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Something interesting is happening at Vodafone Idea. After years of network complaints and subscriber losses, the telco is suddenly showing signs of life again. Q4FY26 highlights: • ARPU jumps from Rs 175 -> Rs 190 • Subscriber additions turn positive from February 2026 • 5G now live in 80+ cities • 48 million more people added under 4G coverage • Highest average daily revenue in 6 years This could mean one thing for consumers: Vi’s network investments may finally be starting to show on the ground. The real question now is can Vi actually make a comeback against Airtel and Jio in the premium 5G era? #VI #VodafoneIdea

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A regular phone just pulled near-100 Mbps broadband from space. AST SpaceMobile says its Block 1 BlueBird satellites delivered 98.9 Mbps directly to a standard smartphone, without phone modification or new hardware. For India, this matters because AST SpaceMobile has partnered with Vi to explore direct-to-phone satellite broadband. This could become a future coverage layer for remote areas, highways, islands and disaster zones. $ASTS #ASTSpaceMobile #VI #VodafoneIdea

🚨Airtel Behind Jio in Profits Despite Better ARPU, EBITDA Margin When it comes to EBITDA, Airtel EBITDA (consolidated) margin stood at 57.8% in Q4 FY26, meanwhile Jio’s EBITDA stood at 52.4%. So Airtel’s margins are clearly better. However, when it came to the net profits/net income for Q4 FY26, Airtel reported net profits of Rs 7,245 crore meanwhile Jio reported a net profit of Rs 7,935 crore. #airtel #jio

@Sumantkr73 SA availability may depend on site readiness, signal strength and device support. Indoors, the phone may fall back to NSA or 4G if SA signal quality is weak. Please share your location and device model so the issue is easier to understand.

@TelecomTalk 5g SA working in outdoor only .inside room shift to 5G NSA

Airtel says its 5G network is now fully SA ready. But the interesting part is this: FWA is already running fully on standalone 5G, while mobile users will move in phases. The next phase of 5G may not just be about speed. It will be about homes, low latency, edge, enterprise and better network control. #BhartiAirtel

Vodafone Idea 5G is now live in Hyderabad. #vodafoneidea

Google is reducing the free cloud storage from 15GB to 5GB for users who haven't linked their phone numbers with their Google account. #google #gmail #googledrive

Nothing is truly innovating the design of hardware, and slowly, software. #nothing @nothingindia

Rising petrol and diesel prices will also increase tower opex (operational expenditure) for telecom companies like Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea. This could lead to another round of tariff hike, sooner than we expect. #airtel #jio #vi #tariffhike

Airtel said Indian Tariff Structure is "Broken". The telco's ARPU (average revenue per user) slipped from Rs 259 to Rs 257 in Q4 FY26. #Bhartiairtel #airtel

Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, aims to regain more than 50% controlling stake in Airtel. #airtel

🚨Bharti Airtel's Executive Vice Chairman - Gopal Vittal said, "....we crossed the 650 million customer mark, launched our telco grade sovereign cloud...." and more. Read his entire statement below. #airtel #gopalvittal #cloud

🚨Bharti Airtel approves a massive Rs 28,220 crore share-swap deal with ICIL! 📈 The move boosts Airtel’s stake in its African subsidiary to ~79% while increasing the promoter group's holding in the parent company by 2.3 percentage points. A major cashless consolidation for the Mittal family. #Airtel #TelecomNews #StockMarket #India #AirtelAfrica

BSNL will continue to be led by Robert J Ravi for six more months, starting April 15, 2026. #BSNL

UPDATE: Akash Ambani has been appointed as the Managing Director of Jio Platforms, parent company of Reliance Jio ahead of the mega IPO. #akashambani #ambani #jioipo #jio

Airtel plans to restructure the ownership of subsidiaries. The decision will be taken at a board meet on May 13, 2026. Dividends may also be announced on the same date. #airtel #bhartiairtel

Airtel crossed 650 million customers globally. That makes it India’s first telecom operator to hit this milestone and one of the world’s largest telcos by user base. The scale of Indian telecom is becoming globally difficult to ignore. #Airtel #Telecom #India #BhartiAirtel

Bharti Airtel spent Rs 16,066 crore in capex in just one quarter. - 5G densification. - Fiber rollout. - Connected homes. - Data centers. - AI and cybersecurity. Indian telecom is no longer just about mobile towers. It is becoming full-scale digital infrastructure. #BhartiAirtel

Airtel users are now consuming 31.4 GB data per month on average up 32.8% YoY. At the same time, Airtel’s ARPU rose to Rs 257 from Rs 245. What does this mean? People are using more data, streaming more content, upgrading to smartphones, and slowly moving toward higher-value plans. India’s telecom market is becoming less about SIM count and more about premium digital users. #Airtel #Telecom #5G #india