Posts

Vodafone Idea Business, the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL), has just launched Integrated IoT solutions for businesses. With the launch of Integrated IoT solutions, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has become the only telecom operator in India to offer a secure end-to-end IoT solution offering that comprises hardware, connectivity, application, network, analytics, security and support. The service is aimed at simplifying and accelerating the digital transformation process for businesses. Vi IoT aims to transform the way businesses operate by reinventing operations, customer experience, processes and developing newer business models and revenue opportunities....

The debt-laden Vodafone Idea (Vi) can potentially reduce its debt if it agrees to convert it into equity. The telco doesn’t have the cash flow to pay off its debt in a comfortable manner and keep expanding its network at the same time. The telco’s promoters have also expressed their unwillingness to infuse any further capital into the company. There’s not a lot Vi can do at the moment since it is cash flow negative, losing subscribers, has no government support, and the promoters don’t back the company like they used to....

Struggling telecom operator Vodafone Idea will continue extensive fundraising talks with foreign lenders’ consortium till February 28. The consortium is led by Oak Hill Advisors and the telco is looking to raise $2 billion via credit line. The earlier deadline for the fundraising talks was January 31, however, it has now been extended till the end of this month. This news is reported by ET Telecom citing three people aware of the matter....

Vodafone Idea Limited has successfully refarmed 3G spectrum to 4G across all sites in Mumbai, thereby substantially enhancing GIGAnet 4G capacity in the city. The integration of erstwhile Vodafone and Idea networks, combined with the latest 3G to 4G spectrum refarming gives Vodafone Idea the edge of optimum availability and utilization of spectrum to serve the needs of tech-savvy individual customers as well as Enterprises in Mumbai. Vi customers in Mumbai will get to enjoy higher download and upload speeds This development coming on the heels of the deployment of 5 MHz of 2100 MHz spectrum band, means that Vi customers in Mumbai will get to enjoy higher download and upload speeds apart from better indoor coverage....

Vodafone Idea Has to Pay Rs 53,000 crore to DoT Vodafone Idea has to pay Rs 53,000 crore to DoT towards AGR dues out of which it has just paid Rs 3,500 Crore. The telco giant has marked that they will be forced down to shut their operations if no relief is given by the government. As per the sources of ET Telecom “paying the spectrum dues will send a clear message about the telcos intent to honour its financial commitments....

Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea (Vi) may get a cash-flow relief of up to Rs 60,000 crore by opting for the four-year spectrum payment moratorium. The telco has already communicated its decision of accepting the spectrum payment moratorium to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Vi also has the option until October 29, 2021, to decide whether it wants the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues moratorium as well for the next four years....

In order to make users download its mobile app for recharges, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is offering them a little incentive. The telco has displayed on its website that it is offering up to Rs 50 cashback + 30 reward coins if the user downloads and recharges through the Vi app. Today, there are so many third-party mobile applications available for users to make mobile recharges. But Vi wants users to come to its mobile app and do the recharge from there....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, is offering more OTT (over-the-top) benefits with its prepaid plans than any other telco in the country right now. How can we say that? Well, most of the Airtel and Jio prepaid plans which came bundled with the Disney+ Hotstar OTT benefit have either dropped it or have been removed. If you want a SonyLIV subscription right now, then your best bet is Vodafone Idea and no other operator....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) offers some of the best-prepaid plans compared to its rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. There are two reasons why Vi’s prepaid plans can’t be beaten by any other operator when it comes to benefits - a) weekend data rollover and b) binge all night offer. These two offers change the dynamic of the prepaid plans offered by the company. Today, we are looking at the Rs 500 prepaid plans offered by Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio....

Vodafone Idea Rs 251 Data Voucher The Rs 251 data voucher from Vodafone Idea will be good for people who need a data influx in their current plans to get a seamless data experience. It will bring in 50GB of additional data which is a substantial amount for 28 days. But not everyone can get the benefit out of it. The voucher is only available in select telecom circles — Bihar, Chennai, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu (except Chennai), and UP East....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is currently offering VoWi-Fi calling service in 12 states of the country. It is such an important service, especially for boosting the coverage experience for the users. It is used by so many people inside their houses who don’t get proper indoor mobile network coverage. But with Vodafone Idea, it is only available in 12 states including Maharashtra & Goa, UP West, Kolkata, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, UP East, Delhi, Rest of Bengal, Mumbai, and Haryana....

