{"id":827009,"date":"2024-06-28T09:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=827009"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:18:24","slug":"vodafone-ideas-big-spectrum-spend-to-help-plug-user-exodus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2024\/06\/28\/vodafone-ideas-big-spectrum-spend-to-help-plug-user-exodus\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone Idea&#8217;s &#8216;big&#8217; spectrum spend to help plug user exodus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA: Vodafone Idea\u2019s higher-than-expected spends in the just-concluded 5G spectrum auction is set to bolster the telco\u2019s networks and stem market share shifts towards stronger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, paving the way for much-delayed tariff hikes this fiscal, analysts said.<\/p>\n<p>They added that Vi\u2019s spectrum spends of about Rs 3,510 crore \u2014 almost 12 times its Rs 300 crore earnest money deposit (EMD) \u2014 on the heels of a recent fundraise of about Rs 23,000 crore suggests the telco is preparing for network rollouts and plans to use its fresh 900 MHz spectrum to enhance 4G experience and rein in customer losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOLKATA: Vodafone Idea\u2019s higher-than-expected spends in the just-concluded 5G spectrum auction is set to bolster the telco\u2019s networks and stem market share shifts towards stronger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, paving the way for much-delayed tariff hikes this fiscal, analysts said. They added that Vi\u2019s spectrum spends of about Rs 3,510 crore \u2014 almost 12 times its Rs 300 crore earnest money deposit (EMD) \u2014 on the heels of a recent fundraise of about Rs 23,000 crore suggests the telco is preparing for network rollouts and plans to use its fresh 900 MHz spectrum to enhance 4G experience and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-827009","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\/827009","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}