After receiving lots of criticism for high priced data packs with an upfront fee to cut down data rates, both Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have increased the one-time free data limit in the pack for every circle. Last month, Airtel first launched the data pack at a denomination of Rs 1498 which came with upfront 1 GB one-time data then brought down the cost of 1 GB data at... Read More
UK-based telecoms Group Vodafone is reportedly preparing to pump equity infusion worth over $3 billion in its India unit to replace debt, even as continues to work on India unit’s initial public offering (IPO). Vodafone India's standalone net debt for 2015-16 was about Rs 81,500 crore. "Overseas market conditions make it favorable to replace the debt here with equity as the return on equity is higher here and it will... Read More
After launching 'Flex' postpaid plan, second largest operator, Vodafone has now come up with prepaid Flex packs across the country. Flex is the recent addition from the British telecom giant’s Indian unit which is facing tough competition from rival networks these days. The Flex prepaid packs are a concept for a simplified prepaid plan which is originally Vodafone Group's global strategy for offering easy to use prepaid plans. The similar 'Flex'... Read More
The merged RCom-Aircel entity will give strong competition to its rival private telecom operators like Vodafone India and Idea Cellular in the backdrop of the disruption caused by the launch of operations by Reliance Jio Infocomm, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said. “The merged entity will offer strong competition to both Vodafone India Limited (Vodafone) and Idea which are weaker placed, as far as 4G operations are concerned,” the agency... Read More
The forthcoming spectrum auction in October this year is going to be different in more ways than one. To begin with this is the first time that 700Mhz spectrum will be auctioned. Secondly, this is possibly the biggest supply of spectrum to be auctioned in India. A total of 2354.55Mhz of spectrum would be auctioned in frequency bands of 700Mhz, 800Mhz, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz, 2100Mhz, 2300Mhz and 2500Mhz. Out of these... Read More
Vodafone India has simplified the process of buying its postpaid connection through a new service – “Dial a Post Paid”. Exclusively launched for the new Vodafone SuperNet postpaid connections in Tamil Nadu circle, the service enables people to send a missed call to +91-98431-98432 to avail a SIM card. In response to the missed call, a Vodafone executive will call back and fix an appointment with the customer to collect... Read More
Ahead of fierce competition, second largest telecom operator Vodafone has now included speedtest and network tracking feature in its self-care app 'My Vodafone' to improve customer experience and network quality. The British telecom giant’s Indian unit which is all set to cross 20 crore subscriber mark soon is facing stiff competition from Bharti Airtel and Jio. Vodafone's main advantage of having superior 2G network wouldn't help them in near future... Read More
Anil Ambani led Reliance Communications (RCom) and promoters of Aircel, Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), have inked a definitive deal for the merger of their Indian wireless businesses. The merger will be the largest-ever consolidation in the Indian telecom sector. The combined entity will create a strong operator clearly ranked amongst India’s top 4 telcos by customer base and revenues, also ranking amongst the top 3 operators by revenues in 12... Read More
After posting standalone loss of 718 Cr during April-June quarter, MTNL has now revamped all its broadband plans in Mumbai circle and now lets the subscriber pick between two alternatives at the same tariff point, one can either go for higher speeds coupled with lower pre FUP data quota or opt for lower speeds coupled with higher pre FUP data quota. In the above table for example, the entry level pack... Read More
After expanding its 4G data network to 4 more circles, Vodafone is now working on launching its own 3G network in Odisha circle using efficient 900 Mhz spectrum which they bought in the last spectrum auction. According to our sources, the company has already deployed own 3G network in the circle and successfully tested it in a few places. Vodafone is using 5Mhz of spectrum in 900 Mhz band to... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the largest telecom operator in the country which enjoys 24.71 percent of market share with more than 255 million customers on their network has now crossed 1.5 crore subscriber mark in West Bengal circle, a category B circle where the Mittal owned telco has a robust network with 2G, 3G and recently launched 4G network became the second operator to cross the milestone. Vodafone was the first operator in... Read More
As the dispute between Reliance Jio and top telecom operators for interconnection points reaches a temporary resolution, a new issue has erupted between the COAI and the Trai. The relationship with the GSM body and the regulator hit a rough patch on Friday following COAI’s claims that its director general Rajan Mathews was kept out of the Trai meeting with top telecom operators and Reliance Jio. COAI’s Mathews, in a... Read More
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