Most people consider January one of the worst months of the year, but Vodafone Idea could potentially trump your misery after reporting a year-on-year decline of 35 million subscriptions.
The merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to create India’s largest MNO has finally been completed.
Idea Cellular has announced it intends to raise €882 million of equity so it doesn’t have to sit at the kiddies table following the merger with Vodafone’s Indian business.
Idea Cellular has reported its latest quarterly figures and they don’t make for good reading. The Vodafone merger seemingly can’t happen quickly enough.
Idea Cellular has reported its results for the quarter ending June 30 and Jio has left its mark here as well as revenues decline 13.9% year-on-year.
India’s antitrust regulator has finally approved the merger between Vodafone and Idea Cellular, to create the largest telco player in the market.
The second and third largest Indian operators have formally announced a merger that seems designed almost entirely to counter the threat from Reliance Jio.
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will order Bharti Airtel, Idea, Vodafone to end their roaming pact, according to media reports in the country. The three operators had entered into an agreement with one another to offer 3G mobile services in circles, or districts, where they failed to acquire spectrum in the country’s auction when it was held last year.
Indian state-owned telco BSNL still has not restored all points of interconnections, despite a clear direction from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), according to reports in the country. Earlier this month, BSNL cut off connectivity to Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular numbers in several states, over a dispute regarding non-payment of fees for providing interconnection between fixed lines and mobiles. BSNL is claiming that it is owed $550,000 by the three operators.
The GSM Association’s personal Instant Messaging (IM) campaign has scored further success in Asia, with mobile operators in Malaysia and Singapore planning the development and launch of interoperable IM services. Launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona last February, the initiative aims to make instant messaging on mobile networks as ubiquitous and popular as […]
