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HIGHLIGHTS Vodafone partners with Flipkart to offer a range of 4G smartphonesEffective price comes after receiving cashbacksA minimum recharge worth Rs. 150 is required to avail cashback Vodafone  on Wednesday tied up with  Flipkart  to bring a range of entry-level 4G smartphones to India at an effective price of Rs. 999. The latest partnership comes months after the telco  partnered  with  Micromax  and China's Transsion Group-owned  Itel Mobile  to make their entry-level options even more affordable. All existing and new Vodafone prepaid subscribers can avail the new offer, which is available under Flipkart's #MyFirst4GSmartphone campaign, and get cashbacks to make their purchases sweeter than before. To avail the new offer, Vodafone subscribers who purchase an eligible smartphone from Flipkart will need to recharge their prepaid accounts with a minimum denomination of Rs. 150 per month for 36 months. The recharges can be of any denomin...

MUMBAI: Vodafone India and Idea CellularBSE 5.87 % have roped in leadership management company Spencer Stuart to shortlist senior cadres who will play major roles in the combined entity, in a clear signal that the two telcos expect the merger, which will create the country’s largest carrier, to close soon.  About 100 senior management staff from each of the companies are going through a fitment test, with the aim of seeing if they are suited for the merged company, said people familiar with the matter. Experts said these exercises, while not uncommon in the West, are not so familiar in India.  “The process has started and both operators will have their senior managers go through this talent mapping,” said a senior official in one of the two telcos who did not want to be identified.  The exercise involves various parameters depending on the profile that one is being interviewed for. Some of the questions that executives need to answer are: How can you contribute to t...

Vodafone India is fighting off intense competition from new comer Reliance Jio by launching new prepaid and postpaid plans. Recently, Vodafone increased the amount of per day 4G data that a customer can get in its prepaid recharge plan worth  R s.  348. It also launched  two prepaid recharge plans  worth  R s.  458 and  R s.  509, both of which offer 1GB data per day. Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance Jio has wooed customers with its aggressive data plans, which in turn has made incumbent telecom service operators launch competitive offers.   Here we compare 1GB/1.5GB per day high-speed prepaid recharge plans offered by Vodafone, Reliance Jio: Vodafone's 1GB/1.5GB per day prepaid recharge plans Vodafone  R s.  348 prepaid recharge plan (Vodafone's prepaid recharge plan of  R s.  348 earlier offered 1GB data per day.) Ads by ZINC ...

In order to make it convenient for users to get their mobile sim card linked to Aadhaar from anywhere and everywhere without having to visit their outlets, telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodadone, Idea Cellular and Jio have been instructed by the UIDAI or Unique Identification Authority of India to connect the 12-digit identification number via OTP (One Time Password) received on their mobile phones. The deadline for linking Aadhaar with the mobile SIM card is February 6, 2018. The facility will be rolled out from December 1, which means only 10 days are left now.  Last week,  the UIDAI approved the telecom operators' blueprint  presented by telecom companies to operationalise the OTP-based sim reverification of existing subscribers from December 1. "Their (telecom operators') plans have been approved... They have come and we have told them they will implement (the process) from December 1," UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey had told news agency Pr...

In order to make it convenient for users to get their mobile sim card linked to aadhaar from anywhere and everywhere without even visiting their outlets, the telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodadone, Idea Cellular and Jio have been instructed by the UIDAI to connect 12-digit identification number via OTP (one time password) received on their mobile phones. The deadline for linking Aadhaar wil mobile SIM card is February 6, 2018. The facility will be rolled out from December 1, which means only 11 days are left now. Last week,  the UIDAI approved the telecom operators' blueprint  presented by telcos to operationalise the OTP based sim reverification of existing subscribers from December 1. "Their (telecom operators') plans have been approved... They have come and we have told them they will implement (the process) from December 1," UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey had told PTI last week.   View image on Twitter Aadhaar   ✔ @UIDA...

Jio has upped the ante for rival telecom operators such as Airtel and Vodafone with the launch of its new  'triple cashback' offer  that provides benefits worth up to Rs. 2,599. The new  Jio  offer will certainly lure some customers to the network, but there are enough good plans that the likes of  Airtel ,  Vodafone ,  Idea  and  BSNL  offer to retain their subscribers. Of course, the most popular plans since Reliance Jio entered the market are the ones with 1GB data per day allowance. In fact, the first such plan – the Rs. 303 pack by the Mukesh Ambani-backed operator – led to the launch of many such recharge packs by rival telcos. However, with so much action in the telecom sector nowadays, plans come and go rather fast. So if you are looking to buy a plan with 1GB data per day, here’s a list of such plans by the five major telcos. Jio 1GB data per day plans Jio has the widest range of plans with 1GB data per day, with varying...

When it comes to most affordable options for daily usage, reliance Jio's Rs 459 and Rs 399 ones stand out. Other telecom operators like Vodafone, Airtel, etc have a couple of value for money plans as well, suited for medium day to day usage. Reliance Jio 4G prepaid and post paid plans have been updated by the company, and they’re a bit more expensive compared to the previous ones. Currently, the cheapest 4G prepaid plan is that of Rs 52 as opposed to Rs 19 earlier. There are a total of nine plans for Jio Prime prepaid users, while five plans are listed in the postpaid section. When it comes to most affordable options for daily usage, Rs 399 and Rs 459 ones stand out. Heavy data users can recharge with Jio’s Rs 999, Rs 1,999, or Rs 4999 for maximum data benefits. Other telecom operators like Vodafone, Airtel, etc have a couple of value for money plans as well, suited for medium day to day usage. Let us look at the top prepaid data plans from across operators that give ma...