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November 30th, 2018 11:18 AM 125 COMMENTS

Trai Directs Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to Not Disconnect Services Despite Minimum Balance

The Telecom Regulator Trai in its latest move has directed the telecom operators not to disconnect subscribers from their incoming and outgoing calls and other network services in case they have “sufficient” prepaid account balance. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had shown disappointment over telcos previously and had urged them to inform the subscribers well in advance, along with listing the available options before they are disconnected from the... Read More

November 29th, 2018 9:43 PM 61 COMMENTS

Telecom Watchdog Questions Minimum Monthly Recharge Plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea

Non-profit group Telecom Watchdog on Thursday questioned new minimum monthly recharge plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea and charged the operators of indulging in "anti-consumer activities", but the firms asserted that the plans are fully compliant with rules. In a letter to Trai, Telecom Watchdog flagged concerns over the manner in which the two companies had allegedly fixed similar tariffs at the same time. It claimed that forcing users to... Read More

November 28th, 2018 9:09 AM 131 COMMENTS

Should You Recharge Your Prepaid Number Every 28 Days?

Before beginning, let's accept the facts - Many of us own two mobile numbers obtained due to various reasons - network, cost-effectiveness, as failsafe option etc. but as on today use only one (mostly Jio). The second number was recharged several months, if not years ago thanks to lifetime validity and now has balance in single digits. Now, all of us are worried about telcos forcing us to recharge a... Read More

November 23rd, 2018 5:01 PM 79 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea to Focus on 4G Expansion as India is Not 5G Ready: Balesh Sharma

Vodafone Idea CEO, Balesh Sharma in a talk with reporters on Thursday informed that the company intends to retain its pole position in the industry and it will do so by simplified tariff plans, faster integration and bettering its balance sheet. Sharma also hinted that the current unsustainable pricing in the industry would correct itself as the effect of consolidation in the market is seen in the coming months. The... Read More

November 21st, 2018 1:27 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Providing Three Month Free Talk Time for Lava A1 Feature Phone Users

The largest telecom operator of India, Vodafone Idea seems to have come up with a feature phone strategy of its own for the Indian consumers. Vodafone Idea has partnered up with phone manufacturer Lava to launch an offer for all Lava A1 feature phone owners. As part of this offer, all Lava A1 users will be able to get three months unlimited talk time from Vodafone and Idea Cellular both.... Read More

November 8th, 2018 5:38 PM 71 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Follows Bharti Airtel, Plans to Deploy 2G and 3G Spectrum for 4G Network Services

Previously, we heard about Bharti Airtel plotting strategies to downscale its 2G and 3G spread in the country to make use of the airwaves and other resources for a better 4G network. Now Vodafone Idea seems to be following on the same lines. The newly merged telco has also announced that it would be using its spectrum which was previously being used to relay 2G network for implementing a better... Read More

November 7th, 2018 4:11 PM 145 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea Make a Major Move by Removing Prepaid Talk Time Plans

With every passing quarter, the Average Revenue Per User (APRU) of top telcos- Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea has been dipping alongside that of Reliance Jio's. But the Mukesh Ambani-led telco's ARPU has been slightly better than that of the other two telcos. In order to increase their ARPU, telcos have come up with a plan and that is to remove talk time prepaid plans. Yes, you heard it right.... Read More

November 1st, 2018 2:51 PM 38 COMMENTS

Airtel Beats Trai Speed Champion Jio by Achieving 9.96 Mbps Average 4G Download Speed: OpenSignal

OpenSignal’s speed test reports for all the telcos in India are out now, and Bharti Airtel has emerged as the winner among all by recording the highest download speeds on 3G and 4G network. In the speed test, Airtel recorded a speed of 7.53 Mbps followed by Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL which averaged speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps and 2.70 Mbps. In the past two... Read More

October 22nd, 2018 4:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple iPhone XR Goes Live for Pre-Order on Vodafone Idea Online Store With Bundled Postpaid Plan

Apple’s latest flagship phones, the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max went on sale during the last week of September in India. Although people were expecting a grand entry for the phone, owing to its exorbitant price tag, the phones couldn’t garner impressive sales number unlike it has been the case in the last few years. However, the most affordable iPhone in the entire line up of 2018, the iPhone... Read More

September 5th, 2018 9:23 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Conducts Employee Townhall; Airtel CEO Sends Out Company-Wide Email as Things Heat Up

Soon after the finalisation of the Idea-Vodafone merger, the former market leader Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal sent out an organisation-wide email informing the employees about the competition that lies ahead and also talking about the strengths of the company. In a related development, one day after the companies' merger, the newly formed Vodafone Idea conducted a two-hour town hall which was streamed across the nation in Vodafone-Idea offices. The... Read More

March 21st, 2017 9:54 PM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea merger to complete in 4-5 quarters: ICRA

Vodafone India and Idea Cellular merger will take at least another four to five quarters to materialise, even as the proposed transaction set to face many regulatory hurdles, analysts at ICRA said on Tuesday. The agency said that the ongoing tariff war between both these telecom operators would continue for another two to three-quarters, while they work as separate entities. ICRA expects that the merged Vodafone-Idea Cellular entity will have... Read More

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