Vodafone Idea or Vi has the habit of providing long validity prepaid plans on a budget. Before the tariff hike in December 2019, Vodafone used to offer an 84 days validity plan for under Rs 300. Alongside that, the telco also has a 56 days validity plan for Rs 269 which is even available right now. Vi's Rs 269 prepaid recharge comes with 4GB of data, unlimited voice calling and... Read More
Bharti Airtel has always been the go-to operator for customers when it comes to postpaid department. But Vodafone Idea is not very behind, especially in the individual postpaid plans department. Vodafone Idea's REDX individual postpaid plan is currently its premium offering in the country. It comes with a host of benefits like one year of Netflix subscription, Amazon Prime subscriptions and free access to international & domestic airport lounges at... Read More
Supporting earlier rumours of Vodafone Idea's tariff hike, a new report by ET Telecom now says the struggling telco might raise the tariff prices by 15-20%. The tariff hike will likely happen by the end of 2020 or early 2021, two persons aware of the matter said to the publication. While announcing the quarter results that ended on September 30, 2020, Vi officials said they would not hesitate in raising... Read More
Telecom operators introduced the minimum recharge scheme a couple of years ago as part of which every prepaid user will have to recharge every month to keep their account active. This minimum recharge facility is currently applicable to all the prepaid users of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi). The unlimited combo prepaid plans of the telcos start at above Rs 100, however, not every user will be interested in... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio are still going neck to neck in offering the best-prepaid plans to customers. After the tariff hike in December 2019, customers are now paying around Rs 600 to Rs 700 for a prepaid plan with 84 days validity. For example, Airtel's Rs 698 prepaid plan comes with 2GB data per day for 84 days. But not everyone will be ready to pay... Read More
Vodafone Idea is offering some of the best postpaid plans in the industry at the moment. However, with the launch of JioPostpaid Plans, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco again became the centre of the stage as they are affordable, offers OTT subscriptions and comes with a host of other benefits. Vi now has just four postpaid plans aimed at the individual users and they are priced at Rs 399, Rs 499,... Read More
Telecom operators Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel reportedly reached out the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) for clarity on how the AGR dues are calculated. The Supreme Court, on September 1, asked telcos to pay the AGR dues within ten years. And the apex court considered the final amounts submitted by DoT. Since the very beginning of the AGR case, Airtel and Vi are opposing the calculations of DoT saying that... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today released "Telecom Subscription Data" for August 2020. As per the information available, Bharti Airtel has added more subscribers than Reliance Jio for the first time in more than four years. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio has been leading the subscriber addition chart ever since its inception. Trai says Airtel added 2.8 million new users in August 2020, whereas Jio managed to grab just 1.8... Read More
Even since the announcement of new brand identity, Vi aka Vodafone Idea has been making some significant changes. We have seen Vi launching some unique offers to prepaid users in recent times. And it also has some affordable and noteworthy postpaid plans under its arsenal. Vi postpaid plans already ship with a decent amount of data benefit every month, but for those who consume more than the allotted limit, the... Read More
Bharti Airtel will be the frontrunner in grabbing Vodafone Idea's feature phone users, according to analysts. Reliance Jio has been grabbing all the 2G feature phone users of Airtel and Vodafone Idea which is the prime reason behind the telco amassing 400 million subscribers in such a short period. With Reliance Jio and Google rumoured to bring the low-cost Android smartphone, it was expected that the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco would... Read More
Vodafone Idea (VI), the third largest wireless operator in India is “just hanging in there,” ICICI Securities said in a report on Sunday. The operator on Thursday reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 with Vodafone Idea registering Rs 107.9 billion in revenue, up 1.2% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ). Vodafone Idea also highlighted that its average revenue per user (ARPU) for its second quarter in the... Read More
Back in December 2019, Vodafone Idea (Vi) was the first telecom operator to raise prepaid tariff prices which was followed by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio as well. A new Livemint report now states that Vi will not 'shy away' from raising tariff prices again first ahead of the top two telcos. After the post-earnings call, Ravinder Takkar, the CEO of the company, opined that the 'current price levels are... Read More
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