Vodafone Idea Eliminated Added Hassle with Government Earlier, Vodafone Idea asked the government to provide extra time to clear its quarterly AGR dues as the telco was facing added financial distress due to the precautionary lockdown period. To avoid tensions and brawl with the government, Though the last date to clear quarterly AGR dues was March 25, 2020. However, Vodafone Idea cleared the dues. Vodafone Idea has to pay annual spectrum worth 1....

As part of the 5G small cell trial that TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has piloted, Vodafone Idea has been selected by the regulator to conduct 5G small cell tests in Bengaluru’s Namma Metro. This test is aimed at making cross-sectoral infrastructure more accessible for the 5G rollout. 5G small cells will play a pivotal role in making 5G accessible for common users. The basic role of small cells is to enhance network coverage, be it inside the buildings or in a very crowded place....

Vodafone Idea, the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has excelled in the two metrics in September 2021. According to the Opensignal report published for September 2021, Vodafone Idea (Vi) provided the best download and upload speeds in India. Vi provided the best average mobile download speeds of 12.8 Mbps. The telco saw a gain of 0.9 Mbps download speed since Opensignal’s last report. At the same time, Bharti Airtel saw a gain of 1....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has consistently provided users in India with a great upload and download speed experience compared to other private operators. According to the latest Opesignal report for India, while Vi has lost to Airtel in the download speed experience, the telco has yet again stayed ahead of the others in the upload speed experience. Opensignal said that Vi is the winner of the upload speed experience award as the Vi users in their survey observed the fastest overall upload speeds across all of India....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) provides its users with a ‘Double Data Offer’. No other operator in the Indian telecom space provides the users with such an offer. For the unaware, under the Double Data Offer, the daily data which the user is supposed to receive doubles in amount. For example, if the user purchases a plan with which he/she is supposed to get 1.5GB daily data and if the plan comes with the Double Data Offer, then instead of 1....

A few weeks back, post tariff hikes, Vodafone Idea (Vi) was the operator offering the best-prepaid plans with the benefit of Disney+ Hotstar. But now, the telco has removed two such plans from its offerings. The Rs 601 and Rs 701 plans won’t be on offer from Vodafone Idea anymore. The third-largest telco has reduced its Disney+ Hotstar prepaid plan offerings to two denominations — Rs 501 and Rs 901....

The survival of Vodafone Idea is slowly on the verge of the cliff because of heave financial liabilities and losing customer base. As per various reports by analysts, Vodafone Idea is staring at a slow death if it fails to acquire around Rs 26,000 crore to Rs 37,000 crore from fundings. The raised amount will be used to clear AGR dues, payment obligations and more. Vodafone Idea reported the lowest quarterly revenue in more than two years....

Vodafone REDX Postpaid Plan Benefit - Travel and Others As noted by Vodafone in its release, this new REDX postpaid plan offers world-class entertainment, bundled international roaming services, truly unlimited data with superior data speeds. Along with this, the customers of this postpaid plan would be able to enjoy premium customer service, access to airport lounges, exclusive deals on handsets, hotel bookings & much more. However, the main attraction of this plan is that it offers 50% more data speeds to subscribers....

Unlimited Vodafone First Recharge of Rs 176 This Unlimited Vodafone First recharge of Rs 176 is the most basic of all First offerings from Vodafone and comes with a particular emphasis on calling customers. As part of this recharge, the subscribers get free unlimited calling to any mobile or landline for the validity of 28 days. Further, they also get access to 1GB 2G/3G/4G data for the same validity period....

Vu Televisions has launched a new TV series in India namely ‘Vu Cinema TV-Action Series’ in two different sizes: 55-inch and 65-inch. It is worthy to note that this series is the successor of already launched Vu Cinema TV in 2020. The Smart TV will run on Android TV 9 Pie platform out of the box. Further, it features a 100W cinematic speaker which will ensure that users get a great sound experience whenever they are watching a movie or any other kind of content on it....

