Vodafone Idea Working on Properly Distinguishing Between Prepaid and Postpaid Services

Ravinder Takkar, CEO, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), said the company is working on something which will help with distinguishing and explaining to customers the benefits of being both a prepaid and a postpaid subscriber.

Highlights

  • Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator wants to add more high-paying customers to its subscriber pool.
  • Takkar said that the telco needs to approach this with a slightly different manner than in the past.
  • It is also worth noting that postpaid plans are the only segment which didn’t receive tariff hikes.

Follow Us

Vodafone Idea

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. But the telco already understands how it wants to improve its ARPU in multiple ways. One of those ways is to properly distinguish between its prepaid and postpaid services. Didn’t get it? Keep reading.




Ravinder Takkar Says Vi Can Do a Better Job of Explaining the Advantages of Being a Postpaid Customer

Ravinder Takkar, CEO, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), said the company is working on something which will help with distinguishing and explaining to customers the benefits of being both a prepaid and a postpaid subscriber.

According to a Livemint report, Takkar said that the telco needs to approach this in a slightly different manner than in the past.
More postpaid customers will definitely increase the revenues for Vi from mobile services and also help with increasing ARPU. But the thing is, there is a very less percentage of the population that wants to use postpaid services.

First of all, postpaid plans are way more expensive than prepaid plans. Today, with the concept of daily data, unlimited voice calling, and 100 SMS/day with almost every prepaid plan, the line between prepaid and postpaid has blurred a little. Most users won’t even want to switch to paying for postpaid services without enough incentives.

It is also worth noting that postpaid plans are the only segment which didn’t receive tariff hikes. The telcos will likely be looking to expand their postpaid consumer base while hiking the prepaid tariffs at regular intervals. Hopefully, with 5G, India gets to see new postpaid plans bundled with a lot more benefits to attract users.

After the next tariff hike, the gap between the prices of prepaid and postpaid services will reduce further. This might push a few more people to adopt postpaid services soon.

Reported By

Editor in Chief

Tanay is someone with whom you can chill and talk about technology and life. A fitness enthusiast and cricketer, he loves to read and write.

Recent Comments

Faraz :

Network is Crucial in Telecom "Network is hygiene in this business. Eventually you are buying a product which is the…

Vodafone Idea Plans to Increase Marketing Budget Ahead of 5G…

Faraz :

I like Khosla's mindset and replies. Hope they deliver ( and it's not just all talk ). But at IMC…

Vodafone Idea Plans to Increase Marketing Budget Ahead of 5G…

Chinmoy :

Not good at all. Pathetic like Vi . Only Jio is king in India now in term of QoS

BSNL Has Now Installed 50000 4G Sites

Faraz :

Bihar, 85% with B3 10 MHz only. among that 20% (i.e major cities - B41 20 MHz & B1 5…

Vodafone Idea offers Deepawali Rewards: Full Details Here

Chinmoy :

I echo with you. Why should I pay more on Vi when they even don't have 5G. I would prefer…

Vodafone Idea offers Deepawali Rewards: Full Details Here

Load More
Subscribe
Notify of
11 Comments
newest
oldest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments