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The Chinese smartphone brand has been working on two new T-series smartphones in India after it launched Vivo T1 5G recently. The brand will be introducing Vivo T1 Pro 5G and Vivo T1 44W smartphones in the country and rumours regarding both have been circulating for a while now. Now in a new development, the landing page for these smartphones has gone live on Vivo India’s website. Based on the new listing, the handsets could be launched somewhere in early May....

Vivo V20 Pro 5G was launched just yesterday for the Indian market. However, the OnePlus Nord 5G has been in the market and the hands of the users for quite a few months now. OnePlus Nord 5G was recognised as the best selling smartphone in the mid-range segment by a Counterpoint report. But now, Vivo V20 Pro 5G running on the same SoC as of the Nord 5G and in the same price range has arrived to give the OnePlus Nord 5G a tough competition....

Vivo has been working on a new device that will join the V series of smartphones from the brand called Vivo V23e. There have been a few reports about the device in the past that gave us some intel on the specs of the handset. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo launched its Vivo V23 series of smartphones in India last month which consisted of Vivo V23 and V23 Pro and the new V23e will be the latest addition to the lineup....

Chinese smartphone company, Vivo, has officially launched the Vivo X60 5G and the Vivo X60 Pro 5G smartphones in its homeland. The Vivo X60 series of smartphones offer 5G support and are powered by Samsung’s Exynos 1080 chipset. The USP of the smartphones, however, will be the cameras. A few days ago, Vivo announced its partnership with ZEISS, and the first phones as part of the partnership are the Vivo X60 and the X60 Pro....

The popular smartphone manufacturer Vivo is all set to introduce its Vivo X80 series on April 25 and the lineup is expected to consist of Vivo X80, Vivo X80 Pro and Vivo X80 Pro+ smartphones. Now, just days before the launch, the specifications of the Vivo X80 Pro have been shared via a report giving us intel on almost everything about the device. Let’s find out more. The report comes in from 91mobiles according to which known tipster Ishan Agarwal has provided specifications for the upcoming Vivo X80 Pro handset....

Vivo Y15s has been launched in India on February 18, Friday. The newly launched budget device from Vivo is its latest addition to the Y series portfolio. Vivo Y15s was earlier launched in Singapore back in November 2021. The all-new Vivo Y15s comes with waterdrop-style display notch housing the selfie camera and runs on Google’s Android Go edition — the streamlined version of Android. The device is expected to compete with the devices such as Moto E40 and Redmi 10 Prime in the Indian market....

Vodafone Rs 16 Filmy Recharge Details The new Filmy Recharge by Vodafone will retail for Rs 16 for the prepaid subscribers, and it won’t bundle any fancy things like SMS or talk time but will only bundle data. This new internet pack by Vodafone will offer 1GB 2G/3G/4G data to the subscribers for a day. As the name of the plan suggests, Vodafone has implied that with this recharge, users will be able to watch latest blockbusters and movies on their smartphones, although the pack is merely a data pack which blends in with other Vodafone prepaid recharge packs and doesn’t differ in any other way except for its name....

Vodafone Group Plc might invest Rs 285 crore in Vodafone Idea. The investment in Vodafone Idea will be made as per the terms of the agreement made with Idea Cellular back in 2018. It is expected that Vodafone Group Plc will invest the amount by September. Since the telco giant is facing financial distress to generate cash and clear off its financial liabilities, investment by Vodafone Group Plc will aid Vodafone Idea in maintaining cash liquidity and financial position....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) and L&T SWC (Smart World & Communications) have partnered to test the use case of a private LTE enterprise network in India. In a joint release, the companies said that they would carry out an accelerated Proof of Concept (PoC) at group business L&T Heavy Engineering’s ‘A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex’, Hazira, Surat. It is worth noting that the companies have already partnered for testing and establishing 5G use cases relevant for India in multiple areas, which includes Smart and Connected Health and Public Safety....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced that it has successfully demonstrated 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) with its technology partner, Nokia. Both the companies are working together in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, for testing 5G. This successful demonstration means that once the VoNR solution is deployed, Vi users can make high-definition voice calls using the 5G network of the telco. Vodafone Idea and Nokia Leveraged Nokia’s AirScale Vi and Nokia had leveraged the latter’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions, including its 5G core, AirScale 5G RAN, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) voice core....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has accepted the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues payments moratorium from the government. The third-largest telco in the country was expected to go ahead with this move as it doesn’t really have a strong cash flow to keep paying AGR dues and also keep investing in its networks. With this, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have accepted the relief measures given by the government. Airtel and Vodafone Idea will enjoy the moratorium on the payments of both spectrum payments and the AGR dues....

