Telecom operator Vodafone Idea is recovering slowly after losing more than 150 million subscribers over the last two years. Vi has been struggling in the industry ever since Reliance Jio entered the Indian telecom market. It has been a tough ride for Vodafone Idea, to say the least, but the best part is the telecom operator is bouncing back strongly. After announcing the new brand identity in 2020, we are... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the second and third largest telecom operators of India, might just increase the tariffs for their offerings. According to an ET Telecom report, both the telcos might introduce increased tariffs in an ‘indirect’ manner. ‘Indirectly’ here means that the telcos might keep the overall pricing of the plans the same as they are now but reduce the benefits they come with. So essentially, you will... Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s leading telecom operator, might not be too keen to increase tariffs owing to lower net user additions in the previous quarters. Even though the telco's tariffs were 7-20% lesser than that of Bharti Airtel, it did not add many users during the October-December period in 2020. The increasing subscribers churn rate is directly impacting the net users' addition of the telco. This is why the telco is... Read More
ICICI Securities through a report said that the next round of tariff hikes for the telecom industry could come as early as March 2021. In the same report, ICICI Securities also mentioned that it would help telcos such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) grow their average revenue per user (ARPU) by up to 20% in the FY22. Last year, during the same time as now, tariff hikes by... Read More
Adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues case against the telco came to an end earlier this year when the Supreme Court (SC) of India finally sided with the government. The SC had ruled in favour of DoT and asked the telcos to pay the dues within the next 10 years out of which 10% of the dues have to be paid before March 31, 2021. Even though this decision brought legal... Read More
ICICI Securities on Monday said in a research note that the new postpaid plans launched by Reliance Jio “may not significantly” hit the postpaid base of Bharti Airtel. The firm said that the retail users account for only 30% of postpaid connections and that these users are “least price-sensitive.” Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India in September unveiled its JioPostpaid Plus plans with the base plan priced... Read More
The Indian telecom industry desperately needs the help of tariff hikes, believes Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Vi. Birla said in the Vi Annual General Meeting on Wednesday that India’s telecom sector depends on higher tariff rates for its future growth. The Indian telecom industry was among the worst economically hit industries during the COVID19 pandemic and received another setback in the form of AGR verdict. The telcos plea for... Read More
Telecom industry is facing substantial distress due to the outbreak of COVID-19. As of result of the abnormal rise of the deadly virus, the telecom industry will witness tariff hike, and it will be unavoidable as the telecom operators are already facing financial distress amid difficult times. Prashant Singhal, emerging market Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications Leader stated that the analysing the current scenario, tariff hike will not be... Read More
The last three days in the telecom industry have all been about the data tariff hike. For the first time in a long time, the telecom companies have all taken the step to hike tariff for the subscribers by as much as 40%. Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have announced that they would be charging more for their prepaid plans in a few days. While Bharti Airtel and... Read More
The Indian Government is working towards making India a digital country through better internet connectivity. As a result of promotion of the ambitious Digital India project, the telecom commission has delayed levying of 8 percent fees on the internet service providers in the country. This is because levying the fees would have restricted the penetration and rate of growth of internet connectivity in the country. Had the fees been levied, the... Read More
Beam Fiber known for providing high speed, high quality Internet service at reasonable price in Hyderabad has increased prices by a nominal 3% for entry level plans. The tariff hike was effected on 01 May 2014 and customers were intimated in advance. Old Tariffs New Tariffs Percentage Increase Old customers who were on different plans were intimated about tariff changes by a similar margin. Here is the intimation received by... Read More
Mumbai's largest broadband service provider MTNL's broadband customers will have to shell out more for Broadband - Internet services from next month as the service provider has hiked the charges, by 8 percent to 20 per cent approx in certain plans. The revised or increased tariff includes both the limited Data usage plans, Unlimited plans. MTNL Broadband customers for the closed Data usage plans such as Tri B_200P will be... Read More
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where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
