Vi has launched "Giganet" 4G services in select cities of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Rest of Bengal (including Kolkata) circles. The company also deployed more than 4,000 Massive Mimo, small cells and TDD sites across the New Delhi and NCR region. As part of the modernisation exercise, the company deployed more than 5000 massive MIMO, small cells and TDD sites across Churchgate, Prabhadevi, Pali Hill, Lokhandwala, Versova, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Bandra and Dadar among other regions in Mumbai. Vi deployed technologies such as massive MIMO, small cells, TDD sites to enhance coverage and network capacity in Mumbai and Delhi during March. And in Rajasthan Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota, Ajmer, Udaipur among others. The statement on network consolidation in Punjab, said 4G services have been enhanced for both Vodafone and Idea customers in cities including Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Bathinda, Moga, and Hoshiarpur. With this, Rajasthan is amongst the first eleven circles to complete integration in the world's largest network integration exercise which is currently underway in India.Īccording to the telecom regulator's data, the pan India wireless subscriber base of Vodafone Idea at the end of March 2019 stood at 394.8 million. Vi announced the successful consolidation of its radio network integration in Rajasthan service area. Announcements of Network Consolidation were made as belowĮnhanced Unified (2G, 3G, and 4G) coverage details Vi Hasn't Started VoLTE Services for Vodafone Subscribers where Anchor Network is Idea.īy March 2019, Vi announced its network consolidation across major circles, easing network issues faced by consumers and also enhancing its 4G coverage. For example, Idea has started 4G services in Delhi and Kolkata telecom circle from May 2018 where the Vodafone is anchor network vice versa Vodafone has Started 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir telecom Circle's where Idea is Anchor network. This table contains Vi (Vodafone & Idea) radio frequency details because they had integrated their networks with each other and using one anchor network for both brands in all respective telecom circles. Vi owns spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz bands across the country. Network Spectrum frequency holding summary Vi has a broadband network of 340,000 sites, distribution reach of 1.7 million retail outlets. Vi also provides services including Mobile payments, IoT, enterprise offerings and entertainment, accessible via both digital channels as well as on-ground touch points, centres across the country. Idea – a prepaid and postpaid GSM service, similar to Vodafone. Until 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea Limited operated two separate brands: Vodafone – a postpaid & prepaid GSM service. Vi lost a significant number of gross and active subscribers in the month of August 2020 after the merger. Under the terms of the deal, the Vodafone Group holds a 45.2% stake in the combined entity, the Aditya Birla Group holds 26% and the remaining shares will be held by the public. The merger created the largest telecom company in India by subscribers and by revenue. On 30 August 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger The merger was completed on 31 August 2018, and the newly merged entity was named Vodafone Idea Limited. The merger got approval from the Department of Telecommunications in July 2018. Īs per to the latest data published by the telecom regulator TRAI, Vi had the lowest upload speed of 0.28 Mbps speed in May 2021.Īnnounced in March 2017 that Idea Cellular and Vodafone India would merge.
On 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea unveiled its new brand identity, 'Vi' which involves the integration of the company's erstwhile separate brands 'Vodafone' and 'Idea' into one unified brand.
Ravinder Takkar, Ex-CEO of Vodafone Romania is the current CEO of the company. Vodafone currently holds a 28.5% stake in the combined entity and Aditya Birla Group holds a 17.80% stake. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India merged with Idea Cellular, to form a new entity named Vodafone Idea Limited. Īs of 31 October 2021, Vi has a subscriber base of 269.03 million, making it third largest mobile telecommunications network in India and 10th largest mobile telecommunications network in the world. It is a pan-India integrated GSM operator offering 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G+, VoLTE, and VoWiFi service. Vi or Vodafone Idea Limited is an Indian telecom operator with its headquarters based in Mumbai and Gandhinagar.
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