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Telecom Operators Register Higher Voice Quality Rating in November In November, Idea is said to have received an average 4.9 indoor call quality rating and a 4.8 outdoor call quality rating on the scale of one to five. The Trai data also highlights that Idea received 96.95% satisfactory rating in November. In the previous month, the operator received an 3.3 average voice quality rating. Vodafone took the second spot with an average 4....

Penalties Levied on Telcos for Call Drops As for the other telecom operators who are facing these penalties, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is looking at penalties of Rs 47.5 lakh, whereas Tata Teleservices will have to pay penalties of Rs 56 lakh. Additionally, there have been penalties of Rs 34 lakh on Bharti Airtel as well. Dhotre remarked in a written reply in Rajya Sabha that BSNL did not meet the benchmark of the minimum number of mobile tower functional in the service area, while the rest of telecom operators were found compliant to the rules....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has reportedly prepaid Rs 2700 crore to the State Bank of India (SBI). This is to get the confidence of the lenders back as the telco needs urgent funding for 5G equipment deals. According to an ET Telecom report, Vodafone Idea is in a hurry to get fresh funds via debt. The government isn’t fast-tracking the equity conversion process of the accrued interest dues of Vi into equity for itself....

The verdict by Supreme Court in the AGR dues case has left Vodafone Idea in distress. As the telco giant was hoping to get some relief in the massive AGR dues, the bench rejected the plea of both Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel that pointed towards arithmetic errors in the calculation of their AGR dues. The Supreme Court direct the telcos to pay their AGR dues to the government. If the government does not roll out a relief package for the financially distressed telco, Vodafone Idea might soon file for bankruptcy....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country is building a digital job portal inside the Vi app for both Android and iOS. The company has partnered with three startups including Enguru, Apna, and Pariksha to offer users a better chance of getting a good job. Each of the portals will help users in a particular way. Vi is calling it ‘Vi Jobs & Education’ and aims to make it a one-stop solution for youth to search for jobs and improve their spoken English....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) recently announced the Q2 FY23 results. The telco reported a loss of Rs 7529.5 crore. The loss has widened compared to Rs 7295.7 crore in Q1. Vi said that its quarterly revenues again grew, but there was no positive effect on the net income. What’s currently very alarming for the telco is its higher churn rate. Vi needs as many paying subscribers as it can get in order to get going....

Vodafone Idea, the third-largest telecom operator, offers some prepaid plans which are way better than what its competitors offer to the users. After prepaid tariff hikes, a lot of plans saw their benefits and price changing. The new offerings might become a little alienating and overwhelming to certain consumers who can’t keep track of which plan offers what benefits. If you are someone who has a budget of up to Rs 300 and are looking for a short-term plan, Jio’s Rs 296 plan can be a good option....

Vodafone Idea Prepaid Customers Can Avail Rs 799 Down Payment Vodafone Idea says the partnership with Home Credit is established with the aim of upgrading Vodafone Idea customers to the latest 4G smartphones. We all know how successful was the original JioPhone priced at Rs 1,500. Reliance Jio already confirmed that it sold over 70 million JioPhones, so essentially it added 70 million users through JioPhone sales. In short, Vodafone Idea is looking to accelerate the adoption of 4G smartphones and democratise access to Vodafone Idea 4G....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering users some prepaid plans which they can recharge if they are using their Vi SIM as a secondary connection or don’t have enough money but still want to keep their prepaid services active. The third-largest telecom operator is offering recharge plans to users starting from a mere Rs 10. There are some talktime plans and then a regular prepaid plan as well. Check all of them out below....

Vodafone Idea postpaid customers can pay their bills instantly online! Online bill payment is advantageous for a number of reasons. First of all, it is quicker, easier, and safer. You can choose the autopay option to arrange your monthly payments on autopilot and never forget another due date. Save gasoline, paper, and other resources to aid in the preservation of the environment. The last benefit is that it keeps you organised and prevents you from incurring late payment fees....

