Vodafone India is the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group plc, the world's second-largest mobile phone company, and is a provider of telecommunications services in India with its operational head office in Mumbai. As of March 2018, Vodafone India has a market share of 21% with approximately 223 million subscribers and is the second largest mobile telecommunications network nationally .
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History
Vodafone India is a 100% subsidiary of Vodafone Group. It commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular license for Mumbai. Brand Vodafone was launched in India in September 2007, after Vodafone Plc. acquired a majority stake in Hutchinson Essar in May 2007. From a single operation base with 31 million customers, the company has expanded its operations across the country to cover all 22 telecom circles and service 210 million customers.
1995- Hutchison Whampoa launches Operations in Mumbai
2000- Service in other metros - Delhi & Kolkata and also Gujarat markets through Essar acquisition
2002- Operations in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chennai
2003- Acquires AirCel Digilink (ADIL -- ESSAR Subsidiary) and launches services in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh East and Haryana
All circles rebranded under "Hutch" brand, 'Orange' in Mumbai
2005-06- Starts operations in three more circles - Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra, after acquiring BPL Mobile. BPL operates only in Mumbai under the brand 'Loop Mobile.
2007- Acquires a 67% stake in Hutchinson Essar with a subscriber base of 30 mn; the company got renamed as 'Vodafone Essar' and 'Hutch' got rebranded as 'Vodafone'
Sept 21, 2007- Vodafone launches in India
2010-
April: Vodafone crosses 100mn subscribers
May: Vodafone acquires spectrum for 9 circles in India in the auction for 3G spectrum
Oct: Soft launch of 3G in India
2011- Vodafone buys out partner Essar to become Vodafone India Ltd.
2012-
Vodafone India crosses 150mn subscribers and becomes INR 32,000 crore in revenue
June- Recognized as 'Best Marketing Company in India' by Economic Times survey
Sept- Completes 5 years in India
Nov- Launches mpesa with ICICI Bank
Nov- Acquires Cable and Wireless; along with additional spectrum in 14 circles
2013-
Vodafone files FIPB application to increase stake to 100% in Vodafone India (following 100% FDI in Telecom sector)
Vodafone receives FIPB clearance to increase stake to 100% in India unit
2014- Vodafone India is fully owned by Vodafone Group
2015- Launches World's largest 4G network in India
2016- Subscriber base crosses 200mn mark
2017- Vodafone and Idea Cellular signed a deal in March 2017 that the company will merge in an all stock deal, creating a single entity which will be India's largest telecommunication company.
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Mobile network
Since 2011, Vodafone launched 3G network using 900 MHz and 2100 MHz. The first city to receive 3G service was Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
M-Pesa, was launched in India as a close partnership with HDFC bank in November 2011.
On 28 June 2012, Vodafone launched a new international roaming package under which the users shall have not to pay multiple rentals in the countries they are visiting.
On 19 May 2015, TRAI announced that Vodafone had been awarded spectrum in 9 circles for 3G coverage, bidding around INR 11617.86 million (the second highest amount in the auctions) for the spectrum.
On 8 December 2015, Vodafone announced the roll out of its 4G LTE coverage in India on 1.8 GHz and 2.1 GHz bands starting from Kochi. The service became available to customers in India nationally in 2017, with plans for further expansion.Vodafone now starts 2100Mhz and 2500 MHz for 4G by which customers will get superior 4G speed than previous.
VoLTE
Vodafone India has started rolling its 4G VoLTE services in the country under the tag Vodafone Super Volte. Gujarat is the first circle to receive this service. Currently the circles where the company is providing VoLTE are:
- Gujarat
- Delhi & NCR
- Haryana
- Karnataka
- Maharashtra & Goa
- Mumbai
- Rajasthan
- UP(W)
- UP(E)
- Punjab
- Kerala
- Kolkata
- Chennai
Radio frequency summary
Vodafone India owns spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz bands across the country.
Note: the above table contains Vodafone-Idea (merged entity) radio frequency details because they share their networks with each other via ICR (intra-circle roaming agreement) in some circles. For example, Idea has started it's customers in Delhi access 4G services in May 2018 via the Vodafone india network.
Awards and recognition
- LinkedIn Top Attractors 2017 Award- Vodafone India ranked 20th
- CIO Choice 2018 Award winner- Vodafone Business Services recognized as the chosen leader for Telecom Carrier - Leased Lines & Mobile Access
- The Brand Trust Report, 2011 published by Trust Research Advisory has ranked Vodafone as the 16th most trusted brand in India.
- Flame Awards Asia 2017 for #Saluteourfarmers campaign: Silver for the Best Farmer Connect initiative and Bronze for the Best use of Social Media
- Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2017: Vodafone Business Services for Innovative Marketing Campaign for the Ready Business CampaignAegis Graham Bell Awards 2017 and Vodafone Business Services for Innovative Marketing Campaign for the Ready Business Campaign
- Voice and Data Telecom Leadership Awards 2015:Special leadership recognition to: Vodafone RED for marketing
See also
- Vodafone
- Hutchison Essar
- Vodafone Belvedere Towers metro station
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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