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Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), R S Sharma said that investment in the digital infrastructure of the country is very important for its growth. One of the key ways to do that is to push the installation of fixed broadband and fibre-to-the-home internet connections. They will only help people in maximising the benefits they receive from their gadgets. Sharma also talked about leveraging 5G in the future to increase the connectivity of people....

Trai Postpones Rollout of New Regulations to November 11 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), today in its press release, announced that it is taking the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Seventh Amendment) Regulations, 2018 effective starting September 30. Notably, this new set of regulations will bring a different process for mobile number portability into practice. The telecom regulator conducted meetings with Mobile Number Portability Service Providers (MNPSPs) and Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in the September month....

One of the best sources of entertainment for anyone around the world is their TV. Nowadays, televisions have become smarter and run on custom operating systems (OS), allowing users to access their favourite applications directly on the TV. If you are thinking about purchasing a new TV, you should know that the pricing of TVs from Chinese companies is going up. Both Xiaomi and Redmi are going to increase the prices of their TVs....

News Remains the most Demanding Genre News Genre is still among the top watched channels in week 14 of COVID-19 lockdown period. Despite the low viewership in Week 13 and 14 news channels are still in demand. Also, apart from news related to Covid-19, people have inclined more towards business news in week 14 of the lockdown period to keep themselves updated with the current economic status of the nation....

Twitter is one of the most powerful social media platforms among the others, and the rest of the world, including us, believe that it’s a platform to raise your voice or address any issue. Many users raised an issue regarding the display image full coverage of Twitter, and taking this seriously; the company has finally made some important changes. Twitter has started rolling out a new feature that will show you full display images without cropping them....

If you are aware of the key terms used within the telecom industry, you would have heard the word ‘spectrum’. Many people, when they hear that a particular telco is bidding for a spectrum band, think that it is a tangible asset which the company can take back to its office. But that’s not the case. No company can store the purchased spectrum safely or protect it from being stolen or damaged....

Vodafone Idea users can now add up to 25 profiles on Vi mobile app. The telco seems to have rolled out a new update and the landing page on the app highlights the feature. This feature will be useful for a family with a lot of Vodafone Idea connections. Basically, this feature allows Vi users to log in using 25 different Vi numbers in a single account. The first mobile number used for logging into the application will serve as the primary profile, whereas the subsequent numbers will act as secondary profiles....

Vodafone Idea, the third-largest telecom operator has hired Shailendra Singh as the new ‘Operations Director’ for the company. The company said that Singh has extensive experience in “business strategy, driving successful P/L outcomes, Product marketing and leading large teams across varied geographies”. From the LinkedIn profile of Shailendra Singh, it can be noted that he has worked quite extensively in Bharti Airtel. Singh started in Airtel back in November 1997 and had worked in various roles in the company before moving on to take up the role of ‘Vice President Operations’ in Airtel....

The debut of the Vivo Y22 in India took place on Monday. It has a 6.55-inch LCD screen with HD+ resolution, a maximum brightness of 530 nits, and an 89.67% screen-to-body ratio. It is driven by a MediaTek Helio G70 SoC and has an internal storage capacity of up to 128GB and up to 6GB of RAM. Two colour variants for the smartphone are now offered for purchase on the business website....

Vodafone Mobile Internet Plans start from Rs 100 for postpaid subscribers and offers 100 MB of free data usage as we earlier shared on TelecomTalk. The Mobile Broadband Plans ranges from Rs 650 to Rs 1250 where customers can get data usage of 1GB & 5GB respectively. Postpaid users will now have to pay 2 paise/10KB (Rs.2 Per MB) post the consumption of free benefit for mobile internet, broadband and integrated plans of data usage for the different tariff plans listed below....

