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Tanay Singh Thakur November 1st, 2020 1:24 PM 5 COMMENTS

Vi RedX Plan Continues to Offer More Benefits to Users Than Airtel, Jio Plans

The postpaid plans have become quite popular amongst users for multiple reasons including the benefits they come with. In late September, Reliance Jio introduced its ‘Postpaid Plus’ plans and now offers plans ranging from Rs 199 to Rs 1499. Even though Jio provides the maximum benefit to its users with its prepaid plans, it falls a little behind in its postpaid offerings when compared with the Vi (Vodafone Idea) postpaid... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 29th, 2020 7:44 PM 104 COMMENTS

Vi Registers ARPU Increase, Data and Voice Consumption Falls

Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday reported its second quarter financial results for the period ended September 30, 2020 with the company registering an 1.2% quarter on quarter (QoQ) increase in its revenues. The third largest wireless operator in India said that its second quarter revenues hit Rs 107.9 billion as the “impact” of the COVID-19 lockdown “gradually started to ease.” The company citing Ookla said that it is “now the... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 22nd, 2020 7:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Unveils MyAmbar App for Women Safety in India

Vodafone Idea Foundation, the Corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Vodafone Idea Limited on Thursday unveiled MyAmbar app in partnership with NASSCOM Foundation, Safety Trust, and UN Women. The MyAmbar app solution is said to be designed and developed especially for safety and empowerment of women in India. The company said that the app developed under the ‘Connecting for Good program’ is intended to aid women to understand and stand... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 19th, 2020 1:24 PM 20 COMMENTS

Vi Unveils Weekend Data Rollover Benefit to Prepaid Users

Vi (Vodafone Idea) is now offering its prepaid users ‘Weekend Data Rollover’ benefit. The company highlighted that its new promotional offer would be valid from October 19, 2020 to January 17, 2021. The Weekend Data Rollover scheme is said to be only applicable on unlimited prepaid plans priced at Rs 249 or more. It will allow the users to carry forward all the unused data between Monday and Friday to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 16th, 2020 6:51 PM 20 COMMENTS

Government Considering All Options on Vodafone Arbitration Appeal

The government of India on Thursday said that “all options” on the Vodafone arbitration case are currently “under examination” and that a final decision has not been made on the issue. The clarification was issued by the finance ministry on Thursday after certain media houses reported that the Attorney General (AG) was in favor of not appealing in the Vodafone arbitration case. Vodafone Group in late September won an arbitration... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 13th, 2020 12:38 PM 146 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Now Has Over 35% Market Share, Airtel Continues to Have More Active Users

Reliance Jio now has over 35% market share of the total wireless subscriber base in India as on July 31, 2020, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. According to the Trai data released on Monday, the total wireless subscriber base increased from 1140.71 million at the end of June to 1144.18 million at the end of July. Trai highlighted that the increase in wireless subscriber base translated... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 12th, 2020 4:40 PM 126 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Registers 19.3 Mbps Dowload Speed, Idea in Second Spot with 8.6 Mbps Speed

The telecom operators in India including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio and Idea have registered an improvement in their network speeds in September, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals. The data released by Trai on its MySpeed Portal on Saturday is said to be generated using the authority’s MySpeedApp designed to measure data speed experience, signal strength and “other network information.” According to the Trai data, Reliance... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 8th, 2020 4:52 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel Expected to Post Over 4 Million Subscriber Additions: ICICI Securities

ICICI Securities on Wednesday said in its research note that it expects Bharti Airtel to post 3.3% mobile revenue growth on a quarterly basis. The firm in its preview of the second quarter earnings results said that it expects Vodafone Idea (VIL) to post 1.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) mobile revenue growth. ICICI Securities said that “for a seasonally weak” second quarter, it expects operators to post mobile revenue growth due to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 8th, 2020 12:28 PM 45 COMMENTS

Jio Delivered Higher Voice Quality in September, Vodafone, BSNL Marginally Behind

Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India registered higher voice quality rating in September with Vodafone and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) recording marginally lower ratings. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on its MyCall Portal highlighted that Reliance Jio recorded average voice quality rating of 3.5 in September. The state-run BSNL and Vodafone recorded average voice quality rating of 3.4 in September while Idea registered an average voice... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 8th, 2020 7:02 AM 32 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vi Now Say No to Chinese Vendors

Airtel and Vi (Vodafone Idea) have ignored the Chinese vendors while awarding new projects. The two telecom operators are walking down the same path as Reliance Jio. The largest telecom operator in India has been highlighting that it does not depend on any Chinese vendor to provide its services. Thus, Jio has been termed ‘clean telco’ and the telecom giant has been leveraging off the term for a while now.... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 7th, 2020 4:59 PM 19 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Set to Receive Rs 4000 Crores, Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel Merger Near Completion

Vodafone Group on Monday said that it has agreed with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India to continue with the completion of the merger between Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel. The British telecom giant said that it expects to be issued 760 million new shares post the completion of the merger translating to 28.2% stake in the combined company. It has been said that the new shares will be issued to... Read More

Bala Yogesh October 5th, 2020 4:17 PM 13 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio New Postpaid Tariff “Unlikely” to Hurt Airtel Growth

ICICI Securities on Monday said in a research note that the new postpaid plans launched by Reliance Jio “may not significantly” hit the postpaid base of Bharti Airtel. The firm said that the retail users account for only 30% of postpaid connections and that these users are “least price-sensitive.” Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India in September unveiled its JioPostpaid Plus plans with the base plan priced... Read More