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Vodafone Idea, in acronym Vi, is an Indian telecommunications company, headquartered in Mumbai and Gandhinagar. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It is an all-India integrated GSM operator offering mobile telephony services.
The language that is used to describe these specification is a little confusing since eSIM is not a physical format (or "form factor" - the phrase that is used to describe the various SIM sizes). The eSIM describes the functionality in the SIM, not the physical size of the SIM - and there are eSIMs in many formats (2FF, 3FF, 4FF, MFF).
An eSIM (embedded SIM) is a form of SIM card that is embedded directly into a device as software installed onto a eUICC chip. First released in March 2016, eSIM is a global specification by the GSMA that enables remote SIM provisioning ; end-users can change mobile network operators without the need to physically swap a SIM from the device.
It was announced in March 2017 that even Idea Cellular and Vodafone India would be merged. The merger got approval from Department of Telecommunications in July 2018. On August 30, 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger [ 1 ] The merger was completed on 31 August 2018, and the newly merged entity was ...
Idea Cellular: 2002 2018 Merged with Vodafone India to form Vi [29] [30] Vodafone India: 2011 2018 Merged with Idea Cellular to form Vi [29] [30] Tata Docomo: 2009 2019 Acquired by Bharti Airtel [31] Reliance Communications: 2004 2019 Declared bankruptcy, subsequently acquired by Reliance JIO [14]
Vodafone India was the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group and was a provider of telecommunications services in India with its operational head office in Mumbai. [2]As of March 2018, Vodafone India had a market share of 21%, [3] and with its merger with Idea, the collective Vodafone Idea network has approximately 375 million subscribers and is the third largest mobile ...
On 31 August 2018, Vodafone and Idea merged to form the world's second-largest telecom company, and the largest in India, officially known as Vi and both the companies' data has been merged. [ 110 ] On 1 November 2017, MTS India merged with Reliance Communications and their data has been merged.
A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) A SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).