Vodafone Idea 4G User Base Increased to 104.2 Million In Q3 FY20, Vodafone Idea has added 8.3 million new 4G customers which took the overall subscriber base to 104.2 million. Still, the telco’s 4G base is lower than that of Airtel and Jio. The overall subscriber base of the operator declined to 304 million in Q3 from 311 million in Q2 FY20. ARPU for Q3 improved to Rs 109 vs Rs 107 in Q2 FY20 supported by improved customer mix....

Vodafone Idea which is currently in the process of phasing out the 3G network across the country says it is upgrading the network in Kerala circle. Vi is informing this news to its customers in Kerala via an SMS, but what’s more interesting is the mentioning of ‘4G-only’ services. For the unaware, Vi has already refarmed 3G spectrum for 4G in four circles- Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gujarat....

Telecom Operator Vodafone Idea is facing massive financial burden because of AGR dues. Currently, Vodafone Idea has just paid 13% of the total outstanding AGR dues. As per the latest report by Credit Suisse, Vodafone Idea will face difficulties in clearing more than Rs 50 billion incremental upfront dues in the AGR dues. The report further states that once Vodafone Idea clears Rs 69 billion of AGR dues, it is estimated that the telco giant will have Rs 60 billion of cash balance as of March 2020....

Vodafone Group signed an agreement with Dubbers, a conversational intelligence and unified recording platform for service providers, targeting and using the Dubbers platform to enable recording and conservational AI capabilities across mobile and unified communication services (including Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams and RingCentral) initially in the UK and Germany. A single view of conversations with end users across fixed and mobile networks will also deliver new personalised services and provide a better customer experience....

Vodafone REDX 50% More Speed Explained Vodafone REDX plan is a very unique offering when compared to all the other postpaid plans available in the Vodafone portfolio or across the postpaid portfolio of any other telecom operator. The plan offers unlimited data, unlimited calling, and it promises to provide 50% better speed as compared to all the other connections. Simply put the Vodafone REDX customers will be able to enjoy speeds which will be 50% more speed than the standard Vodafone RED subscribers....

New Prepaid Plan of Rs 129 by Vodafone The Rs 129 prepaid plan is a bonus card plan from Vodafone, and it offers unlimited local, STD and roaming calls within India. As for data, the plan ships 1.5GB 3G/4G data for the entire validity period with 100 SMS per day. The validity of this plan is 28 days. The good thing about this plan is that it ships a decent amount of data although not as much as the daily data recharge, along with voice calling benefits for the subscribers with almost one month of validity....

With the introduction of 5G, mobile technology is now able to meet the needs of fixed-line services and prices for the first time. Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) gives network operators the ability to provide ultra-high-speed broadband to suburban and rural areas, serving residential and commercial applications where the cost of installing and maintaining fibre is prohibitive. The rollout of high-speed data services has been consistently hampered by the expense and complexity of providing fixed broadband....

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature called ‘WhatsApp Carts’ aimed at the businesses. WhatsApp Carts allows the business accounts to create catalogues of multiple products which will enable the users to shop various items at one go. WhatsApp says it is quickly becoming a store counter to discuss products and coordinate sales. This is the reason behind launching the WhatsApp Carts feature for WhatsApp Business accounts. With Carts, WhatsApp is aiming to make buying and selling even faster....

One of the greatest private messaging apps in the world, WhatsApp is steadily introducing new features to offer a better experience to its users. Despite the fact that WhatsApp already has a message deleting option, the platform is now introducing further privacy-enhancing features. According to the screenshots provided by WaBetaInfo, the company is presently developing a View Once text feature. WhatsApp View Once Text Feature It appears that WhatsApp intends to provide its users access to a new privacy option....