Vodafone Idea (Vi), India’s third-largest telecom operator, has asked for more time to pay spectrum dues from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Everyone aware of the industry knows how difficult situation Vi is in financially. But after the earnings release from the telco two days back, it has become clearer that Vi isn’t close to making profits and has a mountain of debt on its shoulders. Vodafone Idea has asked... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has become infamous in the market for its poor performance for a long time. The company’s financials just can’t seem to take a break. The telco just released its financial reports for the year ending March 31, 2021. Vi has registered a significant drop in average revenue per user (ARPU) in the last quarter of FY21. From an ARPU of Rs 121 in Q3 FY21, the number... Read More
Vodafone Idea has announced two new prepaid plans for its customers. The telco has focused on keeping the price of the plans very low. But at the same time, because of less price, the benefits offered by the plan are quite limited as well. Don’t get this wrong, both the plans are still unlimited prepaid plans offered by the telco, but the data benefits aren’t what some users would appreciate.... Read More
Vodafone Idea has revamped its Rs 199 plan. Since the time Reliance Jio has come out with new prepaid plans, every private player has been adding plans and making changes to their old ones. Vodafone Idea also recently added the Rs 447 plan offering data without any daily limits. Now, in another move, Vodafone Idea has revamped the Rs 199 plan for its users. As of writing this, the change... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced its partnership with Cisco for boosting its 4G networks. The third-largest telecom operator of India, Vi, will be using equipment from Cisco to boost its network capacity. It is worth noting that Vi already has an impressive network capacity because of the refarming of the 3G spectrum to 4G. Now with the added capacity, Vi users will be able to connect to the internet... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is the top operator for us if we are to consider the dynamism and the benefits that both its prepaid and postpaid plans offer to the users. At regular intervals, Vodafone Idea has come out with new offers for its prepaid customers to attract them towards its plans. Today, we will be looking at a few such offers from the company which are helping its users recharge... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced a new offer for its users who come under the low-income category. The company is offering these users another round of benefits which will give them Rs 75 worth of data and voice calling benefits for free. This is to ensure that everyone and anyone from the low-income category who are returning to cities from their home towns has proper connectivity with India’s fastest... Read More
The telecom industry is rife with reports and updates of the intensifying competition between the stakeholders. While Reliance Jio remains at the top in almost all matters of 4G, the rest of the competitors cannot be dismissed ignorantly. A week or so ago, I discussed the contentious points which have made Bharti Airtel a strong telecom company in the current scenario. The same can be said for Vodafone Idea as... Read More
Cash-strapped telco Vi or Vodafone Idea's shares on Friday closed at a 10% high on the BSE amidst speculation, which, as of the time of writing this article remains unconfirmed that the telco might be finally close to concluding part of its fundraising, at least as per market players. On Friday, the stock of the company closed approximately 9.8% higher at Rs 10.36 post scaling an 11% intra-day high, fueled... Read More
Vodafone Idea has just become the first telecom operator in the country to offer network services to Parapatta in Kozhikode. For the unaware, Kozhikode is a seaport in Kerala where there is a small village called Parapatta. Because schools are shut down and offline education isn’t allowed, students need continuous access to mobile networks or broadband networks to stay connected with the internet so that their online education can proceed... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is offering users 1GB of daily data for free for 7 days. The offer might be available for few customers only depending on the region they live in or the kind of pack they have. One of our members living in the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circle received this offer. The offer was provided to the member today, i.e., June... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has been struggling to stay afloat for quite some time now. One of the biggest hurdles for Vodafone Idea right now is raising capital. Because of its bad performance in the financial books over the last few quarters, investors are worried about giving their money to the telco. However, things can be really good for the telco very soon. Vi has... Read More
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