnering the interest of institutional investors and hasn’t even been making money. This has put the telco in a very tight situation. But, according to a HindustanTimes report,... Read More
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