The newest model in the Vivo’s Y-series, the Vivo Y22s, has been released in Vietnam. The new 4G phone is equipped with a waterdrop-style notch display, the Snapdragon 680 SoC, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of internal storage. Using the available storage, the Vivo Y22s’ internal RAM may be increased to 16GB. The Vivo Y22s sports two 50MP back cameras, a 5,000mAh battery, and an 18W rapid charging capability....
Two major telecom companies Vodafone and Iliad are apparently working on partnering up over a deal in Italy that will bring together the businesses of both the companies. The partnership between the two telecom giants can bring an end to the tough competition existing in the third-largest economy of the eurozone. A source who requested to be anonymous informed that to Reuters and added that both the companies are in talks with each other and are looking forward to tying up their respective businesses in Italy....
The much-anticipated tariff hikes have been delayed by the telecom sector owing to multiple reasons. According to the analysts, the possibility of a higher subscriber churn rate, indirect inflation, and the amount of money spent on the 4G spectrum auctions are key reasons for the industry to not go for the tariff hikes right away. Tariff hikes will directly impact the market share growth of the telcos. While Jio and Airtel are wary of that, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is tough because of its financials....
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released Telecom Subscription Data as of December 31, 2020, in which it revealed that Vodafone Idea lost a whopping 5.6 million users. Vi ended 2020 with an overall subscriber base of 269 million. The trend of Reliance Jio slow subscriber additions remains the same; The Mukesh Ambani-led telco added just 478,917 users in the last month of 2020, whereas its direct rival Bharti Airtel added just over four million new users....
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday highlighted in its Telecom Subscription Data for the period ending June 30, 2020 that the number of telephone subscribers decreased to 1160.52 million. According to the data released by Trai, Indian telecom operators registered a combined subscriber base of 1163.67 million at the end of May, 2020. The data reveals that the Indian telecom operators lost a combined subscriber base of 3....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is known for providing some really good prepaid plans to users. The telco offers some offers such as Binge All Night and Weekend Data Rollover, both of which are unique. None of the other companies, including Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Reliance Jio, or Bharti Airtel, provide their users with such an offer. On top of this, users also get over-the-top (OTT) benefits with these plans. Today, we are going to look at such prepaid plans from Vodafone Idea....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) had appealed against the new Mobile Number Portability (MNP) order rolled out by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). However, in its ruling, TDSAT has stayed TRAI’s order and asked Vodafone Idea to comply with the order. At the same time, the appellate tribunal said that the issue requires consideration; regardless, Vi can’t go against the order of TRAI....
Vodafone Idea or Vi has the habit of providing long validity prepaid plans on a budget. Before the tariff hike in December 2019, Vodafone used to offer an 84 days validity plan for under Rs 300. Alongside that, the telco also has a 56 days validity plan for Rs 269 which is even available right now. Vi’s Rs 269 prepaid recharge comes with 4GB of data, unlimited voice calling and limited SMSes, but the highlight of the plan is 56 days validity....
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, offers its FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) services via the broadband arm called You Broadband. Now, while You Broadband isn’t the most talked about ISP (internet service provider) in the market, there’s a plan offered by the company, which, when you compare with the offerings of Airtel and Jio, you will find that Vi’s plan is much better. Back in 2021, You Broadband revamped a lot of its plans....
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, offers users the best 56 days prepaid plan. Its rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel fall behind here. From the best-prepaid plan, we mean a plan that offers the most amount of benefits for a very reasonable price. The 56 days plan from Vi that we are talking about comes with the additional benefit of the Double Data offer. Not only this, but the company also provides the Weekend Data Rollover offer and the Binge All Night offer to the users....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) offers a ton of postpaid plans for users across different income domains. While most of the telecom service consumers in India purchase prepaid plans, there are some who use postpaid services. There are some really unique and strong postpaid offerings in the plans portfolio of Vodafone Idea that high-end users can enjoy. Vi has classified its top and premium postpaid plans as REDX offerings. Let’s take a look at what Vi offers under its REDX portfolio....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) is one company that has been invoking some negative connotations for the last few weeks because of its financial situation. However, if you are a subscriber of Vodafone Idea, then perhaps there has been no better time to be a Vi customer. The reason we say this is because the company seems to be throwing away a lot of free data to the customers in order to retain them....
Vodafone Idea has started offering VoWi-Fi service in Mumbai and Gujarat telecom circles. With this development, Vi now has VoWi-Fi service active in four circles including Maharashtra & Goa and Kolkata. Launched in December 2020, Vi VoWi-Fi service helps the users make and receive outgoing voice calls through their Wi-Fi network. The service comes in extremely handy in places where there is no proper indoor connectivity. Vi has confirmed the expansion of Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) to Mumbai and Gujarat circles on Twitter while replying to TelecomTalk’s reader....
The telecom market in India will be “falling into duopoly” with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio “sharing the subscriber market share among themselves” if Vodafone Idea does collapse, says Kantipudi Pradeepthi, research analyst at GlobalData. Pradeepthi said that the country till now has the “lower and cheapest mobile data plans around the globe” largely “due to the launch of Jio in 2016.” The research analyst at GlobalData believes that “there could be a chance for an increase in tariffs in the mobile plans by these remaining two players” if Vodafone Idea does shut down its operations....
Vodafone Rs 558 Prepaid Plan Launched: Benefits Detailed Vodafone is on a roll of late as we have seen the telco launching various new plans in recent times. Just a few days ago, Vodafone brought prepaid plans like Rs 99, Rs 997 and Rs 555, and now, it has launched a Rs 558 circle specific prepaid recharge. The Rs 555 prepaid plan from Vodafone offers all the basic benefits like unlimited voice calls, 3GB data per day and 100 SMSes per day for a period of 56 days....
Vodafone Play Features The Vodafone Play app and website avails on-demand video content for Vodafone subscribers, and it offers free Bollywood, Hollywood, regional & international originals, movies, TV shows, live TV, web series and more. The Vodafone Play app curates content from content providers like Lionsgate Play, SonyLIV, ZEE5, ALT Balaji, Shemaroo Me, Sun NXT, Eros Now, Hoichoi, Hungama and more. The Vodafone Play app, in total, offers more than 300 Live TV channels to the subscribers....
The importance of 5G has been stressed upon since the technology was first introduced, but, given as to how it took a bit of time for it to be deployed even in developed countries, the effects and the fruits of the same were not yet visible. It seems that a new report by Vodafone and WPI Economics has tapped into the importance of 5G, stating that the adoption of 5G could allow for an addition of over £6bn on a yearly basis to the value of the UK manufacturing industry by the year 2030....
The Indian government might soon bring OTT (over-the-top) communication applications such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and more under a strict regulatory framework. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to start a consultation process on the same. This wouldn’t be the first time that TRAI would start a consultation process on the matter of regulation of OTT communication platforms/apps in India. It was done once by the regulatory body back in 2018....
WhatsApp, one of the biggest social media platforms in the world might soon make its users very happy by introducing one of the most demanded features. WhatsApp is currently testing the chat import feature from Android to iOS so that users can access their chat history of WhatsApp when they shift from an Android smartphone to an iPhone. Currently, WhatsApp doesn’t offer an in-house solution or feature that allows the importing of chat history from an Android device to an iPhone....
WhatsApp Payments, an online payments system available for WhatsApp users inside the app, is now offering Rs 105 cashback to the users. This is an incentive for the users to leverage WhatsApp Payments for sending money to friends/family/more. For this incentive, the company will have to bear the cost out of its profits. WhatsApp is right now spending money to earn money in the future. Every other online payment app offers cashbacks and other rewards as an incentive for the users to keep using the app....