Vodafone Idea rolled out VoWi-Fi or Wi-Fi Calling feature in December 2020. Since then, the company is gradually making the service accessible on more devices and locations. Initially launched in just two circles, Vodafone Idea VoWi-Fi service is now available across five circles. At the same time, Vi’s Wi-Fi Calling service was earlier limited to just Xiaomi and OnePlus smartphone, but the support has been added to select Oppo and Samsung phones as well....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-top telecom operator of the country has just announced that it has the largest mobile network in Gujarat. For the unaware, the telco has over 25.08 million subscribers in the state. Through its 4G network, Vodafone Idea serves 15,468 towns in Gujarat, India. All of this has been possible because of the impressive spectrum holdings of the operator in the state. In Gujarat, Vi has a total of 113....

Vodafone CEO Nick Read Urges for Government Intervention to Rescue Telcos A couple of years ago, Vodafone Idea Limited formed the largest telco in the Indian market with over 400 million subscribers and the highest revenue market share. But the merger between both the telcos did not help them stay strong in the industry as the merged entity lost its top spot to Reliance Jio- both in terms of subscriber base and revenue market share....

Vodafone Idea, the merged telco of Vodafone and idea cellular, in its Q2FY23 results, updated that the telco has 234.4 million subscribers as of September 30, 2022. In our earlier analysis, we examined how well the Priority circles are performing but couldn’t include the September data as TRAI data was unavailable during that time. But as the subscriber numbers are in now, we have circle-wise data to check what’s happening where with Vodafone Idea....

For the unaware, Mr Kapania has been in the telecom industry for more than 25 years and has served as a board member for significant telecom companies globally. Mr Kapania has also served as the Chairman of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) for two years and further served on the Global GSMA Board for two years. Vodafone Idea has further appointed Mr Sushil Agrawal as an Additional Director (non-executive and non-independent) from August 4, 2021....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) opted for the conversion of deferred interest debt into equity for the government. Post conversion, the company said govt might own 35.8% of the company, which would be more than that what each of the current promoters, including the Aditya Birla Group (17.8%) and the Vodafone Group Plc (27.66%), would hold. While many are concerned about this move as the government will have the biggest voting shares....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the merged entity between Vodafone and Idea, is not preferring to use the equity to pay both the principal and interest that it has to pay the government towards AGR (adjusted gross revenue) dues and spectrum fees. This has been revealed by people with direct knowledge of the matter at the Aditya Birla Group, claims a report by MoneyControl. The option of paying dues as equity to the government will defeat the entire purpose of ownership, claims the report citing people who wish to be anonymous....

In an effort to increase the size of its retail presence, Vodafone Idea (VIL) has introduced 300 new-format Vi Shops in the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and UP West. In the upcoming months, it also intends to strengthen its position in more rural markets. The company stated in its statement Vi has put out 300 new format Vi Shops across several locations in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and UP West to build up its retail footprint at the sub-district level....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has partnered with ICRIER (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) to set up a Telecom Centre of Excellence (CoE) and has named the centre ‘InViCT’ (ICRIER and Vodafone Idea Centre for Telecom). P Balaji, Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea and Deepak Mishra, Director & CEO, ICRIER, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the national capital....