Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are all expected to launch 5G networks in the near future. The 5G launch timeline for Vodafone Idea is, however, slightly in the dark territory right now because of funding issues. According to the analysts, there’s a big issue for the telcos looming with their 5G growth plans. While consumers may own a 5G smartphone, they might not necessarily switch to 5G services....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has curated a wide range of prepaid plans for its subscribers. From 18 days validity to 365 days, Vi offers ample prepaid plans with different data benefits and offerings. Since the telecom space is heavily competitive, Vi has packaged unlimited data, OTT platforms subscription, double data benefits and more. There are ample subscribers who look for 2 monthly validity plans to reduce the hassle of monthly recharges....
Vodafone Idea (Vi), one of the largest telecom operators in the country has partnered with Bajaj Finance, an investment arm of Bajaj Finserv group to provide users easy access to smartphones and data for connectivity. It is a strategic partnership between both the parties, which will help users in getting new smartphones and prepaid plans altogether in an EMI scheme. The EMI scheme also discounts the price of the prepaid plan against the open market recharges made by the users....
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, is reportedly going to convert the full amount of interest dues related to the spectrum auction instalments as well as spectrum dues into equity for the Indian government. According to a Reuters report, the telco’s board approved for the move. With this, the current promoters will own a lesser stake in the company than the government. Post the conversion of dues into equity; the Indian government will own about 35....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) can boost its financials with the help of competitive broadband offerings. Other telcos such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have been doing so for quite some time. Telcos can not only bring revenues through their broadband arms but also sell the stakes of their broadband company to investment firms for raising capital whenever required. One thing that Vi desperately needs is capital. The loss-making telco hasn’t added net positive subscribers for several consecutive quarters now....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced Vi Jobs quite a while back. Since then, the telco has been giving users access to job opportunities in several parts of the country. Now, the company said in a release that it is giving users access to over 17000 job opportunities in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The company has partnered with the Apna platform to bring these jobs closer to its users. The 17000 job openings have come in the last three months, and the Vi app will allow local users (especially youth) to get employment opportunities....
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has paid less license fee (LF) and spectrum usage charge (SUC) for Q3 FY23. According to an ET report, the telco had paid, on average, Rs 600-Rs 800 crores as LF in the previous two quarters and about Rs 250 crore for SUC. However, in the December quarter, Vi only paid Rs 80 crore as LF and Rs 15 crore as SUC....
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) spokesperson has confirmed that the company has paid the License Fee (LF) which was due for the first quarter of FY22. Several online reports that went live Thursday morning claimed that Vodafone Idea had fallen short of paying its LF dues for Q1 FY22. But the information was wrong since a spokesperson from the company has said that Vi has completely paid its LF dues for the concerned quarter....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been working really hard to turn the situation in its favour. The third-largest telco has a lot of debt on its shoulders and it needs quick cash inflow to keep going. One of the ways to do that is to offer unique services such as VoWi-Fi. Vodafone Idea (Vi) VoWi-Fi service allows users to make voice calls with the help of Wi-Fi networks. The company has been expanding its VoWi-Fi service to major telecom circles in the country....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced new postpaid plans with Vi Max branding. The telco brought in revised postpaid plans for the users. Vi has also brought back the REDX branded plan. With these plans, the telco reduced tariffs in its postpaid segment to lure customers and control its subscriber base loss. As everyone is curious to know if Vodafone idea will further reduce tariffs or follow a different approach, we believe we have an answer now with the introduction of the new unlimited Rs 2999 plan....
More MIMO Sites Than Peers Vodafone Idea said that it has deployed over 1550 ma-MIMO sites in Mumbai and is ensuring connectivity despite steep surge in data demand during the period. The company said that a single cell of ma-MIMO carries 8.5 times the traffic as compared with the traffic through frequency division duplex (FDD) channel. Further, Vodafone Idea said that a single cell ma-MIMO carries 3.5 times the traffic on time division duplex (TDD) channel providing “better spectrum efficiency” for the operator....
Cash-strapped telco Vi or Vodafone Idea’s shares on Friday closed at a 10% high on the BSE amidst speculation, which, as of the time of writing this article remains unconfirmed that the telco might be finally close to concluding part of its fundraising, at least as per market players. On Friday, the stock of the company closed approximately 9.8% higher at Rs 10.36 post scaling an 11% intra-day high, fueled by rumours that the JV between UK-based Vodafone Plc and Aditya Birla Group might be close to a finish post initial funding of around $1 billion, due to potential qualified institutional placements or QIP route....
All the private telcos in India have been working for the last year to develop 5G use cases and prove their network is ready to handle higher data loads and capacity for enterprises and consumers. Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telco in the country, is, however, not in the right position to invest heavily in the 5G spectrum auction. GlobalData, a data analytics firm (via ET Telecom), said Vodafone Idea is likely to struggle with 5G because of poor performance in the financial department as well as a weakening customer base....
Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio offer multiple plans that look very similar to each other. Today, we are looking at a plan that both telcos offer at exactly the same price, and most of the benefits are also the same. But there’s a subtle difference which makes the plan of one operator better than the other’s. Both are known for offering PAN-India 4G services. Without wasting any more of your time, let’s go ahead and check out the difference between the plans of both the operators and who offers better services....
The IT department of Rajasthan recently ordered the merged telecom service provider Vodafone Idea to pay a fine of Rs 27.5 lakh to a customer. The reason for slapping this fine is that one person claimed a duplicate SIM of another customer without any verification. The customer who received the SIM card due to the company’s mistake was able to withdraw a whopping Rs 68 lakh from the account of the first customer as the SIM card was linked to his overdraft facility....
i-RoamFREE Plans Starting at Rs 695 The first noteworthy prepaid plan in Vodafone’s portfolio for international travellers is the Rs 695 i-RoamFREE one plan. The plan offers one-day validity, and it comes with 0 talk time. However, under this plan, subscribers get to enjoy up to 1GB data, free SMS and 120 minutes of calling in 20 countries including US, UAE, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, UK, New Zealand & more. After exhausting this limit, subscribers will be charged Re 1/MB after 1GB usage and Re 1/min for calling....
The legacy 3G networks of British telecom giant are going to start retiring by next year. This will be due to the company’s strategy for enhancing the 4G and 5G experience of its users. Repurposing of the 3G spectrum would help the telco in adding capacity and it is finally happening after the use of 3G networks for over 17 years. The company’s decision has arrived for 3G due to the falling demand for the network legacy network service....
“Today we’re introducing the WhatsApp Business app for iOS. Like the Android version – which over the last year has been adopted by millions of businesses around the world – the WhatsApp Business app for iOS will be free to download from the Apple App Store,” WhatsApp said in a blog post on Thursday. Besides India, the app is also rolling out to iOS users in Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Britain and the US....
Previously, users were only allowed to send one audio file at a time on a WhatsApp chat thread. The new feature comes as part of the 2.19.89 beta update of the instant messaging app. Lately, WhatsApp has been testing and introducing a plethora of new features on its platform, especially concerning app support on more devices and checking the spread of misinformation on its app. The app is already working on the much-awaited iPad support that is being tested with features including Touch ID support, split-screen and landscape mode....
WhatsApp is easily one of the biggest social media platforms across the world. While it makes texting and connecting with friends, family, colleagues, and other people easier, it has its fair share of disadvantages as well. WhatsApp is being used as a tool by many fraudsters to collect one time passwords (OTPs) from strangers and loot their hard-earned money. A lot of people have been scammed already. One simple way to safeguard yourself from such frauds is being aware....
