The newly formed Vi, aka Vodafone Idea, is going aggressive to retain its subscribers from leaving the network. In recent times, we have seen a lot of Vi subscribers porting out to Airtel or Reliance Jio as the network performance wasn’t impressing them. However, the company now promises better network performance under the ‘Vi’ brand. A couple of days ago, we reported the introduction of Vi’s new plans with ZEE5 Premium membership and they are unique when compared to the Jio and Airtel’s Disney+ Hotstar plans....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is reportedly in talks with Chinese gear makers to expand network capacity in six telecom circles. Amid the tensions between India and China at the border, the government is pushing for local telecom gear which means a check on Chinese vendors like Huawei and ZTE. That said, a PTI report now claims that Vi is going ahead with the ‘already awarded contracts’ to the Chinese gear makers....

iQOO May Focus on Vivo’s Online Market At the end of 2019, a report from 91mobiles revealed that Vivo might not launch anymore online exclusive models in 2020 as the company wants to focus on the offline market. Vivo launched some decent online-only models in 2019 like the Vivo Z1 Pro, Vivo U10 and Vivo U20, but the Chinese brand may not continue the same this year. So what about Vivo’s online market then?...

The Vivo T1 5G Silky White model of the Chinese smartphone maker Vivo has been released in India. It was first introduced in February of this year in the colour selections Rainbow Fantasy and Starlight Black. On Flipkart, you can purchase this new colour. The smartphone has a triple camera configuration on the back and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 SoC. Let’s look at the price and features of smartphone....

Vodafone Group, a leading telecommunications company in Europe and Africa is only offering “practical support” to Vodafone Idea, says Nick Read, chief executive officer at Vodafone Group. Read in the first-quarter earnings call on July 23, 2021, said that Vodafone Idea, the third-largest wireless operator in India, is in a “difficult situation that they are trying to navigate.” However, Read said that the parent Vodafone Group will “not” be “putting any additional equity into India....

Vodafone Group Made Payment Under CLC terms Vodafone Group released the whooping amount to Vodafone Idea under the contingent liability mechanism under which Vodafone Group must make payments to Vodafone Idea in the case where payments made by Vodafone Idea exceeds the payment made by Idea cellular. The CLM clause was made at the time of the merger between Vodafone and Idea in which payment was due in September 2020....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has added more subscribers in the Gujarat circle in April 2022 than Airtel and Jio. Taking the data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report, Vi said that it added 42,671 new subscribers in Gujarat in April 2022. As per Vi, none of the telcos added these many new subscribers in the state during the month. Vodafone Idea’s total subscriber base in the circle has gone up to 2,38,29,900....

Reliance Jio on Wednesday continued to maintain the leadership that it has held in terms of 4G speeds, with 20.7 megabits per second average download speeds, with Vodafone Idea topping the charts in terms of the upload speeds with 6.7 Mbps data speed in May, according to the latest data that has been published by the telecom regulator TRAI. The speeds for Reliance Jio’s 4G network had marginally risen but it was thrice as fast as that of Vodafone Idea, the second-best competitor which showed speeds of 6....

In a new development, the board of Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Thursday has approved raising Rs 14,500 crore from its primary promoters – UK’s Vodafone Group as well as Aditya Birla Group (ABG) along with other external investors. The telecom operator is all set to raise Rs 4,500 crore which is approximately $600 million through preferential shares issued at Rs 13.30 per share to its promoters as well as related companies....

Vodafone Idea has just announced that it is bringing SonyLIV Premium add-on data pack for postpaid users as well. It is worth noting that the telco already offers a SonyLIV Premium bundled 4G data pack to prepaid users. But now, even the postpaid users will get the option to purchase such a data pack for a nominal cost of Rs 100. Let’s take a look at the add-on 4G data pack that has been announced by Vi in detail....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has just announced a major organisational change. Ravinder Takkar, currently the CEO and MD of Vodafone Idea, will step down from his roles at the close of business hours on August 18, 2022. Takkar’s stint of three years as the CEO and MD of Vi will come to an end as he was appointed CEO by the board of the company on August 18, 2019. Takkar will be replaced by Akshaya Moondra, currently the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Vodafone Idea....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) had accepted the government’s offer of giving up equity against the accrued interest on deferred dues. The telco already has a mountain of debt, and it doesn’t want to add more to that. Thus, Vi had decided that it would offer the Government of India (GoI) equity in the company instead of the payment of dues. According to an ET Telecom report, K Rajaraman, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), said that Vi’s application for swapping accrued interest on the deferred dues for equity for the government could be approved within the next two to three weeks....

When it comes to 5G, one of the biggest things that will be talked about is network security. To keep its 5G networks secure whenever it launches commercially, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is following the 3GPP standard. Jagbir Singh, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Vodafone Idea said that Vi is following the 3GPP standard for 5G’s core network along with the firewalls. For 5Gi, Singh said that Vi is working with a few companies/partners but there are no ready products....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is one of the most loved telecom operators in the country because of its offers. While the telco isn’t the best at providing 4G coverage, users can still trust its networks to deliver a super-fast 4G experience. Vodafone Idea is coming around into the scene after accepting the moratorium benefits from the government. This means that you should not worry about the telco going out of business any time soon....

Vodafone Idea has not taken well, the order of the Supreme Court which comes after the petition to review the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) calculation. The Rs 58,254 crore dues that Vodafone Idea currently owes to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) have been overestimated as per Vodafone Idea. Appealing again and again to the courts, Vodafone Idea has made attempts at correcting this figure and bringing it down to Rs 21,533 crore which is the correct figure as per the telecom operator....

Just a few days back, Apple unveiled the best-ever iPhones in the iPhone 13 series. Now, Vodafone Idea (Vi), a leading telecom operator has come up with benefits for the buyers of the new iPhone 13 series. Vi customers can pre-order the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max in India via myvi.com, Vi app, and across 270+ retailer stores across the country from September 18, 2021....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest private telecom operator in India, is now again facing questions of survival. Back in September 2021, when the Indian government announced a relief package or relief measures for the telcos, Vi benefitted a ton and the questions over its survival were gone. However, the concerns of the company going out of business soon are lurking again. Vodafone Idea (Vi) has not been able to raise any funds apart from what the promoters put up earlier this year....

Vodafone Idea has announced two new prepaid plans for its customers. The telco has focused on keeping the price of the plans very low. But at the same time, because of less price, the benefits offered by the plan are quite limited as well. Don’t get this wrong, both the plans are still unlimited prepaid plans offered by the telco, but the data benefits aren’t what some users would appreciate....

Vi gives you a ton of options for saving and using data through its data delight service. A Vi offer includes free storage for up to 2GB of backup data each month. You receive 2GB of additional monthly data through the data delight offer in addition to the daily limit that is already included in your pack. As an example: if your recharge plan only allows you to use 1....