Vodafone India, which is in talks with Idea Cellular for a potential merger, has reportedly given a big 4G deployment contract worth Rs 2,040 crore to Ericsson as the telco looks to speed up the network expansion to counter bigger rival Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. According to an ET … Read More
Vodafone India could surrender its in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India for setting up a payments bank due to its ongoing talks with Idea Cellular for an all-share merger. According to the Economic Times, Vodafone, India’s second largest telecom operator cannot compete with Idea Cellular’s sister company Aditya … Read More
Vodafone has launched Vodafone Sakhi, a product to empower the women in rural areas. Using Vodafone Sakhi, women can do private recharge using an OTP code, without sharing the mobile number. The OTP can be used for all recharges done over a 24-hour period. Also, it comes with emergency calling … Read More
Vodafone, today announced the launch of its Vodafone SuperNet 4G service in Chennai in the presence of Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand former World Chess Champion. After successful launches in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Madurai, Tuticorin, Trichy, Hosur, Salem, Erode, Pondicherry and Vellore Vodafone SuperNet 4G was launched in Chennai. Vodafone SuperNet 4G will … Read More
Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla could emerge as the unanimous choice for chairman of the Vodafone-Idea Cellular merged entity, Mint reported. Kumar Mangalam Birla’s appointed of the proposed merged entity would also help Vodafone Group make a case that it has spun off or de-consolidated its subsidiary Vodafone … Read More
The proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular will create a telco with 35% network capacity share in the country, surpassing Reliance Jio, which would have 31% network capacity share, according to Credit Suisse. It however added that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco would continue to lead in capacity share of … Read More
Vodafone India has launched its SuperNet 4G service in Haldwani, a city in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The company will soon expand the service to other major towns across the circle by March 2017. UP West and Uttarakhand are key markets for Vodafone. The service provider has already launched the … Read More
As a part of major rejig in management team of its India unit, UK-based Vodafone Group has reportedly replaced its India Chief Operating Officer Naveen Chopra with Balesh Sharma, who has been heading the Czech Republic operations as chief executive officer since 2013. Sharma has been working with Vodafone since … Read More
Vodafone India is putting in all its efforts to attack Jio’s aggressive data and voice offers in the country. And in one such effort, the telco had recently introduced the SuperHour data packs which seem to have received a positive response from the customers. After all, Vodafone is offering unlimited … Read More
Vodafone Group chief executive officer Vittorio Colao clarified that the planned merger with Idea Cellular would not result in an exit from India for the UK-based telecom major. The top executive, during an call after the third quarter results, said the proposed merger is about “creating a stronger asset, create … Read More
Vodafone India’s revenue went down 4.7% at Rs 10,556 crore during October-December 2016 period from Rs 11,077.63 crore in the same period a year ago, mainly impacted by Reliance Jio’s free services and demonetisation, which led to shortage of currency in India. The telco’s voice revenue also declined 3% in … Read More
The combined entity of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular will have a more balanced subscriber mix, as the current second largest telco is strong in urban areas whereas the Aditya Birla Group telco focuses more on the rural mass market, ratings agency Fitch said in a note on Wednesday. The … Read More
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