WhatsApp has finally done what its users wanted it to do. The social media giant will now facilitate users with the option of migrating their chat data between an iOS and Android device. Until now, users had to resort to third-party applications for doing so. Looking at the demand for such a feature, it was only a matter of time before WhatsApp came out with its own solution. The new feature from WhatsApp that will now allow the migration of chat data between iOS and Android devices will only be available on select Android smartphones initially....

But recently, according to ICICI Securities, Airtel has removed the Rs 99 plan from two of the circles - Haryana (B Circle) and Odisha (C Circle). In both these circles, the minimum recharge value or prepaid plan is of Rs 155. The Rs 155 plan comes with truly unlimited voice calling. Thus, there are no more prepaid plans which do not offer unlimited voice calling in these two circles right now....

If you are someone who is closely following the Indian telecom industry, you know that the biggest thing going on right now is the spectrum auction. The telcos have spent close to Rs 1.5 lakh crore until now on the spectrum in several frequency bands from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The thing that you must note here is that spectrum helps the telcos in offering mobile connectivity services. So it is an obvious question to ask whether the 4G mobile speeds will improve post the spectrum auction....

Xiaomi released the MIUI 12.5 (with minor upgrades over the MIUI 12) at the Mi 11 launch event last year in December 2020 in China. After seeding the weekly beta builds for all the eligible devices in its home country i.e. China, three months after the launch; the company has now announced that the Mi 10 Ultra has become the first smartphone to get the MIUI 12.5 stable update. The Mi 10 Ultra is exclusively sold in China and is known to be the 10th-anniversary special smartphone of the company....

Xiaomi Mi 10 India Launch: What to Expect? Xiaomi will be launching a flagship smartphone under the ‘Mi’ brand after nearly two years. The Mi Mix 2 was the brand’s last flagship device under Mi brand. The flagship Mi number series is making a comeback after nearly four years. The Xiaomi Mi 5 was the last Mi number flagship device to launch in India back in 2016. Because Xiaomi wants to take on the likes of OnePlus and Samsung, the company is looking to bring more Mi flagships to India with cutting-edge technology....

Mi Men’s Sports Shoes 2 Designed by Uni-Moulding Process Like we mentioned above, Xiaomi has debuted the Mi Men’s Shoes 2 as a crowdfunded product, and thus they will not be directly available to the consumers. The funding has already started on Xiaomi’s website, and as of this writing, Xiaomi has already met its 25% of the total goal. The target is for 5,000 orders which means that once 5,000 orders are received, Xiaomi will confirm them and will hence begin the shipping....

Just a couple of days back Xiaomi teased about the launch of a new device which was assumed to be Redmi 9 Power. Now the Chinese tech giant has confirmed the same through a tweet. The Redmi 9 Power is going to launch on December 9, 2020, in India. The launch will be through an online event which will start at 12 PM sharp. Earlier, it was speculated that the new device from Xiaomi will launch on December 15, but now it is confirmed to launch on December 17 this month, which is seven days from now — more details ahead....

Redmi Note 7 Coming to India by the End of February Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 7 in China last month. Soon after the launch, Xiaomi confirmed to bring the 48MP camera phone to India, which is one of the very important markets for the company. With the Redmi Note 7, Xiaomi hopes to turn the smartphone industry upside down. Jain believes that the Redmi Note 7 will be one of the most popular phones of all times and the handset will change the way consumers look at the smartphone market....

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Series: What You Need to Know Xiaomi used to launch only one Redmi Note smartphone every year, but that changed with the Redmi Note 5 series as we got to see a ‘Pro’ version for the first time. Xiaomi did not launch the regular Redmi Note 6 instead it jumped to Redmi Note 7 and Note 7 Pro smartphones last year. The Redmi Note 7 series was succeeded by Redmi Note 8 and Note 8 Pro smartphones in October 2019....

Overall, India’s smartphone shipments grew 4% Y-o-Y. “Data consumption is on the rise and users are upgrading their phones faster as compared to other regions. This has led to users spending more on their purchase which is driving up the overall average selling price (ASP) in the market,” explained Tarun Pathak, Associate Director, Counterpoint. As a result, the premium specifications are now diffusing faster into the mid-tier price brands. Volumes for the Chinese brands grew 20 per cent YoY, mainly due to the growth of Vivo, Realme and Oppo....