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Arpit Sharma January 17th, 2020 12:37 PM 29 COMMENTS

Fall of Vodafone Idea Might Take Down the Entire Telecom Industry With It: Opinion

The situation of the telecom industry is very well known by the public in India. Since the data tariff war was spun by Reliance Jio, the telecom companies have been in deep financial trouble. The troubles have been increasing for telecom companies with the coming of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues on their head. The Supreme Court on October 24 passed a verdict which put the telecom companies under the... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 16th, 2020 7:10 PM 22 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Loses 30 Million and More Subscribers in November: Trai Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the subscription data in the telecom industry for the month of November 2019. Like every time, the data for the subscribers and the total wired and wireless subscribers is a very crucial one for the industry and tells us how the companies are performing and what the trend is. This time also we have got to know some very interesting things... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 16th, 2020 12:44 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL, Vodafone Idea and Other Telcos Submit Applications for 5G Trials to DoT

The telecom operators in India, all of them, have come around for the 5G trials and submitted their applications for the same. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea have submitted their applications for the 5G field trials in India with various gear manufacturers. The gear manufacturers with whom these companies have submitted their applications include names like ZTE, Huawei, Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung. While... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 15th, 2020 11:05 AM 26 COMMENTS

Vodafone Brings New Rs 99 and Rs 555 Prepaid Plans to Make More Affordable Offerings

It has been quite some time since we last saw the launch of a new prepaid plan by the private telecom operators. When it comes to launching new prepaid plans, the state-led telecom operator, BSNL is always on the forefront. However, the most notable thing that happened last with the private telecom operators was the data tariff hike which came towards the end of 2019. But, in a new move,... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 14th, 2020 12:48 PM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea to Reallocate Rights Issue Funds for Paying AGR Dues

Currently, the biggest trouble for Vodafone Idea seems to be the Adjusted Gross Revenu (AGR) dues which the telecom operator has to pay before January end. The October 24 order which put a lot of pressure on the telecom companies to pay up massive dues in the name of Spectrum Usage Charges (SUC), license fees and interests also put immense pressure on Vodafone Idea regarding paying of dues which run... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 11th, 2020 4:53 PM 21 COMMENTS

Data Tariff Hike By Airtel and Vodafone Idea to Reduce Total Mobile User Base

One of the biggest moves in the telecom industry last year, towards the end of the year has been the data tariff hike by the telecom companies. All the private telecom operators came together to increase the prices of their plans, in some cases by as much as 40% after being hit brutally by the AGR dues and poor financials. However, the data tariff hike was not liked by the... Read More

Chakri K January 10th, 2020 8:15 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Rs 999 REDX Postpaid Plan Comes With an Exit Fee of Rs 3,000: What You Need to Know

Telecom operator Vodafone stirred the postpaid market last year with the introduction of REDX premium plan of Rs 999. This plan comes with various exciting benefits like Netflix subscription for one year, Amazon Prime membership, free international roaming pack for one week and so on. Since the additional benefits offered by Vodafone apart from the standard data, call and SMS benefits are for long-term, the telco is charging an exit... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 7th, 2020 1:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

After Airtel and Vodafone Idea RailTel Files Petition in SC For Review of AGR Dues

After the other telecom companies, namely, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have reached out to the Supreme Court to seek relief from the AGR dues by filing review petition for the AGR order passed on October 24, another company has made a similar move. However, this is not a telecom operator that we are talking about. But, in this case, it is the PSU, RailTel which has reached out to... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 6th, 2020 6:30 PM 7 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vodafone Idea ARPU Will Grow at Least 6% Helped by Jio’s IUC Introduction

The past few months have not necessarily been the best months for the incumbent telecom operators in the industry, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. These two telecom companies have come under the burden of the AGR dues which go as high as Rs 90,000 crore for them and have to paid off as early as in January. However, as per an ETTelecom report on the matter, the move of the... Read More

Arpit Sharma December 31st, 2019 7:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Industry In 2019: A Look Back On Major Events That Were the Milestones This Year

The year 2019 has been a very happening one for the Indian Telecom industry. This was a year full of ups and downs and many waves. The telecom operators were mostly locked in a battle for the large part of the year, and the effects of the data tariff war definitely spawned in the entire industry. The future of the telecom industry was also decided somewhat in this year with... Read More

Arpit Sharma December 30th, 2019 1:48 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel Will Get No Tax Relief For AGR Dues

The telecom operators, mainly Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel have been looking hopefully towards any sigh of relief from the government for the AGR dues which they have to pay in the coming month of January 2020. One of the avenues of relief which the telecom companies were expecting was of the tax. However, crashing the hopes of these telecom companies, the Goods and Services Tax council has rejected the... Read More

Chakri K December 28th, 2019 7:05 AM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Has the Most Versatile Postpaid Plans Right Now Starting at Just Rs 399

Vodafone has been going head-on-head with Bharti Airtel in the postpaid segment. The launch of Vodafone REDX premium postpaid offering gave the UK-based telco an upper hand in the industry, but that's not all. Vodafone has three different types of postpaid plans- for a single user, for a family and a premium plan of Rs 999. The company even has postpaid plans which ship with iPhone Forever subscription- a feature... Read More