March 10th, 2022 5:55 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea New Smartphone Offer to End on March 31, 2022

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering customers something similar to the 2G customers in its subscriber base that Airtel is offering to all of its customers. We are talking about a cashback offer on the purchase of new smartphones. Vodafone Idea is trying to incentivise 2G users into upgrading to 4G as fast as possible. The telco said that it will offer Rs 100 cashback every month to the eligible customers... Read More

March 8th, 2022 11:43 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Stock Gains on Tuesday Supported by Positive Developments

Vodafone Idea (Vi), listed as Idea on the stock exchanges, is gaining in the early trade session on Tuesday. At the time of writing, Vi’s stock is trading (at the time of writing) at Rs 9.80, which is 2.62%, up from the previous close price of Rs 9.55. The third-largest telco’s shares opened at Rs 9.65 and touched a high of Rs 10.05. In the last few days, multiple developments... Read More

March 7th, 2022 11:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vi Looking for VP & Head — Digital Product Owner

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, is currently looking for a candidate to fill out the “VP & Head — Digital Product Owner”, position in the company. In an internal email, Vi had said that it will be re-aligning the digital organisation with three verticals, including Consumer Digital Marketing, Consumer Digital Products and Partnerships, and Digital Delivery. Here are the job details and requirements posted by Vi. Vodafone... Read More

March 7th, 2022 10:31 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vi, Airtel, and Jio Stocks Crash on Monday

Vodafone Idea (listed as Idea in stock markets), Bharti Airtel (listed as Bhartiartl) and Reliance Industries Limited (parent company of Reliance Jio) stocks are going through a rough morning. All the telecom stocks are in the red, including Tata Teleservices and Tejas Networks. It is not just the telecom stocks, but also NIFTY 50 and SENSEX are in the red because of the increasing war activity in Ukraine. Globally, markets... Read More

March 7th, 2022 8:26 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea Might Get Rs 23000 Crore from DoT

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the private telecom operators in India, might get up to Rs 23,000 crore in total from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Both the telcos have to pay thousands of crores in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the DoT. To ensure the security of the payment against AGR dues, the telcos have to submit a Bank Guarantee (BG) to the DoT. But since the... Read More

March 5th, 2022 5:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio, Airtel, and Vi Have a Big Question to Address With 5G Going Forward

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi), the three leading private telecom operators, will have a big question to address in the near future. It is how to offer 5G services and how to differentiate network services for regular consumers between 4G and 5G. There’s no doubt that normal consumers won’t have a very high demand for 5G network services if they have access to good 4G networks. Thus,... Read More

March 5th, 2022 1:11 PM 38 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Allowing Sending SMS Via Talktime Packs Starting at Rs 10

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is allowing users to send SMS if they are on a talktime pack. Note that the same hasn’t been confirmed by the company but by a TelecomTalk community member, verified by me. Vi offers quite expensive SMS prepaid packs compared to what Jio and Airtel are offering to their users. However, this had limited the ability of low-income users to send SMS for porting out of Vi’s... Read More

March 4th, 2022 7:58 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Needs More Funding, Can Use Only 25% of Rs 4,500 Crore from Promoters

According to the analysts, the telecom company Vodafone Idea or Vi will only be able to utilize around 25% of the Rs 4,500 crore fresh capital infusion by its promoters – Vodafone UK and India’s Aditya Birla Group -- for CAPEX purposes. As per the analysts, this will not be enough for the telco to compete with its rivals such as Jio and Airtel which are financially stronger. Analysts suggest... Read More

March 4th, 2022 9:52 AM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea in Slightly Better Position for 5G Spectrum Auctions

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is in a slightly better position than it was two weeks back when we talk about the upcoming 5G spectrum auctions. The spectrum auctions are going to burn the telcos’ pockets with thousands of crores flowing towards the government. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel look solid with good profits in the book and fresh investments onboard. Vodafone Idea (Vi) was struggling in this regard until a few... Read More

March 3rd, 2022 7:53 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Approves Rs 14,500 Crore Fund-Raising via Preferential Shares and Equity

In a new development, the board of Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday has approved raising Rs 14,500 crore from its primary promoters – UK’s Vodafone Group as well as Aditya Birla Group (ABG) along with other external investors. The telecom operator is all set to raise Rs 4,500 crore which is approximately $600 million through preferential shares issued at Rs 13.30 per share to its promoters as well as related... Read More

March 3rd, 2022 5:47 PM 3 COMMENTS

Prepaid Plans Definition Changed Since Jio Came, Telcos Must Do Extra With Postpaid

When Jio arrived in the Indian telecom market, it started offering unlimited voice calls and unlimited data to the users with a ton of SMS every day for a very less fixed cost. Jio didn’t start with postpaid plans heavily but only focused on the prepaid segment of the market. The companies that couldn’t adopt the model of Jio had to go out of business, and the companies which remained,... Read More

March 3rd, 2022 1:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea 1GB 4G Data Voucher Starts at Rs 19

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is offering its 4G data voucher starting at just Rs 19. This is the most affordable data voucher you can get from the telco today. Reliance Jio, the top competitor of Vi, is offering its entry-level 4G data voucher for Rs 15. Both the telcos offer 1GB of data with their entry-level 4G data vouchers, but there’s one big difference... Read More

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