Vodafone Idea

Announced in March 2017 that Idea Cellular and Vodafone India would merge. The merger got approval from the Department of Telecommunications in July 2018. On 30 August 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger The merger was completed on 31 August 2018, and the newly merged entity was named Vodafone Idea Limited. The merger created the largest telecom company in India by subscribers and by revenue. Under the terms of the deal, the Vodafone Group holds a 45.2% stake in the combined entity, the Aditya Birla Group holds 26% and the remaining shares will be held by the public. Vi lost a significant number of gross and active subscribers in the month of August 2020 after the merger.Until 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea Limited operated two separate brands: Vodafone and Idea who both operated pre-paid and post-paid GSM service.Vi also provides services including Mobile payments, IoT, enterprise offerings and entertainment, accessible via both digital channels as well as on-ground touch points, centres across the country. Vi has a broadband network of 340,000 sites, distribution reach of 1.7 million retail outlets.As of May 2021, data published by the telecom regulator TRAI Vi had the highest upload speed of 28 Mbps.