Vodafone

The merger of Vodafone and Idea is now officially complete. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has finally given its green signal to the new entity: Vodafone Idea Limited, and this way, India’s largest telecom company has been…

Flushed with new subscribers, and rising profits, cash-rich Reliance Jio has beaten Vodafone to claim #2 position as per revenues. But how long will this lead last?

This is a special tariff voucher or STV from BSNL, which has one added advantage: Prepaid users who opt for this STV can make calls to their friends and family living in Mumbai and Delhi as well.

Reliance Jio is right now unstoppable, and the momentum is refusing to stop. As per latest numbers coming in, Jio has successfully added 97 lakh new users, compared to Airtel’s only 10,689 new users.

The rains are not stopping, and its a red alert in 12 out of 14 districts in Kerala. The Kerala flood has worsened in the last seven days, and the death toll has now crossed 100 people.

If you had thought that Jio and Airtel will corner all the market, then it is time to think again, because BSNL has just declared themselves a winner in the race to acquire new users.

Long-term plans have been a big hit with telcos, and companies since they are trying to push in more data and added benefits with their plans. The 84-day validity plans or recharge packs with 3 month validity has been a crowd puller.

Reliance Jio now has launched a special 6-month plan which offers unlimited calls, data and free SMS. The 594 Jio plan offers 90GB of data for a period of 180 days. The plan will go straight head to head against Airtel, who has a similar…

This is not the first time a company has experimented with long-term plans. Companies like BSNL and Airtel have already launched their long term plans, but this new 6-month plan is one notch up offering far better benefits.

Indian telecom’s biggest moment is here. Department of Telecom has approved the merger of Idea with Vodafone, thereby paving the way to create India’s largest telecom behemoth.