Vodafone-idea LOST 10 Lac users due to hikes prices of prepaid plans

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Earlier this week, Bharti Airtel announced a price hike of all its prepaid plans and also data add-on plans. Just like Airtel, Vodafone-idea has also hiked the prices of all its prepaid plans by up to Rs 500.

Check out the new Vi prices of prepaid plans here

–Rs 79 voice plan price increased to Rs 99
–Rs 149 plan price increased to Rs 179
–Rs 219 plan price hiked to Rs 269
–Rs 249 plan price increased to Rs 299
–Rs 299 plan price increased to Rs 359
–Rs 399 plan price hiked to Rs 479
–Rs 449 plan price increased to Rs 539
–Rs 379 plan price increase to Rs 459
–Rs 599 plan price hiked to Rs 719
–Rs 699 prepaid plan price hiked to Rs 839
–Rs 1499 plan price increased to Rs 1799
–Rs 2399 prepaid plan price hiked to Rs 2899
–Rs 48 data add-on price increased to Rs 58
–Rs 98 data add-on price hiked to Rs 118
–Rs 251 data plan price increased to Rs 298
–Rs 351 data plan price increased to Rs 418


Citing Ookla’s report on fixed broadband and mobile network testing in India, the telecom operator said that a high ARPU will allow the company to focus on becoming the country’s “fastest mobile network”.

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Jio’s second quarter (FY22) was not very good in increasing the number of subscribers. It has suffered a significant loss in the form of mobile subscribers in September.

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bharti Airtel gained 2.74 lakh new mobile subscribers, in September whereas Jio lost 19 million subscribers in September. However, the country’s third-largest telecom company, Vodafone Idea, loses 10.77 lakh connections. As per data, Airtel subscribers increased to 35.44 million in September, from 35.41 crores in August.

The number of mobile subscribers of Jio remains at 42.48 million and lost 1.9 crore connections in September. During this period, the number of Vodafone Idea customers came down to 26.99 crores. Airtel’s wireless subscribers market share has registered an increase of 0.08 percent. In contrast, the market share of Jio has decreased by 4.29 percent.

The telecom regulator noted that the private access service provider had an 89.99 percent market share of wireless subscribers, while state-run MTNL and BSNL held 10.01 percent. According to the data, the total wireless subscribers fell by 1.74 percent to 116.60 million at the end of September compared to the previous month. In the same period, wireless subscriptions in urban areas fell by 1.92 percent to about 638 million.

Wireless subscriptions in rural areas fell 1.53 percent to 528 million. If you look at Airtel’s August figures, there was an increase of 1.38 lakh in Airtel’s subscriber count during this period. Also, there has been an increase of 2.74 lakh in September. Whereas in August, a maximum of 6.5 lakh users was associated with Jio. But in September it has seen a decline of 1.9 crores. At the same time, the situation of Vodafone-Idea (VI) is not improving. After 8.33 lakhs in October, there has been a decline of 10.77 lakhs in Vi users in September. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have increased the prices of their prepaid plans applicable from November 25. Although Reliance Jio has not increased the prices of its prepaid plans yet, it is expected that Jio will hardly do so, but the official news has not been revealed yet.