Vodafone Rs 99 Prepaid Plan Details Firstly, let’s talk about the Rs 99 prepaid recharge plan from Vodafone. This prepaid plan comes with 18 days of validity for the subscribers. In this period, the customers enjoy 100 SMS for the entire validity period, and it also bundles 1GB data for the entire length of 18 days too. The subscribers also get access to unlimited calling as well. In terms of additional benefits, the subscribers will get ZEE5 subscription which is worth Rs 999, and they also get the complimentary Vodafone Play subscription....

Vodafone Idea Subscriber Loss Creates Troubled Waters for the Telco It is worth noting that a questionnaire sent to Vodafone Idea by IANS was deflected to Ben Padovan, Group Head of Corporate Communications, Vodafone Plc. Hence, signalling that Vodafone Plc could be on the verge of making a crucial decision which would decide the fate of the telecom company. As per some of the officials in the telecom industry, Vodafone Plc is now ready to “pack up and leave any day” and it could be because of the mounting operational losses....

Financial Health of Industry The first thing to note here is the poor condition of the industry, which has been one of the driving factors behind all the major moves by the telecom operators in the telecom sector. The tariff hike can be believed one of these too. Because of the immense pressure from the Supreme Court and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the telecom operators face dues worth of Rs 1....

Birla’s Plan at Work Birla, a few weeks back in a letter to Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba wrote that he is willing to sell his stake to a public or private entity to save the company. If the government agrees to this, then Vodafone Idea’s troubles might evaporate in thin air. The company, which is owned 27% by Aditya Birla Group with around a 44% stake by the British Vodafone Plc, will be handled by the government partially then....

Government Might Not Monopolise Indian Telecom Industry Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad clearly noted that the government is not planning to monopolise the telecom industry as Vodafone Idea has almost 300 million subscribers in India. When Vodafone and Idea Cellular were merged, the subscriber base was around 440 million. Not only this, the Indian market is growing at a rapid scale and currently attracting various foreign investors. Nick Read marked that AGR issues must have been resolved back earlier as the telco is now facing huge distress....

What is ‘Recharge Saathi’ Scheme and How Does it Work? People need to stay inside their homes during the lockdown. Looking at this, many users who don’t know how to recharge their prepaid plan from Vodafone Idea online, they are going to struggle since all the local recharge shops are closed now. So this is where Vodafone Idea’s ‘Recharge Saathi’ scheme steps in. With the help of this plan, a user can recharge other people’s Vodafone Idea numbers and earn an additional income against that....

Vi said that its board of directors had met on September 4, 2020, and approved a fundraise of up to Rs 25,000 crore, the intimation of which was already filed with the stock exchanges on the same date. However, it is worth noting that Ravinder Takkar, CEO of Vodafone Idea, had said that the telco is very close to raising Rs 20,000 crore. The investment (if any) would likely only come when the equity conversion process for the government is completed....

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, is ranked behind Airtel and Jio in the ‘4G Coverage Experience’ chart of Opensignal’s October 2022 report. Vi is in the third rank with a score of 6.3 out of 10, while at the second is Airtel with 8 points. One way Vodafone Idea customers can definitely see an improvement in the calling experience is through VoWi-Fi or voice-over Wi-Fi. While Airtel and Jio customers can enjoy Wi-Fi calling in most of India, Vodafone Idea hasn’t given its users the same capability....

As expected, Vodafone Idea has followed Airtel in increasing tariffs of prepaid plans. The new tariffs are very similar to that of Airtel and will come into effect from November 25, 2021. Vi has also moved its base plan from Rs 79 to Rs 99 for the users, and the benefits are the same as Airtel’s plans. This move from the telco is in line with its comments on focusing on increasing the average revenue per user (ARPU) in the short term....

After launching the REDX Family postpaid plan, Vodafone Idea has now introduced the Entertainment Plus family postpaid plan priced at Rs 948. For the unaware, Vi has an individual Entertainment Plus postpaid plan priced at Rs 699. The new Entertainment Plus Family postpaid plan is also priced at Rs 699, however, the telco is charging additional Rs 249 for a secondary add-on which takes the overall price to Rs 948 (without taxes)....