Vodafone Idea prepaid users porting out to BSNL after latest tariff hikes; to finalise 4G, 5G contracts soon: CEO

NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea is seeing its prepaid subscribers porting out to state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) after the latest round of tariff hikes, the chief executive of India’s third-largest telecom operator said.

“One of the trends we have seen is that the port out to BSNL has generally increased from the pre-tariff increase levels and the reason for that is that they (BSNL) have not increased their tariffs so there is a fair amount of arbitrage,” said Akshaya Moondra, CEO, Vodafone Idea, at the telco’s Q1FY25 post-earnings analyst call on Tuesday.