Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharti Airtel, and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) stocks went down yesterday at the closing time despite performing well in the morning session. But on Thursday, at the time of writing, both the stocks are trading in the green. Vodafone Idea’s current stock price is Rs 8.15, which is 1.24% high, while Bharti Airtel is trading at Rs 675, which is 1.07% in the green. It is worth... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel might get very good news super soon. Both the telcos have been waiting to hear about the relief package from the government. It is fair to say Vodafone Idea has been on its edge over the arrival of the relief package, while Bharti Airtel would be fine regardless of it came or not. Airtel will manage to raise capital, but the same can’t be... Read More
Beleaguered telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL), which provides services under the ‘Vi’ brand, expects the government to step in and support the sector. Vodafone Idea Chairman, Himanshu Kapania, said in a letter to shareholders that the company is hopeful for the government to provide some sort of relief. Kapania further added that Vodafone Idea is hopeful that government will support its aim to make a reasonable return on the... Read More
The talks about a relief package coming soon have helped Vodafone Idea (Vi) stock majorly. The company’s shares are 9.66% in the green early Tuesday session. Vodafone Idea’s stock has reached the figure of Rs 7.95 at the time of writing which is 9.66% up. Vi’s stock opened at Rs 7.30 and touched a low of Rs 7.15 for a brief point. The previous close for the stock was Rs... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) can get a major relief if the government of India (GoI) allows it to surrender all the unused spectrum. At the moment, the telcos can also trade the spectrum with each other or keep it with them even if they are not using it. Not only that is wastage of a scarce national resource, but it also burdens the telcos’ without being of any use. However, if... Read More
The Telecom sector is burdened by the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, license fees (LF), spectrum usage charges (SUC), bank guarantees (BGs), and more. With all of these liabilities on the shoulder of a telco, being in loss can majorly affect the market’s outlook for a company’s future. The government could help the industry and the telcos at a time such as this by introducing a relief package. The relief... Read More
Bharti Airtel might soon get an investment from Google. Both the companies are already in advanced stage discussions and negotiations since the last year. According to a TOI report, the investment from Google into Airtel can be quite large in amount. It is interesting to hear about this deal because the Jio and Google partnership might have come with a restriction for the latter to invest in any of its... Read More
Bharti Airtel might be looking to invest in its 4G networks to increase capacity for adding Vodafone Idea (Vi) subscribers. In a note, Jefferies said that Bharti Airtel’s fundraising plans might be in line with purchasing the spectrum from Vi at distressed rates or to invest and to invest on network capacity for giving Vodafone Idea subscribers a home. As per the analyst, there’s no urgent need for the telco... Read More
Bharti Airtel is planning to raise capital very soon. The company’s board is set to meet on August 29, 2021. The board meeting will be focused on discussing fund raising plans. Bharti Airtel can raise funds through equity or debt linked instruments which will strengthen its balance sheet. The telco might be raising capital for paying off the upcoming dues in the first half of 2022, which includes spectrum and... Read More
The Cellular Operator Association of India (COAI) has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to increase the tenure of the leased spectrum from 20 years to 40 years. Further, the industry body wants DoT to increase the moratorium period on spectrum payments to be increased to 10 years from the current 2 years. COAI has requested DoT to include these demands in the relief package it comes out with in... Read More
On Monday, the CEO of Vodafone Idea (Vi), Ravinder Takkar, said tariff hikes are the right direction to go in, but it is not enough to help with the average revenue per user (ARPU) gain. Vi needs more than that to survive. Takkar said that bringing a floor price for the industry is really important to help the cash-strapped telcos. As per a PTI report, Takkar said that Vodafone Idea... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been on the run trying to improve its average revenue per user (ARPU) figure for quite a while to maximise its earnings. The telco has reported an ARPU of Rs 104 in Q1 FY22 (April - June 2021). In comparison, the telco had an ARPU of Rs 114 in the same period last year. So there’s an ARPU drop of Rs 10 in one year for... Read More
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I like this article and agree with it. With this investment Vi might buy some spectrum this auction and start…
but vodafone, British company has more stake in Vi ( around 32 percent ) while idea owns only 19 percent.…
In today world once customer is lost very difficult to regain. secondly airtle and jio is made Garden blossom with…
but vodafone, British company is real Chor, that's why people are scared that it may sink again. i want company…
Bus paise le kar doob mat jana.. You fate is very much dependent on 5G tarrif plans.
