{"id":1007015,"date":"2026-05-06T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1007015"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:45:21","slug":"kumar-mangalam-birla-back-as-vodafone-ideas-non-exec-chair-amid-turnaround-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/06\/kumar-mangalam-birla-back-as-vodafone-ideas-non-exec-chair-amid-turnaround-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumar Mangalam Birla back as Vodafone Idea\u2019s non-exec chair amid turnaround attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Kumar Mangalam Birla was named non-executive chairman of Vodafone Idea (Vi), which is attempting a turnaround after years of financial strain triggered by intense competition and regulatory liabilities such as adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia\u2019s telecom opportunity remains deeply compelling, anchored around the government\u2019s bold Digital India vision,\u201d Birla told ET. \u201cThe revival of Vodafone Idea reflects a clear intent to sustain a healthy three-player private market, reinforced by the commitment of over 10,000 employees and the continued trust of nearly 200 million consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Kumar Mangalam Birla was named non-executive chairman of Vodafone Idea (Vi), which is attempting a turnaround after years of financial strain triggered by intense competition and regulatory liabilities such as adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues. \u201cIndia\u2019s telecom opportunity remains deeply compelling, anchored around the government\u2019s bold Digital India vision,\u201d Birla told ET. \u201cThe revival of Vodafone Idea reflects a clear intent to sustain a healthy three-player private market, reinforced by the commitment of over 10,000 employees and the continued trust of nearly 200 million consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1007018,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007015\/revisions\/1007018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}