April 29th, 2014 12:04 PM 92 COMMENTS

TDSAT Quashes All Penalties Imposed by DoT on Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone in 3G Intra-circle Roaming

India's Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today quashes all penalties imposed by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone and allows 3G intra-circle roaming facility by saying the pacts (3G ICRA) didn't violate any license conditions. In March 18, 2013, DoT slapped a penalty of the Rs. 350 crore on Bharti Airtel to violating license conditions And a Dedication the 3G services By a Intra-Circle... Read More

April 11th, 2014 1:11 PM 41 COMMENTS

Vodafone Acquires 100 Percent Stake in Vodafone India

Vodafone today officially announces that it has acquires 100 percent stake in its Indian unit Vodafone India (VIL).   In March 2014, Vodafone completed the acquisition of indirect equity interests in VIL held by Analjit Singh and Neelu Analjit Singh, taking its stake to 89.03% of VIL. Today Vodafone acquired the remaining 10.97% of VIL from Piramal Enterprises Limited. The combined cash consideration for both transactions was INR 10,142 crores... Read More

March 7th, 2014 11:41 AM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Hires 50 Percent Women Trainees from its Flagship Discover Campus Program

Vodafone India has undertaken multiple initiatives to strengthen Diversity and Inclusion within its workplace and Women Empowerment. The company believes that such initiatives lead to more flexible, creative and innovative organization that serves diverse segments of the market and society cutting across geographies, economic strata and gender & age. Today, 32% of Vodafone India’s customer base comprises of women – and that itself inspired the organization to bring in series... Read More

February 26th, 2014 12:16 PM 91 COMMENTS

Vodafone India added Over 400 new 3G Towers in Kolkata and West Bengal Circles

In a bid to improve 3G mobile and data service coverage, Vodafone India has added more than 400 new 3G BTS (Node-B) in Kolkata and West Bengal  (including Sikkim and Andman Nicobar) circles. Vodafone India said that it has added around 406 new 3G enabled BTS (mobile towers) over the last 3 months to boost 3G networks or high speed data coverage in Kolkata and Rest of Bengal. Out of... Read More

February 13th, 2014 6:31 PM 49 COMMENTS

2G Spectrum (900Mhz and 1800Mhz) Auction Ends, 9 Circles reported unsold in 1800 MHz

India's 2G spectrum auction today ends with 68 rounds after 10 days, Government is likely to get total Rs.61,150 crore as upfront payment. Eight telecom companies participated in the auction which include largest mobile service provider Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Uninor, Reliance Communications, Tata Docomo and new entrant - 4G operator Reliance Jio Infocomm. The government had set a target of Rs. 40,874 crore for this fiscal year (FY14)... Read More

January 15th, 2014 7:57 PM 45 COMMENTS

4G Operator Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular and Uninor Applies to Bid in 1800 and 900Mhz GSM Spectrum Auction

Pan India 4G - LTE service license holder Reliance JIO Infocomm (RJIL), Idea Cellular and Uninor (TeleWings) today submitted their applications for taking part in the 900mhz and 1800mhz GSM spectrum auction scheduled for February 3, 2014. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (Rcom), Aircel and Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) already applies for the same as earlier we shared on TelecomTalk. The Auction of Spectrum will be a big bang now... Read More

January 15th, 2014 5:31 PM 32 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Airtel, Reliance Communications, Tata Tele and Aircel Apply for 1800 and 900Mhz Spectrum Auction

India's leading mobile service provider  Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications (Rcom), Aircel and Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) today submited their applications for taking part in the 900mhz and 1800mhz GSM spectrum auction scheduled for February 3, 2014. According to  an official source at DoT, Vodafone has filed the first application, followed by Airtel,   Reliance Communications, Tata Tele and Aircel.  It raising hopes at Department of Telecom that this round of auction... Read More

December 22nd, 2013 5:16 AM 37 COMMENTS

Vodafone India and Idea Offers Better Friendly Self Care Services Than Airtel (Infographics)

After analyzing IVR services of some leading operators(Airtel, Vodafone), we decided to decode the entire Prepaid self-care services of 3 leading operators Airtel(*121#),Vodafone(*111#) and Idea(*147#). After 52 pain taking hours we came up with this info graphic showing and comparing the entire prepaid self-care services via USSD of these 3 Operators. The main purpose of this info graphic was to show which operator provides all the required info at fingertips... Read More

December 18th, 2013 6:38 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Launches ‘Vodafone Music’ Android App and WAP Portal

Vodafone India today announced the launch of Vodafone Music Android Mobile App and WAP portal with a unique features which will allow its customers to experience a new age of entertainment via mobile Internet. Vodafone launched a totally new, comprehensive streaming and download music service - Vodafone Music offering a musical treat for its 155 million plus consumers. It is available on WAP on all phones and via an Mobile... Read More

December 13th, 2013 1:19 AM 19 COMMENTS

Detailed Analysis on Customer Care IVR of Vodafone (Infographic)

Last time i covered detailed analysis on Airtel Customer Care IVR  and now it's time for Vodafone.As already discussed the primary objective of an IVR is to provide information about products and services while navigating across various legs and to comfort users with updated and required information via a toll free number without the need for agent assistance.Lets see what Vodafone has packed in it's IVR system for its users from... Read More

December 5th, 2013 3:42 PM 10 COMMENTS

TRAI Report : High Number of Billing Disputes (Postpaid & Prepaid) Against Vodafone, Idea Cellular, BSNL and Aircel

India's leading mobile service providers Vodafone, Idea Cellular BSNL and Aircel are tops on the list of higher billing dispute in several telecom circles during the quarter ended June, 2013 according to sector regulator TRAI's Telecom Services Performance Indicators Report (Metering and billing credibility). As per TRAI Quility of Service (QoS) benchmark, not more than 0.1 per cent of the total bills raised by a company in a telecom circle... Read More

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