The Indian telecom industry has only two players with free cash flows and profits – Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. The third private telco which is Vodafone Idea (Vi), has not made a single rupee since the merger happened. In the upcoming spectrum auction, it is unlikely that VIL (Vodafone Idea Limited) will invest heavily. All the analysts have discounted the chances of Vi participating in the 5G spectrum auction in the same capacity as Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) Managing Director (MD), Ravinder Takkar, said the company would file for a ‘curative petition’ in case its ‘review petition’ is rejected. For the unaware, a ‘review petition’ is a petition that an aggrieved party can submit if it believes there is an error in the judgement made by the Supreme Court. The ‘curative petition’, on the other hand, is a petition that is filed after the review petition is rejected, and the purpose of it is to question whether the aggrieved party is entitled to any relief against the judgement made by the apex court....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) will take a very measured approach to roll out 5G. The telco will see the use cases, how much demand for 5G is there from the customers, what would be the capacity requirements and more. The telco has plans to achieve PAN-India 5G coverage between 2023 to 2024, said an ET Telecom report. During the annual general meeting, Ravinder Takkar, non-executive chairman, Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), told analysts that the telco has mid-band 5G airwaves in 17 priority circles and mmWave airwaves in 16 priority circles....

Vodafone Rs 139 Prepaid Recharge: Benefits and Validity Talking about the Rs 139 prepaid plan from Vodafone, it’s still available in select circles at the moment. Even in select circles, it’s applicable only to select users, and in some circles, it’s available as an open market tariff plan. Benefits of the Rs 139 plan from Vodafone after revision include 3GB of 2G/3G/4G data along with unlimited voice calling to any number within India for a period of 28 days....

Telecom operator Vodafone has launched two new prepaid plans under Rs 200. The new plans in question are Rs 109 and Rs 169. Both the packs ship with 20 days validity, but there’s a huge difference in the data benefit. Vodafone has introduced the plans across all the circles which is a good thing to see. The newly launched Rs 109 pack acts as the telco’s most affordable offering in the ‘Unlimited Packs’ category....

Vodafone Group Plc announced multiple changes to the Group Executive Committee on January 12, 2023. One of the biggest updates is that the chief executive officer (CEO) of Vodafone Spain has decided to step down from his role. Along with that, Vodafone Spain has been brought under the Europe cluster now. As per the announcement made by the Vodafone Group, Aldo Bisio, who is currently the CEO of Vodafone Italy, will also be taking on the role of the Group’s Chief Commercial Officer....

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has finally responded to the backlash it is receiving over the last five days. Ever since WhatsApp started pushing users to accept its new privacy policy, the entire world is criticising the popular instant messaging platform. Replying to the concerns it received, WhatsApp said the private messages are still protected on its platform. WhatsApp also cleared that the policy update does not affect the privacy of user messages with friends or family in any way....

The feature is also being built to detect unsafe pages using the “Safe Browsing” feature which was added to Android 8.1 last year. It would alert users when a page is infected with malicious content. “In the current stage of development, WhatsApp doesn’t allow to natively make screenshots or video captures while using the in-app browser: reasons are unknown and we don’t know if this will change before the release of the feature,” the report noted....

Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for a staggering $22 billion was one of the biggest app acquisitions made in the tech world until recently, when Elon Musk tried to purchase Twitter for $44 billion (still in the process, the deal is not done yet). Regardless, Neeraj Arora, former Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp, expressed his disappointment over the deal. Arora said he “regrets” the deal he help facilitated between WhatsApp and Facebook....

On a positive note for its Indian customers, WhatsApp has said that it is not going to limit any functionality of the app for the users who don’t accept the new privacy policy. A lot of controversies came to life when the social media giant announced that even though it won’t be enforcing the privacy policy on May 15, it will be limiting the functionalities of the application for the users who fail to accept the new policy....