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Chakri K June 13th, 2018 10:34 AM 24 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea Merged Entity to Forego 14 Million Subscribers in Six Circles

Vodafone and Idea Cellular are expected to receive their merger approval from Department of Telecommunications (DoT) this week itself. According to DoT norms, Vodafone-Idea may lose 14 million subscribers in six circles- Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh (West) as a telco cannot hold more than 50% of subscriber market share in a single circle. Alongside the subscriber market share, a telco should not have more than... Read More

Chakri K June 12th, 2018 5:06 PM 20 COMMENTS

Vodafone Rolls Out 4G Services in Kedarnath

Vodafone has finally rolled out its 4G services in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand allowing over half a million pilgrims visiting the holy shrine each year experience the high-speed data services. Vodafone has successfully installed the 4G site in the vicinity of the temple at the height of about 11,755 ft, enabling customers to experience seamless 4G in and around the temple premises. Vodafone is among the first private telecom service providers to... Read More

Chakri K June 11th, 2018 5:15 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Starts Offering Free Live TV Subscription With its Unlimited Combo Prepaid Plans

Vodafone has revised its unlimited combo prepaid plans with the Live TV subscription offering. Vodafone's Prepaid SuperPlans which start at a price of Rs 179 and goes up to Rs 799 now comes with free Vodafone Live TV subscription. For the unaware, Vodafone has its own Live TV service under the app named Vodafone Play, and it's currently free for all the Vodafone subscribers until June 30, 2018. Post that,... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 9th, 2018 12:54 PM 58 COMMENTS

UK-Based Vodafone Plans to Invest Rs 8000 Crore in its Indian Arm

The UK-based telecom operator Vodafone, in its annual report, has stated the plans for investing 1 billion Euro or around Rs 8,000 crore in the yet-to-be-merged entity with Idea Cellular. Both the telcos are expecting the proposed merger to get required approvals within this month itself. Furthermore, Vodafone stated that it would be ready to monetise the stake in Indus Towers if required, to make more investment in the merged... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 7th, 2018 3:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Deploys Nokia Cloud Packet Core in Bengaluru to Meet the High-Bandwidth Requirement

Vodafone India has deployed Nokia's field-proven cloud packet core to cost-effectively provide faster mobile broadband and enhance the scale and activity of its network to ensure the timely launch of new services. Nokia's technology leverages all the benefits of a cloud packet core architecture for maximising resource utilisation and rapidly deploying services when and where needed. The Nokia Cloud Packet Core, supported by Nokia CloudBand software, will meet the mobile... Read More

Chakri K June 4th, 2018 2:55 PM 24 COMMENTS

Jio in Threat as Vodafone Discounts International Roaming Plans for Postpaid Users

Vodafone India has countered Reliance Jio and its aggressive international roaming plans, which it unveiled a while back with the JioPostpaid scheme. The UK-based telco today announced its partnership with Visa and offering a discount of up to Rs 750 on its i-RoamFREE international roaming plans. Vodafone postpaid customers who use their Visa Travel Prepaid Card can now get discounts of Rs 500 to Rs 750 on Vodafone i-RoamFREE packs... Read More

Chakri K June 1st, 2018 8:01 PM 108 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Will Be Called Vodafone Idea Post Merger

The merger of Idea Cellular and Vodafone India is expected to receive the final leg of regulatory approval from the Department of Telecom (DoT). The third-largest telco, Idea, today called an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on June 26. During the EGM, the Kumar Mangalam Birla-owned telco will reportedly change its name from Idea Cellular Limited to Vodafone Idea Limited. The EGM is set for June 26, and during the same... Read More

Chakri K June 1st, 2018 4:30 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Attracts Prepaid Users by Providing Unlimited Calls at Rs 9 for a Day

Vodafone India has rolled out a new prepaid plan to its subscribers in UP East circle. Vodafone has introduced an entry-level plan of Rs 9, which provides the users unlimited voice calling, data and SMS benefits too. The benefits of the plan will be valid for one day until midnight since the activation of the plan. Other telcos such as Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Jio are also offering such... Read More

Chakri K May 31st, 2018 6:20 PM 26 COMMENTS

Vodafone Deploys Largest 200G Long-Haul Fibre Network Across 88 Cities in India

Vodafone today announced the deployment of India's largest long-haul fibre network across 88 cities. Vodafone India has confirmed the installation of more than 43,000 kms of 200GB long-haul network in 75 days, making it the world's fastest and biggest optical deployment project. Vodafone states the growth in data consumption and adoption of new technologies like 5G and VoLTE, the deployment of 200G Long-Haul network will enable Vodafone to further improve... Read More

Arpit Sharma May 28th, 2018 7:54 PM 15 COMMENTS

DoT Likely to Seek Liberalisation of Vodafone Spectrum by Idea Cellular

In a new update, DoT has directed that Idea Cellular, before heading towards the merger with Vodafone India, will have to liberalise the administratively-allocated spectrum held by Vodafone, worth about Rs 45 billion. Liberalising of the spectrum will mean that the telco will allow to use every technology like third-generation (3G) or 4G services. The direction to liberalise the spectrum held by Vodafone India comes from merger and acquisition guidelines.... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 21st, 2018 2:30 PM 31 COMMENTS

Vodafone Super VoLTE Services Now Live in Kolkata

Vodafone India today announced its Super VoLTE service rollout in Kolkata circle. Earlier, Vodafone rolled out VoLTE services in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra & Goa, Haryana, Kerala, Chennai, UP East, UP West, Karnataka, Punjab and confirmed the service expansion across the country in a phased manner over the next few months. However, Vodafone VoLTE currently supports a limited set of smartphones, so if you're from Kolkata with a supported... Read More

Chakri K May 17th, 2018 1:42 PM 63 COMMENTS

Vodafone India’s Postpaid Subscriber Base Likely to Go Down as Jio Enters the Segment

With Reliance Jio eyeing the high APRU customers using the latest Rs 199 postpaid tariff plan, the second largest telecom operator in the country, Vodafone India is finding themselves in a tough spot. To give you a context of what is conspiring after Jio’s blow to the telecom market, it is enough to understand that yet again in the fourth quarter of 2017-18 Vodafone India saw a decline of 4%... Read More