Discussion Vodafone might exit India

[iDJ]

You can't compare JIO with Starbucks ..starbucks is for Elite or rich ppl...Not for everyone.. while JIO service is accessible to even rural ppl or common man in India....If jio is providing 4G it doesn't mean they are providing any premium service..its just They are providing services with Upgraded infrastructure n current technology thats it...

I wasn't comparing Starbucks to Jio. It would be stupid to compare a food chain to a telecom operator. I was setting an example of availability.

 

[Ashok Varma]

Instead of mobile operators who's job is not making handsets. Mobile manufacturer should come forward to collaborate with telecos to offer affordable handsets to customers.

In Global scenario (like in US and China) Telecom companies only (like DTH cos) orders to mobile manufacturing cos for handsets (like STBs) with their name/brand and sells to customers as they like.

 

[iDJ]

In Global scenario (like in US and China) Telecom companies only (like DTH cos) orders to mobile manufacturing cos for handsets (like STBs) with their name/brand and sells to customers as they like.

Again, I know about telecom works in US. Second, we don't live in US. No point of comparison. And our operators doesn't even charge rates as close to US which is very expensive.

 

[Ashok Varma]

Again, I know about telecom works in US. Second, we don't live in US. No point of comparison. And our operators doesn't even charge rates as close to US which is very expensive.

In India, Airtel also sold 4G smart phones of different manufacturers with their bundling prepaid plans.

 

[iDJ]

In India, Airtel also sold 4G smart phones of different manufacturers with their bundling prepaid plans.

But not with locked carrier model.

 

[Ashok Varma]

But not with locked carrier model.

They have locked recharge period for getting cash back for handset money.

 

[iDJ]

They have locked recharge period for getting cash back for handset money.

But you still have options here to move out.

 

[Ashok Varma]

But you still have options here to move out.

with LYF phones also we can move out.

 

[iDJ]

with LYF phones also we can move out.

No clue about Lyf smartphones. But it's feature phones are locked. Meanwhile it's smartphones were a successful brand. I don't know why Reliance stopped making those.

 

[Ashok Varma]

Pieters, a former Vodafone Group Plc board member, said that “For most foreign investors, it has been like a bad dream... The Indian Telecom market has developed in a very negative way for investors,”
R Ashok, a former member of the Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body of the department of telecommunications (DOT), opposed the grant of relief for telcos.
“Having won a long-fought litigation as a petitioner before the Supreme Court of India, it is the government’s bounden duty to implement the ruling fully in its favour immediately… Any move to grant any waivers would be against the Supreme Court order,” Ashok said.
Indian telecom has been a bad dream for foreign investors: Marten Pieters, Former CEO, Vodafone India - ET Telecom