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Bhavya Singh August 7th, 2022 9:40 PM 2 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, VIL, and Adani Receive Demand Notices from Telecom Department

All four businesses that purchased spectrum in the recently finished auction have received demand notices from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) requiring them to provide payments by August 16. The telcos have the choice of making 20 equal annual payments. The telecom companies may also opt to make a partial advance payment (which may be multiple full years with a minimum of two years) or the full sum. Reliance Jio's... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur June 6th, 2022 9:00 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Working on Properly Distinguishing Between Prepaid and Postpaid Services

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator, wants to add more high-paying customers to its subscriber pool. The telco’s ultimate goal is to improve the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure. But there are a lot of low-paying prepaid customers subscribed to the telco’s networks. A lot of prepaid users are also still consuming 2G services thus, there’s no scope of earning more out of them in the near future.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 4th, 2022 12:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Stocks Including Vi, RIL and Airtel in the Red on Friday

It is the last day of the week, and all the telecom stocks are in the red. It is not just the telecom stocks, but also the indexes including NIFTY and SENSEX in the negative. After seeing a good Thursday, Vodafone Idea’s stock (listed as Idea) is 5.41% in the red (at the time of writing), trading at Rs 10.50. This comes after the board of the telco has approved... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 25th, 2022 8:54 AM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Successfully Raises Rs 1443 Crore by Selling Stake in Indus Towers

Vodafone Group Plc, a major British telco was eyeing to sell a 2.4% stake in the Indian tower company, Indus Towers through a block deal. The move was successful and the telco has raised Rs 1443 crore by selling 63.3 million shares at Rs 226.84 a share. Vodafone’s stake in Indus Towers has come down from 28.1% to 25.7%. The investors who purchased the stake were unnamed. According to an... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 16th, 2021 3:26 PM 7 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Limited Position as Going Concern Cemented

Vodafone Idea Limited’s (VIL) future, until yesterday, was mixed in dark clouds. Things weren’t clear, and the company had failed to secure any new investors. However, with the announcement of the relief package, one thing’s fixed, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is not going to go out of the market, even in the long-term, at least that’s what the evidence suggests. The company’s visibility as a “going concern” has increased with the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur September 7th, 2020 8:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

AGR Dues Clarity to Revive Investment Cycle in 4G Network for Indian Telcos

Supreme Court a few days back announced its decision on the matter of AGR dues. The apex court said that the telcos will have to pay all the remaining dues in the coming decade starting next financial year. Before that, each telco will have to pay the 10% dues in advance so the 90% will be left for the next 10 years. This clarity on the decision of AGR dues... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 27th, 2020 3:11 PM 19 COMMENTS

VIL Gets Show Cause Notice by Trai Over the ‘RedX’ Priority Plan

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has been going back and forth with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Limited over the ‘priority 4G network’ plan. Trai had earlier questioned both the telcos over their ‘priority 4G network’ plan saying that the telcos should have registered the plan as a new type of offering so it could have been examined properly. Now, the regulator has issued a show-cause notice to VIL... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 3rd, 2020 4:47 PM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and VIL Questioned by Trai Over Differential Network Speeds

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) and Bharti Airtel are both being questioned by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) over their differential broadband speed plans. Both the telcos were earlier questioned on their Priority 4G Network offer which claimed to give customers a priority in speed than any normal customer . Now the regulatory has further questioned both Bharti Airtel and VIL about their differential broadband speed plans. It has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 27th, 2020 11:14 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Limited and Amdocs Partner Up to Migrate Postpaid Customers to Single Platform

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) announced that it will be bringing the Idea postpaid customers under the Vodafone RED category. It would ensure that customers of VIL would get unified digital services under a single platform. For doing this, VIL partnered up with Amdocs which is one of the leading software and service providers to media and communications companies. Both the companies today announced that this move has taken place successfully.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 21st, 2020 11:35 AM 0 COMMENTS

Trai to Soon Give a Decision on Postpaid Plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea Offering Priority Service

A few days back, the Telecom Regulatory of India (Trai) asked Vodafone Idea Limited and Bharti Airtel to withhold their ‘4G priority service’. The regulator is currently examining the premium plans of the telcos. To get it done faster, the regulator has made the issue its priority and plans to announce the verdict/views in a two week period. At the same time, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on... Read More